Native Plant Species
Listed below are the native plant species you will find in our prairie. Our prairie plants are tagged with educational signage that contain QR codes. If scanned, the QR code will take you to their associated webpage, where you can find more details on each plant. Clicking the links below will also take you to each respective plant's page.
Wild Quinine (Parthenium integrifolium)
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
Heath Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Sweet Fern (Comptonia peregrina)
Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annus)
Stiff-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago rigida)
Canadian Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Old Field Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya)
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
Sawtooth Sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus)
Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum)
Compass Flower (Silphium laciniatum)
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
Grey-headed Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
Stiff Sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus)
Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum)
Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens)
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Prairie Sage (Artemisia Ludoviciana)
Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum)
Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides)
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
Fireweed (Chamaenerion ansustifolium)
Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)