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Lake Minnie Belle:
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Lake Minnie Belle Complete Plant List

Common Name

Scientific Name

Native Forbs

   Leadplant Amorpha canescense
   Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata
   Smooth aster Aster laevis
   Sky-blue aster Aster oolentangiensis
   White prairie clover Dalea candidum
   Purple prairie clover Dalea purpurea
   Purple coneflower Echinacea angustifolia
   Spotted Joe-Pye weed Eupatorium maculatum
   Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
   Maximillian sunflower Helianthus maximiliani
   Stiff sunflower Helianthus rigidus
   Ox-eye Heliopsis helianthoides
   Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale
   Blue flag iris Iris versicolor
   Round-headed bush clover Lespedeza capitata
   Rough blazing star Liatris aspera
   Prairie blazing star Liatris pycnostachya
   Wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa
   Columnar coneflower Ratibida columnifera
   Grey-headed coneflower Ratibida pinnata
   Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
   Green-headed coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata
   Tall meadow rue Thalictrum dasycarpum
   Blue vervain Verbena hastata
   Hoary vervain Verbena stricta
   Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata
   Heart-leaved alexanders Zizia aptera
   Golden alexanders Zizia aurea

 

Native Grasses

   Slender wheat grass

Agropyron trachycaulum

   Big bluestem

Andropogon gerardi

   Side-oats grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

   Blue grama

Bouteloua gracilis

   Fringed brome

Bromus ciliatus

   Bluejoint grass

Calamagrostis candensis

   Foxtail sedge

Carex alopecoidea

   Bottlebrush sedge

Carex comosa

   Lake sedge

Carex lacustris

   Pointed broom sedge

Carex scoparia

   Tussock sedge

Carex stricta

   Canada wild rye

Elymus canadensis

   Tall manna grass

Glyceria grandis

   Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

   Little bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

   Dark green bulrush

Scirpus atrovirens

   Woolgrass

Scirpus cyperinus

   River bulrush

Scirpus fluviatilis

   Softstem bulrush

Scirpus validus

   Indian grass

Sorghastrum nutans

   Giant bur-reed

Sparganium eurycarpum

   Prairie cordgrass

Spartina pectinata

   Prairie dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis

   Porcupine grass

Stipa spartea

 

Native Trees & Shrubs

   Red-osier dogwood

Cornus stolonifera

   Gray dogwood

Cornus racemosa

   Red cedar

Juniperus virginiana

   Heart-leaved willow

Salix eriocephala

   Steeplebush

Spirea tomentosa var. longipes

 

Native Forbs (Upland/Sedge meadow)

   Wild garlic

Allium canadense

   Smooth leadplant

Amorpha nana

   Showy milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

   Whorled milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

   Heath aster

Aster ericoides

   New England aster

Aster novae-angliae

   Grass-leaved goldenrod

Euthamia graminifolia

   Bottle gentian

Gentiana andrewsii

   Blue flag iris

Iris versicolor

   Meadow blazing star

Liatris ligulistylus

   Michigan lily

Lilium michiganense

   Great blue lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

   Monkeyflower

Mimulus ringens

   Prairie phlox

Phlox pilosa

   Obedient plant

Physostegia virginiana

   Virginia mountain mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

   Prairie rose

Rosa arkansana

   Green-headed coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

   Balsam ragwort

Senecio paupercaulis

   Cup-plant

Silphium perfoliatum

   Tall meadow rue

Thalictrum dasycarpum

   Ironweed

Vernonia fasciculata

   Culver's root

Veronicastrum virginicum

 

Aquatic Forbs

   White water lily

Nymphaea odorata

   Yellow water crowfoot

Ranunculus flabellaris

   Common arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia