FAMILY
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SPECIES
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COMMON NAME
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ORIGIN
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COMMENTS
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PTERIDOPHYTES (FERNS & ALLIES) | ||||
Adiantaceae | Adiantum pedatum L. | Maidenhair fern | native | |
Adiantaceae | Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn | Smooth cliff-brake | native | Infrequent, steep rock outcroppings, exposed rock in prarie/savanna area. |
Aspleniaceae | Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Oakes ex DC. | Ebony spleenwort | native | Sandy open woods and thickets. |
Aspleniaceae | Asplenium rhizophyllum L. [=Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link] | Walking fern | native | Very common on rocky bluffs and rock outcroppings. |
Aspleniaceae | Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth var.angustum (Willd.) Moore | Northern lady fern | native | |
Aspleniaceae | Athyrium pycnocarpon (Sprengel) Tidestrom [=Diplazium pycnocarpon (Sprengel) Broun] | Narrow-leaved spleenwort | native | Lower slopes of rocky bluffs in rich soil, also along streams. Proposed as a special concern species in 1998. |
Aspleniaceae | Athyrium thelypterioides (Michx.) Desv. [=Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M. Kato ined.] | Silvery spleenwort | native | Rich, wooded slopes. |
Aspleniaceae | Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. | Bulblet bladder fern | native | Rocky bluffs and outcrops. |
Aspleniaceae | Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell | Creeping fragile fern | native | |
Aspleniaceae | Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs [=D. spinulosa (O.F. Muell.) Watt] | Spinulose wood fern | native | Base of bluff with northern orientation, rich woodland. |
Aspleniaceae | Dryopteris goldiana (Hooker) Gray | Goldies fern | native | |
Aspleniaceae | Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro var. pensyvanica (Willd.) Morton | Ostrich fern | native | Also growing in opening under electrical transmission lines. |
Aspleniaceae | Onoclea sensibilis L. | Sensitive fern | native | |
Aspleniaceae | Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott | Christmas fern | native | |
Dennstaedtiaceae | Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underw. ex Heller | Bracken fern | native | |
Equisetaceae | Equisetum arvense L. | Common horsetail | native | Stream bank, sandy floodplain opening. |
Equisetaceae | Equisetum hyemale L. var. affine (Engelm.) A.A. Eaton | Scouring-rush | native | Alluvial woods, riparian. |
Ophioglossaceae | Botrychium dissectum Sprengel f. dissectum | Dissected grape fern | native | Both forms usually found together. |
Ophioglossaceae | Botrychium dissectum Sprengel f. obliquuum (Muhl.) Fern. | Oblique grape fern | native | Both forms usually found together. |
Ophioglossaceae | Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. | Rattlesnake fern | native | |
Osmundaceae | Osmunda claytoniana L. | Interrupted fern | native | Nice, large stands locally. |
GYMNOSPERMS (CONIFERS) | ||||
Cupressaceae | Juniperus virginiana L. | Red cedar | native | |
Taxaceae | Taxus canadensis Marsh. | American yew | native | Limited to the rims of the larger bluffs where it is locally common. |
ANGIOSPERMS: DICOTYLEDONS | ||||
Acanthaceae | Ruellia humilis Nutt. | Wild petunia | native | Sandy open areas, not common. |
Aceraceae | Acer negundo L. | Box elder | native | |
Aceraceae | Acer saccharinum L. | Silver maple | native | Major componant of the floodplains. |
Aceraceae | Acer saccharum Marsh. | Sugar maple | native | Common in rich uplands. |
Aizoaceae | Mollugo verticillata L. | Carpet weed | Trop. Amer. | Moist, disturbed sand. |
Amaranthaceae | Amaranthus rudis Sauer | Amaranth | native | Riparian (sandbars). |
Amaranthaceae | Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) Sauer | Water hemp | native | Riparian. |
Anacardiaceae | Rhus glabra L. | Smooth sumac | native | Thickets in prairie/savanna area. |
Anacardiaceae | Rhus typhina L. | Staghorn sumac | native | Sandy clearings along river under power lines. |
Anacardiaceae | Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze | Poison ivy | native | It is possible that T. rydbergii also occurs at this site, but the species were not segregated. |
Apiaceae | Chaerophyllum procumbens (L.) Crantz | Chervil | native | Occasional to abundant especially on alluvial soil. |
Apiaceae | Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC. | Honewort | native | |
Apiaceae | Daucus carota L. | Queen Anne's lace | Eurasia | Rare. |
Apiaceae | Osmorhiza claytonii (Michx.) C.B. Clarke | Sweet cicely | native | |
Apiaceae | Osmorhiza longistylis (Torrey) DC. | Anise root | native | |
Apiaceae | Sanicula canadensis L. | Black snakeroot | native | |
Apiaceae | Sanicula gregaria Bickn. | Common snakeroot | native | |
Apiaceae | Thaspium barbinode (Michx.) Nutt. | Meadow parsnip | native | Somewhat riparian. |
Apocynaceae | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. | Spreading dogbane | native | Woodland openings and prairie/savanna area. |
Apocynaceae | Apocynum cannabinum L. | Indian Hemp | native | |
Araliaceae | Aralia racemosa L. | Spikenard | native | Infrequent, sheltered areas of northern oriented bluffs. |
Araliaceae | Panax quinquefolia L. | Ginseng | native | Infrequent, rich soil below northern oriented bluffs. |
Aristolochiaceae | Asarum canadense L. | Wild ginger | native | |
Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias exaltata L. | Poke milkweed | native | Open upland woods. |
Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias incarnata L. | Swamp milkweed | native | Rare, sandy alluvium. |
Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias syriaca L. | Common milkweed | native | Open areas of light disturbance. |
Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias verticillata L. | Whorled milkweed | native | Open areas, not common. |
Asteraceae | Achillea millefolium L. | Yarrow | native | Sandy openings in woods, and pastured areas. |
Asteraceae | Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. | Common ragweed | native | |
Asteraceae | Ambrosia trifida L. | Giant ragweed | native | |
Asteraceae | Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson | Ladies' tobacco | native | Top of bluffs with southern exposure, savanna like areas, and pastured areas. |
Asteraceae | Arctium minus Bernh. | Burdock | Eurasia | Open disturbed sandy soil, riparian.. |
Asteraceae | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. incl. var. gnaphalodes (Nutt.) T&G | White sage | native | Generally found along river banks, and in clearings under high voltage power lines, the var. gnaphalodes however is confined to a sandy pastured area in the SE section. |
Asteraceae | Aster cordifolius L. [=A.cordifolius L. var. sagittifolius (Wedem. ex Willd.) A.G. Jones] | Blue wood aster | native | Upland woods and bluffs. |
Asteraceae | Aster ericoides L. | Heath aster | native | Woodland edge, dry soil. |
Asteraceae | Aster lateriflorus (L.) Britton | Side-flowered aster | native | Woodland edge, dry soil. |
Asteraceae | Aster oblongifolius Nutt. | Aromatic aster | native | Open woods, bluff with southern orientation. |
Asteraceae | Aster ontarionis Wieg. | Ontario aster | native | Frequently seen on floodplain. |
Asteraceae | Aster pilosus Willd. | Hairy aster | native | Sandy opening. |
Asteraceae | Aster shortii Lindley | Short's aster | native | Bluffs. |
Asteraceae | Bidens cernua L. | Bur marigold | native | Riparian. |
Asteraceae | Bidens connata Muhl. ex Willd. | Beggar-ticks | native | Sandbars and mudflats. |
Asteraceae | Bidens frondosa L. | Beggar-ticks | native | Riparian. |
Asteraceae | Cacalia muhlenbergii (Sch.-Bip.) Fern. | Great indian plantain | native | |
Asteraceae | Carduus nutans L. | Musk thistle | Europe | |
Asteraceae | Cirsium altissimum (L.) Sprengel | Tall thistle | native | Open ground under electric transmission lines. |
Asteraceae | Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. | Canada thistle | Eurasia | Open ground under electric transmission lines. |
Asteraceae | Cirsium discolor Muhl. ex Willd. | Field thistle | native | Open ground under electric transmission lines, old field. |
Asteraceae | Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore | Bull thistle | Eurasia | Open ground under electric transmission lines. |
Asteraceae | Conza canadensis (L.) Cronq. | Horseweed | native | |
Asteraceae | Erechtites hieracifolia (L.) Raf. ex DC. | Fireweed | native | Under power lines. |
Asteraceae | Erigeron philadelphicus L. | Fleabane | native | Riparian. |
Asteraceae | Erigeron pulchellus Michx. | Robin's plantain | native | Open, southern-oriented bluff, prairie/savanna area. Also pastured bluff. |
Asteraceae | Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd. | Daisy fleabane | native | Openings |
Asteraceae | Eupatorium altissimum L. | Tall thoroughwort | native | Sandy soil in clearing under power lines. |
Asteraceae | Eupatorium purpureum L. | Purple joe-pye-weed | native | |
Asteraceae | Eupatorium rugosum Houtt. | White snakeroot | native | |
Asteraceae | Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pavon | Quickweed | C&S. Amer. | Extremely disturbed soil. |
Asteraceae | Gnaphalium obtusifolium L. | Everlasting | native | Sandy openings. |
Asteraceae | Helenium autumnale L. | Sneezeweed | native | Riparian. |
Asteraceae | Helianthus giganteus L. | Tall sunflower | native | Woodland edges. |
Asteraceae | Helianthus grosseserratus Martens | Sawtooth sunflower | native | Sandy, alluvial opening. |
Asteraceae | Helianthus strumosus L. | Pale-leaved sunflower | native | Woodland edges. |
Asteraceae | Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet | Ox-eye, false sunflower | native | Prairie/savanna, openings in woodland. |
Asteraceae | Krigia biflora (Walter) Blake | False dandelion | native | Open, southern-oriented bluff, prairie/savanna area. |
Asteraceae | Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fern. | Tall blue lettuce | native | Rare in this part of state, specimen should have been secured. |
Asteraceae | Lactuca canadensis L. | Tall lettuce | native | Clearings. |
Asteraceae | Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertner | Blue lettuce | native | Woodland edges. |
Asteraceae | Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh. | Gray-headed coneflower | native | Prairie/savanna, Prairie relict. |
Asteraceae | Rudbeckia hirta L. | Black-eyed Susan | native | Pastured openings in woodland, and prairie/savanna area. |
Asteraceae | Rudbeckia laciniata L. | Tall coneflower | native | Alluvial soil. |
Asteraceae | Rudbeckia triloba L. | Brown-eyed Susan | native | |
Asteraceae | Senecio pauperculus Michx. | Prairie ragwort | native | Sandy opening in woods, former agricultural use highly probible. |
Asteraceae | Silphium laciniatum L. | Compass plant | native | Relict prairie. |
Asteraceae | Silphium perfoliatum L. | Cup plant | native | Alluvial soil |
Asteraceae | Solidago canadensis L. var. canadensis | Tall goldenrod | native | Openings. |
Asteraceae | Solidago flexicaulis L. | Zig-zag goldenrod | native | Bluffs and rich woods. |
Asteraceae | Solidago gigantea Aiton | Smooth goldenrod | native | Woodland edge. |
Asteraceae | Solidago ulmifolia Muhl. ex Willd. | Elm-leaved goldenrod | native | |
Asteraceae | Sonchus oleraceus L. | Common sow thistle | Europe | Opening for electric transmission lines. |
Asteraceae | Taraxacum officinale Weber | Dandelion | Eurasia | |
Asteraceae | Veronia fasciculata Michx. | Smooth ironweed | native | Sandy pasture. |
Balsaminaceae | Impatiens capensis Meerb. | Jewelweed | native | Riparian. |
Balsaminaceae | Impatiens pallida Nutt. | Yellow jewel weed | native | |
Berberidaceae | Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. | Blue cohosh | native | Rich woodland, also under electric transmission line. |
Berberidaceae | Podophyllum peltatum L. | Mayapple | native | |
Betulaceae | Betula nigra L. | River birch | native | Riparian. |
Betulaceae | Carpinus caroliniana Walter | Blue beech | native | Infrequent to locally common. |
Betulaceae | Corylus americana Walter | Hazelnut | native | |
Betulaceae | Ostrya virginiana (P. Miller) K. Koch | Ironwood | native | |
Boraginaceae | Hackelia deflexa (Wahl.) Opiz | Stickseed | native | |
Boraginaceae | Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter) MacM. | Hairy puccoon | native | Sandy, open pastures. |
Boraginaceae | Onosmodium molle Michx. | False gromwell | native | Prairie/savanna area, rare. |
Brassicaceae | Alliaria petiolata (Bieb.) Cavara & Grande | Garlic mustard | Europe | Most common along river, following alluvial soil inland. Although absent from some areas, on a whole very well established throughout Preserve. |
Brassicaceae | Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. | Tower mustard | native | Sandy pastured areas. |
Brassicaceae | Arabis laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poiret | Rock cress | native | Frequently seen in areas of exposed bedrock, on outcrops of rock and shallow soil. |
Brassicaceae | Arabis shortii (Fern.) Gl. | Rock cress | native | Frequently seen, rock bluffs and outcrops, alluvial soil. |
Brassicaceae | Barbarea vulgaris R. Br. | Yellow rocket | Eurasia | Infrequent. |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine penslyvanica Muhl. ex Willd. | Bitter cress | native | Riparian. |
Brassicaceae | Dentatia laciniata Muhl. ex Willd. | Toothwort | native | |
Brassicaceae | Hesperis matronalis L. | Dame's rocket | Eurasia | Quite frequent on edges of flood plain and some moist alluvial openings where it has established itself quite nicely.. |
Brassicaceae | Lepidium campestre (L.) R. Br. | Field cress | Europe | Sandy pastured areas. |
Brassicaceae | Lepidium virginicum L. | Poor-man's pepper | native | Along river bank. Sandy openings. |
Brassicaceae | Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser | Yellow cress | native | Intermittent wet areas. |
Brassicaceae | Sisymbrium altissimum L. | Tumble mustard | native | Disturbed sandy soil, undoubtably more common than noted. |
Brassicaceae | Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. | Hedge mustard | Eurasia | Opening under electric transmission lines. |
Brassicaceae | Thlaspi arvense L. | Field penny cress | Europe | Rare on southern oriented bluff with disturbance. |
Capparaceae | Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. | Clammy-weed | native | Disturbed sandy soil. |
Campanulaceae | Campanula americana L. | Tall bellflower | native | |
Campanulaceae | Campanula rotundifolia L. | Harebell | native | Crevices and tops of steep stone bluffs, also exposed rock in prairie/savanna area. |
Campanulaceae | Lobelia inflata L. | Indian tobacco | native | Open ground under electric transmission lines. |
Campanulaceae | Lobelia siphilitica L. | Great lobelia | native | Open ground under electric transmission lines. |
Campanulaceae | Lobelia spicata Lam. | Pale-spike lobelia | native | Sandy pastures and prairie/savanna area. |
Campanulaceae | Triodanis perfoliata (L.) Nieuw. | Venus' looking-glass | native | Open woods and clearings. |
Caprifoliaceae | Lonicera dioca L. var.glabrescens (Rydb.) Butters | Wild honeysuckle | native | |
Caprifoliaceae | Lonicera morrowii Gray | Morrow's honeysuckle | Japan | Edge of pastured woodland. |
Caprifoliaceae | Lonicera prolifera (Kirchner) Rehder | Wild honeysuckle | native | |
Caprifoliaceae | Lonicera tatarica L. | Tararica honeysuckle | Eurasia | This introduction is not as rampant here, as it sometimes is elsewhere. |
Caprifoliaceae | Sambucus canadensis L. | Elderberry | native | |
Caprifoliaceae | Triosteum aurantiacum Bickn. | Horse gentian | native | Open, southern-oriented bluff, and open woods. |
Caryophyllaceae | Cerastium nutans Raf. | Nodding chickweed | native | Exposed hilltops and alluvial valleys. |
Caryophyllaceae | Dianthus armeria L. | Deptford pink | Europe | Open areas in sandy soil. |
Caryophyllaceae | Myosoton aquaticum Moench | Giant chickweed | Europe | |
Caryophyllaceae | Saponaria officinalis L. | Bouncing bet | Eurasia cult. | Sandy, disturbed soil. |
Caryophyllaceae | Silene antirrhina L. | Sleepy catchfly | Europe | Sandy old agr. area. |
Caryophyllaceae | Silene pratensis (Rafn) Gren. & Godron [=Lychnis alba P. Miller] | White campion | Europe | Sandy pastured areas and openings, rock outcrops, infrequent. |
Caryophyllaceae | Stellaria graminea L. | Common stitchwort | Europe | Quite common in floodplain pastures with no canopy, less common in woodland edge. |
Caryophyllaceae | Stellaria media (L.) Vill. | Common chickweed | native | Areas disturbed by moving water |
Celastraceae | Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. | Wahoo | native | Upland woods and bluffs, likely more widespread than noted. |
Chenopodiaceae | Chenopodium album L. | Lamb's quarters | Eurasia | Rock bluffs, sandy soil. |
Chenopodiaceae | Chenopodium hybridum L. | Maple-leaved goosefoot | native | Open areas under electric transmission lines. |
Convolvulaceae | Calystegia sepium (L.) R. Br. | Bindweed | native | Usually in moist open alluvial soil. |
Convolvulaceae | Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh | Low bindweed | native | Sandy soil of prairie/savanna area. Very common locally. |
Convolvulaceae | Cuscuta cuspidata Engelm. | Dodder | native | Alluvial woods, growing on Aster ontarionis. |
Convolvulaceae | Cuscuta gronovii Willd. | Common dodder | native | Alluvial woods, growing on Laportea canadensis. |
Convolvulaceae | Cuscuta indecora Choisy | Dodder | native | Listed as special concern by Iowa DNR. Sandy soil on high river terrace. Growing on Solidago, Ambrosia trifida, etc. |
Cornaceae | Cornus alternifolia L. f. | Alternate-leaved dogwood | native | |
Cornaceae | Cornus drummondii C.A. Meyer | Rough-leaved dogwood | native | Alluvial ground along stream. |
Cornaceae | Cornus foemina P. Miller ssp. racemosa (Lam.) J.S. Wilson | Gray dogwood | native | Woodland edges. |
Cucurbitaceae | Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) T. & G. | Wild cucumber | native | Open areas under electric transmission lines and riparian. |
Elaeagnaceae | Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb. | Autumn olive | e. Asia | Sandy open soil under power lines, bluff tops, woodland edges; infrequent. |
Ericaceae | Monotropa uniflora L. | Indian pipe | native | Rich upland woods. |
Ericaceae | Pyrola elliptica Nutt. | Shinleaf | native | North orientation on wooded ravine by prairie/savanna. |
Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha rhomboidea Raf. | Three-seeded mercury | native | Riparian, sandbars. |
Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha virginica L. | Three-seeded mercury | native | Bluff top. |
Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia corollata Engelm. | Flowering spurge | native | Sandy open ground, Prairie relict. |
Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia cyathophora Murray | Wild poinsettia | native | Sandy openings and river banks. |
Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia hexagona Nutt. ex Sprengel | Six-angled spurge | native | Sandy river banks. |
Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia maculata L. | spotted spurge | native | Sandy soil, river banks. |
Fabaceae | Amorpha canescens Pursh | Leadplant | native | Relict prairie. |
Fabaceae | Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern. | Hog peanut | native | |
Fabaceae | Apios americana Medicus | Ground-nut | native | |
Fabaceae | Desmodium canadense (L.) DC. | Showy tick-trefoil | native | |
Fabaceae | Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wood | Pointed tick-trefoil | native | |
Fabaceae | Gleditsia triacanthos L. | Honey locust | native | |
Fabaceae | Lespedeza capitata Michx. | Round-headed bush clover | native | Sandy pastures and prairie/savanna area. |
Fabaceae | Lotus corniculatus L. | Bird's-foot trefoil | Europe | Disturbed openings, pastures. |
Fabaceae | Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pallas | Yellow sweet clover | Eurasia | Disturbed soil of river bank. |
Fagaceae | Quercus alba L. | White oak | native | |
Fagaceae | Quercus bicolor Willd. | Swamp white oak | native | Floodplain. |
Fagaceae | Quercus borealis Michx. f. var. maxima (Marsh.) Ashe [=Quercus rubra L.] | Northern red oak | native | |
Fagaceae | Quercus ellipsoidalis E.J. Hill | Hill's oak | native | |
Fagaceae | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. | Bur oak | native | Uplands. |
Fagaceae | Quercus muhlenbergii Engelm. | Chinquapin or chestnut oak | native | On upper portion of bluffs with southern exposure. |
Fagaceae | Quercus velutina Lam. | Black oak | native | Uplands. |
Geraniaceae | Geranium carolinianum L. | Cranesbill | native | Sandy pastured open areas. |
Geraniaceae | Geranium maculatum L. | Wild geranium | native | |
Hydrophyllaceae | Ellisia nyctelea L. | Wild tomato | native | |
Hydrophyllaceae | Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx. | Appendaged waterleaf | native | Northern oriented slopes, under rock outcrops in rich, moist soil. |
Hydrophyllaceae | Hydrophyllum virginianum L. | Virginia waterleaf | native | |
Hypericaceae | Hypericum punctatum Lam. | Spotted St. John's wort | native | Edges of upland woods. |
Hypericaceae | Hypericum pyramidatum Aiton | Giant St. John's wort | native | Plants noted in pasture next to woodland, and other open areas. |
Juglandaceae | Carya cordiformis (Wang.) K. Koch | Bitternut hickory | native | |
Juglandaceae | Carya ovata (P. Miller) K. Koch | Shagbark hickory | native | |
Juglandaceae | Juglans cinerea L. | Butternut | native | |
Juglandaceae | Juglans nigra L. | Black walnut | native | |
Lamiaceae | Agastache nepetoides (L.) Kuntze | Yellow giant-hyssop | native | |
Lamiaceae | Agastache scrophulariifolia (Willd.) Kuntze | Purple giant-hyssop | native | |
Lamiaceae | Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Bentham | Woodmint | native | Common in moist woodland, usually along drainage areas. |
Lamiaceae | Glechoma hederacea L. | Creeping Charlie | Eurasia | Areas of disturbance, riparian. |
Lamiaceae | Leonurus cardiaca L. | Motherwort | Asia | Disturbed rocky areas, etal. |
Lamiaceae | Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex Barton | Water horehound | native | Riparian. |
Lamiaceae | Lycopus virginicus L. | Water horehound | native | Sandbars. |
Lamiaceae | Mentha arvensis L. | Wild mint | native | Riparian. |
Lamiaceae | Monarda fistulosa L. | Wild bergamot | native | Sandy opening in woods, pastured areas. |
Lamiaceae | Monarda punctata L. | Spotted horsemint | native | Sandy open area. |
Lamiaceae | Physostegia parviflora Nutt. ex Gray | False dragonhead | native | Riparian. |
Lamiaceae | Prunella vulgaris L. var. lanceolata (Bartram) Fern | Self heal | native | Sandy opening in woods, pastured areas. |
Lamiaceae | Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) Dur. & Jackson | Mountain mint | native | Woodland openings. |
Lamiaceae | Scutellaria lateriflora L. | Mad-dog skullcap | native | Riparian. |
Lamiaceae | Scutellaria ovata Hill | Skullcap | native | Woodland. |
Lamiaceae | Stachys tenuifolia Willd. var. hispida (Pursh) Fern. | Hedge nettle | native | Riparian. |
Lamiaceae | Teucrium canadense L. | Germander | native | Woodland openings. |
Menispermaceae | Menispermum canadense L. | Moonseed | native | |
Moraceae | Cannabis sativa L. | Hemp, Marijuana | Eurasia | Uncommon, areas of disturbance. |
Moraceae | Morus alba L. | White mulberry | e. Asia | |
Nyctaginaceae | Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM. | Wild four-o'clock | native | Open, disturbed sandy areas. |
Oleaceae | Fraxinus americana L. | White ash | native | Uplands. |
Oleaceae | Fraxinus pennsyvanica Marsh. var. lanceolata (Borkh.) Sarg. | Green ash | native | Floodplain. |
Oleaceae | Fraxinus nigra Marsh. | Black ash | native | Base and lower slopes of bluffs. |
Onagraceae | Circaea lutetiana L. ssp. canadensis (L.) Ascherson & Magnus | Enchanter's nightshade | native | |
Onagraceae | Oenothera laciniata Hill | Cut-leaf evening-primrose | native | Disturbed sandy soil. |
Onagraceae | Oenothera villosa Thunb. | Gray evening primrose | native | Riparian. |
Oxalidaceae | Oxalis dillenii L. | Yellow wood sorrel | native | Sandy, open soil. |
Oxalidaceae | Oxalis violacea L. | Violet wood sorrel | native | Southern oriented bluffs. |
Papaveraceae | Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp. | Squirrel corn | native | Northern oriented slopes, under rock outcrops in rich, moist soil. |
Papaveraceae | Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh. | Dutchman's breeches | native | |
Papaveraceae | Sanguinaria canadensis L. | Bloodroot | native | |
Phrymaceae | Phryma leptostachya L. | Lopseed | native | |
Phytolaccaceae | Phytolacca americana L. | Pokeweed | native | |
Plantaginaceae | Plantago lanceolata L. | Buckhorn or English plantain | Eurasia | Disturbed sandy soil. |
Plantaginaceae | Plantago rugelii Dcne. | Common plantain | native | |
Platanaceae | Platanus occidentalis L. | Sycamore | native | |
Polemoniaceae | Phlox divaricata L. | Sweet William, Blue phlox | native | |
Polemoniaceae | Polemonium reptans L. | Jacob's ladder | native | |
Polygalaceae | Polygala senega L. | Seneca snakeroot | native | Thin soil on southern oriented bluffs, prairie/savanna area. |
Polygonaceae | Polygonum achoreum Blake | Knotweed | native | Disturbed sandy soil. |
Polygonaceae | Polygonum erectum L. | Knotweed | native | Disturbed soil. |
Polygonaceae | Polygonum hydropiper L. | Common smartweed | native | Woodland. |
Polygonaceae | Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. | Wild water pepper | native | |
Polygonaceae | Polygonum lapathifolium L. | Dock-leaved smartweed | native | Riparian. |
Polygonaceae | Polygonum persicaria L. | Lady's thumb | Europe | Along river bank. |
Polygonaceae | Polygonum punctatum Ell. | Water-smartweed | native | |
Polygonaceae | Polygonum scandens L. | False buckwheat | native | Woodland edges. |
Polygonaceae | Polygonum virginianum L. | Jumpseed | native | |
Polygonaceae | Rumex acetosella L. | Red sorrel | Eurasia | Sandy opening in woods, sandy pastured areas. |
Polygonaceae | Rumex crispus L. | Curly dock | Europe | Sandy pastures. |
Polygonaceae | Rumex mexicanus Meisner | Dock | native | Open area, with prairie grasses under transmission line. |
Portulacaceae | Claytonia virginica L. | Spring Beauty | native | |
Primulaceae | Dodecatheon meadia L. | Shooting star | native | Prairie relict, small population. Also on disturbed eastern oriented bluff. |
Primulaceae | Lysimachia nummularia L. | Moneywort | Europe | Alluvial woodland. |
Ranunculaceae | Actaea pachypoda Ell. | White baneberry | native | |
Ranunculaceae | Aquilegia canadensis L. | Columbine | native | Usually on rock outcrops. |
Ranunculaceae | Anemone canadensis L. | Canada anemone | native | Moist soil. |
Ranunculaceae | Anemone quinquefolia L. | Wood anemone | native | Moist slopes and floodplains. |
Ranunculaceae | Anemone virginiana L. | Tall anemone | native | |
Ranunculaceae | Clematis virginiana L. | Virgin's bower | native | |
Ranunculaceae | Hepatica nobilis P. Miller var. acuta (Pursh) Steyerm. | Hepatica | native | |
Ranunculaceae | Isopyrum biternatum (Raf.) T. & G. | False rue anemone | native | Carpeting the lower slopes of the bluffs almost exclusively, down to the floodplains. |
Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus abortivus L. | Small-flowered crowfoot | native | |
Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus longirostris Godron | White water crowfoot | native | Sandbar and bank of river. |
Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus recurvatus Poiret | Hooked buttercup | native | Bluff tops, rich woodland. |
Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus sceleratus L. | Cursed crowfoot | native | Riparian. |
Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus septentrionalis Poiret | Swamp buttercup | native | |
Ranunculaceae | Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall. | Purple meadow-rue | native | Moist, woodland opening. |
Ranunculaceae | Thalictrum thalictroides (L.) Eames & Boivin | Rue anemone | native | |
Rhamnaceae | Ceanothus americanus L. var. pitcheri T. & G. | New Jersey tea | native | Prairie/savanna area. |
Rosaceae | Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr. | Agrimony | native | Open woods, Shrubby areas. |
Rosaceae | Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.) Fern. | Serviceberry | native | |
Rosaceae | Crataegus crus-galli L. | Cockspur hawthorn | native | Alluvial woodland |
Rosaceae | Crataegus margaretta Ashe | Hawthorne | native | Upland woods. |
Rosaceae | Crataegus punctata Jacq. | Hawthorn | native | Foodplain, and edges of woods. |
Rosaceae | Crataegus succulenta Schrader ex Link | Hawthorn | native | Floodplain |
Rosaceae | Fragaria virginiana Duchesne | Wild strawberry | native | Sandy opening in woods and prairie/savanna area. |
Rosaceae | Geum canadense Jacq. | White avens | native | |
Rosaceae | Geum vernum (Raf.) T. & G. | Spring avens | native | Locally quite common in pastured floodplain woodland. Currently listed as special concern by Iowa DNR. |
Rosaceae | Potentilla norvegica L. | Strawberry weed |
Eurasia/ native |
Opening under powerlines. |
Rosaceae | Potentilla recta L. | Sulfur cinquefoil | Europe | Sandy opening, disturbed. |
Rosaceae | Potentilla simplex Michx. | Common cinquefoil | native | Sandy pastured areas and prairie/savanna area. |
Rosaceae | Prunus americana Marsh. | Wild plum | native | River banks and edges of woodland. |
Rosaceae | Prunus pensyvanica L. f. | Pin-cherry | native | Rocky bluffs. |
Rosaceae | Prunus serotina Ehrh. | Wild black cherry | native | |
Rosaceae | Prunus virginiana L. | Choke cherry | native | |
Rosaceae | Rosa muliflora Thunb. ex Murray | Multiflora rose | e. Asia | |
Rosaceae | Rubus allegheniensis Porter ex Bailey | Blackberry | native | Open ground under electric transmission lines. |
Rosaceae | Rubus idaeus L. var. strigosus (Michx.) Maxim. | Wild red raspberry | native | Open ground under electric transmission lines. |
Rosaceae | Rubus steelei L.H. Bailey | Dewberry | native | Rocky prairie remnant, prairie/savanna area. |
Rosaceae | Rubus occidentalis L. | Black raspberry | native | |
Rubiaceae | Galium aparine L. | Cleavers | native | |
Rubiaceae | Galium boreale L. | Northern bedstraw | native | Rocky bluffs. |
Rubiaceae | Galium circaezans Michx. | Wild licorice | native | Bluff tops, infrequent. |
Rubiaceae | Galium concinnum T. & G. | Shining bedstraw | native | |
Rubiaceae | Galium triflorum Michx. | Sweet-scented bedstraw | native | |
Rutaceae | Zanthoxylum americanum P. Miller | Prickly ash | native | Forming small thickets in disturbed woods, both upland and floodplain. |
Salicaceae | Populus deltoides Bartram ex Marsh. | Cottonwood | native | Alluvial floodplain. |
Salicaceae | Populus grandidentata Michx. | Big-tooth aspen | native | Wooded slope by prairie/savanna. |
Salicaceae | Populus tremuloides Michx. | Quaking aspen | native | Upland woods edge. |
Salicaceae | Salix amygdaloides Andersson | Peach-leaved willow | native | |
Salicaceae | Salix nigra Marsh. | Black willow | native | Alluvial woodland. |
Saxifragaceae | Heuchera richardsonii R. Br. | Alumroot | native | Open, southern-oriented bluff, prairie/savanna area. |
Saxifragaceae | Mitella diphylla L. | Bishop's cap | native | Common on the larger rock bluffs |
Saxifragaceae | Ribes cynosbati L. | Prickly gooseberry | native | On rock outcrops. |
Saxifragaceae | Ribes missouriensis Nutt. ex T. & G. | Gooseberry | native | |
Scrophulariaceae | Castilleja coccinea (L.) Sprengel | Indian paintbrush | native | Sandy soil of prairie/savanna area. |
Scrophulariaceae | Lindernia dubia (L.) Pennell | False pimpernel | native | Mud flats and sand bars, riparian. |
Scrophulariaceae | Mimulus ringens L. | Monkey flower | native | Riparian. |
Scrophulariaceae | Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh | Figwort | native | Rare along river, and sandy pasture. |
Scrophulariaceae | Scrophularia marilandica L. | Figwort | native | Especially common in clearing under electrical transmission lines. |
Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum thapsus L. | Common mullein | Europe | Rare on rock outcrop, and old field. |
Scrophulariaceae | Veronica peregrina L. | Speedwell | native | Sandy soil along river. |
Scrophulariaceae | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. | Culver's root | native | Open woods. |
Solanaceae | Physalis heterophylla Nees | Clammy ground cherry | native | Sandy, deserted agr. ground. |
Solanaceae | Solanum americanum P. Miller | Black nightshade | native | Disturbed soil, riparian.. |
Solanaceae | Solanum carolinense L. | Horse nettle | native | Disturbed sandy areas. |
Staphyleaceae | Staphylea trifolia L. | Bladdernut | native | Locally common, forming thickets on rocky slopes and bluffs. |
Thymelaeaceae | Dirca palustris L. | Leatherwood | native | Small, scattered groves at the base of bluffs |
Tiliaceae | Tilia americana L. | Basswood | native | |
Ulmaceae | Celtis occidentalis L. | Hackberry | native | |
Ulmaceae | Ulmus americana L. | American elm | native | |
Ulmaceae | Ulmus rubra Muhl. | Slippery elm | native | |
Urticaceae | Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Sw. | Bog hemp | native | |
Urticaceae | Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd. | Wood nettle | native | On rich slopes and alluvium, this species is hard to ignore when it contacts bare skin. |
Urticaceae | Pilea pumila (L.) Gray | Clearweed | native | |
Urticaceae | Urtica dioica L. | Stinging nettle | native | |
Verbenaceae | Verbena hastata L. | Blue Verbain | native | Alluvium. |
Verbenaceae | Verbena stricta Vent. | Hoary Vervain | native | Sandy open soil. |
Verbenaceae | Verbena urticifolia L. | White vervain | native | Sandy, woodland openings. |
Violaceae | Viola pratincola Greene | Common blue violet | native | Woodland openings. |
Violaceae | Viola pubescens Aiton | Yellow violet | native | |
Violaceae | Viola sororia Willd. | Hairy blue violet | native | |
Vitaceae | Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planchon | Virginia creeper | native | |
Vitaceae | Parthenocissus vitacea (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc. | Woodbine | native | |
Vitaceae | Vitus riparia Michx. | Riverbank grape | native | |
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Araceae | Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott | Green dragon | native | |
Araceae | Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott | Jack-in-the-pulpit | native | |
Commelinaceae | Commelina communis L. | Common dayflower | e. Asia | Sandy river banks. |
Commelinaceae | Tradescantia ohiensis Raf. | Spiderwort | native | Sandy, woodland openings. |
Cyperaceae | Carex aggregata Mack. | Sedge | native | Sandy alluvial soil. Currently listed as Special Concern by the Iowa DNR. |
Cyperaceae | Carex albursina Sheldon | White bear sedge | native | Usually on rich, northern oriented slopes. |
Cyperaceae | Carex amphibola Steudel var. turgida Fern. [=Carex grisea Wahl.] | Sedge | native | Alluvial soil, infrequent; crevices of rich soil in rocky bluffs. |
Cyperaceae | Carex blanda Dewey | Sedge | native | |
Cyperaceae | Carex careyana Dewey | Carey's sedge | native | Not common, rich wooded slopes. Currently listed as Special Concern by the Iowa DNR. |
Cyperaceae | Carex cephalophora Willd. | Capitate sedge | native | Openings, open upland woods. |
Cyperaceae | Carex conjuncta Boott | Soft fox sedge | native | Open alluvial plain, not common. |
Cyperaceae | Carex davisii Schwein. & Torrey | Davis's sedge | native | |
Cyperaceae | Carex eburnea Boott | Sedge | native | Thin soil on crest of rocky bluffs. |
Cyperaceae | Carex gravida Bailey var. lunelliana Mack. | Sedge | native | |
Cyperaceae | Carex grayi Carey | Sedge | native | Rare; alluvial woods. |
Cyperaceae | Carex haydenii Dewey | Hayden's sedge | native | Colony along edge of river. |
Cyperaceae | Carex hirtifolia Mack. | Hairy sedge | native | |
Cyperaceae | Carex hitchcockiana Dewey | Sedge | native | Open ground under electric transmission lines. |
Cyperaceae | Carex jamesii Schwein. | Grass sedge | native | Not uncommon. |
Cyperaceae | Carex molesta Mack. | Sedge | native | Sandy open area on alluvial plain. |
Cyperaceae | Carex muhlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. muhlenbergii | Muhlenberg's sedge | native | Sandy open pastured areas. |
Cyperaceae | Carex normalis Mack. | Sedge | native | Floodplain, broken canopy. |
Cyperaceae | Carex oligocarpa Willd. | Sparse-fruited sedge | native | Common woodland species. |
Cyperaceae | Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd | Sedge | native | North oriented slopes, local, but forming large colonies which can account for half the plant cover in a given area. |
Cyperaceae | Carex pensylvanica Lam. | Pennsylvania or oak sedge | native | Top of southern oriented bluff, under broken canopy. Open woodland. |
Cyperaceae | Carex retroflexa Muhl. ex Willd. | Sedge | native | Quite common in sandy open areas such as pastures and prairie/savanna area. Possibly, this is only the second documentation of this species in Iowa, the other being in Johnson Co. This plant may be reaching its northern limits here. Special Concern. |
Cyperaceae | Carex rosea Schkuhr. ex. Willd. [=Carex convoluta Mack.] | Sedge | native | The taxonomy of this group is confusing. This should be the right treatment. |
Cyperaceae | Carex siccata Dewey [=Carex foenea Willd.] | Sedge | native | This is possibly only the second documentation of this species in Iowa, previously known from a prairie in Clay County in 1936. At this site it occurs in a sandy opening in the woods, and in the prairie/savanna area. Special Concern by the Iowa DNR. |
Cyperaceae | Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd. | Sedge | native | |
Cyperaceae | Carex sprengelii Dewey ex Sprengel | Long-beaked sedge | native | Infrequent on rich slopes, to abundant on sandy river terrace with canopy. |
Cyperaceae | Carex vulpinoidea Michx. | Sedge | native | Sandy opening. |
Cyperaceae | Cyperus aristatus Rottb. | Awned Flat Sedge | native | Riparian, on sandbars. |
Cyperaceae | Cyperus filiculmis Vahl. | Flat Sedge | native | Sandy opening. |
Cyperaceae | Cyperus schweinitzii Torrey | Sand Flat Sedge | native | Sandy open soil under power lines. |
Cyperaceae | Cyperus strigosus L. | Straw-color Flat Sedge | native | Sandy soil. |
Dioscoreaceae | Dioscorea villosa L. | Wild yam | native | |
Iridaceae | Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn. | Blue-eyed grass | native | Top of southern oriented bluffs, prairie/savanna area. |
Juncaceae | Juncus tenuis Willd. | Pathrush | native | Sandy openings. |
Juncaceae | Luzula multiflora (Retz.) Lej. | Woodrush | native | Open woodland on southern oriented bluff, growing around trees in open soil w/ Carex pensylvanica |
Liliaceae | Allium burdickii (Hanes) A.G. Jones [=A. tricoccum Aiton var. burdickii Hanes] | Wild leek | native | Open upland woods, usually noted at top of bluffs. |
Liliaceae | Allium canadense L. | Wild onion | naive | |
Liliaceae | Erythronium albidum Nutt. | Trout-lily, dogtooth-violet | native | |
Liliaceae | Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov. | Yellow stargrass | native | Top of southern oriented bluffs. |
Liliaceae | Polygonatum biflorum (Walter) Ell. | Solomon's seal | native | |
Liliaceae | Smilacina racemosa (L.) Desf. | False Solomon's seal | native | |
Liliaceae | Smilax ecirrhata (Engelm. ex Kunth) S. Watson | Carrion flower | native | |
Liliaceae | Smilax herbacea L. | Carrion flower | native | |
Liliaceae | Smilax hispida Muhl. | Greenbriar | native | |
Liliaceae | Trillium flexipes Raf. | Nodding trillium | native | Northern oriented slopes, under rock outcrops in rich, moist soil. |
Liliaceae | Uvularia grandiflora Small | Bellwort | native | |
Liliaceae | Zigadenus glaucus Nutt. | White camass | native | Crevices and tops of steep stone bluffs, northern orientation. |
Orchidaceae | Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Nutt. | Fall coral-root orchid | native | Upland woods with Triphora trianthophora. |
Orchidaceae | Galearis spectabilis (L.) Raf. | Showy orchid | native | |
Orchidaceae | Triphora trianthophora (Sw.) Rydb. | Nodding pogonia | native | Large population under dense canopy in upland woods, few herbaceous plants, with much leave mulch. |
Poaceae | Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv. | Quackgrass |
Europe, Asia |
Sandy deserted agr. field. |
Poaceae | Agrostis gigantea Roth | Redtop | Europe | Pastured areas. |
Poaceae | Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuckerman | Upland bent | native | Sandy pasture. |
Poaceae | Andropogon gerardii Vitman | Big bluestem | native | Fence rows, road ditches. |
Poaceae | Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber) Beauv. | Bearded Shorthusk | native | Open woods on bluff. |
Poaceae | Bromus commutatus Schrader | Hairy chess | Eurasia | Sandy openings on alluvial plains. |
Poaceae | Bromus inermis Leysser | Smooth brome | Europe | Disturbed soil by river. |
Poaceae | Bromus latiglumis (Shear) A.S. Hitchcock | Eared brome | native | |
Poaceae | Bromus pubescens Muhl. ex Willd. | Canada brome | native | Rocky wooded areas. |
Poaceae | Cenchrus longispinus (Hackel) Fern. | Sandbur | native | Sandy, disturbed soil, including sandbars along river. |
Poaceae | Cinna arundinacea L. | Wood reed | native | |
Poaceae | Dactylis glomerata L. | Orchard grass | Europe | Disturbed areas. |
Poaceae | Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. ex R. & S. | Poverty oat grass | native | Prairie/savanna area. |
Poaceae | Diarrhena americana Beauv. var. obovata Gl. | American beakgrain | native | Quite common in alluvial woods, occasionally in almost solid stands covering relatively large areas, also common in association with Carex sprengelii. |
Poaceae | Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & Clark var. acuminatum | Panic grass | native | Deserted sandy field, and top of southern oriented bluffs. |
Poaceae | Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & Clark var. implicatum (Scribner) Gould & Clark | Panic grass | native | Prairie/savanna area, transmission lines, etc. |
Poaceae | Dichanthelium latifolium (L.) Gould & Clark | Broad-leaved panic grass | native | Open woods and edges. |
Poaceae | Dichanthelium oligosanthes (Schultes) Gould var. scribnerianum (Nash.) Gould | Scribner's panic grass | native | Open, sandy area under power lines. |
Poaceae | Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. | Common crabgrass | Europe | Disturbed soil. |
Poaceae | Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. | Barnyard grass | Eurasia | Disturbed river banks. |
Poaceae | Echinochloa muricata (Beauv.) Fern. var. muricata | Barnyard grass | native | Riparian. |
Poaceae | Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertner | Goose grass | Old world: Africa? | Disturbed sandy soil. |
Poaceae | Elymus canadensis L. | Canada wildrye | native | High line opening, not common. |
Poaceae | Elymus riparius Wieg. | River bank wild rye | native | Riparian, growing with Elymus wiegandii. |
Poaceae | Elymus villosus Muhl. ex Willd. | Silky wild rye | native | |
Poaceae | Elymus virginicus L. | Virginia wild rye | native | |
Poaceae | Elymus wiegandii Fern. | Broad-leaved wild rye | native | Riparian, growing with Elymus riparius. Also growing on top of of large dislodged bedrock, in pockets of rich soil; steep valley. |
Poaceae | Eragrostis frankii C.A. Meyer var. brevipes Fassett | Sandbar love grass | native | Sand bars and mud flats. |
Poaceae | Eragrostis hypernoides (Lam.) BSP. | Creeping love grass | native | Sand bars and mud flats |
Poaceae | Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees | Carolina love grass | native | Disturbed sandy soil, riparian areas. |
Poaceae | Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel | Purple love grass | native | Dry, open soil. |
Poaceae | Festuca obtusa Biehler | Nodding fescue | native | |
Poaceae | Hystrix patula Moench [=Elymus hystrix L.] | Bottle-brush grass | native | |
Poaceae | Leersia virginica Willd. | White grass | native | |
Poaceae | Melica nitens (Scribner) Nutt. ex Piper | Three-flowered melic grass | native | Sandy openings in alluvial woods. |
Poaceae | Milium effusum L. | Millet-grass | native | Apparently documented only once in Iowa, from Allamakee county. At this preserve the grass was collected in an artificial clearing that is kept free of trees for electric power lines. Currently listed as Special Concern by the Iowa DNR. |
Poaceae | Muhlenbergia frondosa (Poiret) Fern. | Wirestem muhly | native | Riparian |
Poaceae | Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. | Wirestem muhly | native | Tops of southern oriented bluffs. |
Poaceae | Muhlenbergia schreberi J.F. Gmelin | Nimblewill | native | Bluff tops, and dry open soil. |
Poaceae | Muhlenbergia sobolifera (Muhl. ex Willd.) Trin. | Rock muhly | native | Southern oriented bluff tops. |
Poaceae | Muhlenbergia sylvatica (Torrey) Torrey ex Gray | Forest muhly | native | Open woods. |
Poaceae | Oryzopsis racemosa (Smith) Ricker | Black seeded rice-grass | natve | Rich soiled slopes and bluffs of any orientation. |
Poaceae | Panicum capillare L. | Common witchgrass | native | Disturbed soil, sometimes riparian. |
Poaceae | Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx. | Fall panic grass | native | Sandy river banks. |
Poaceae | Panicum virgatum L. | Switchgrass | native | Sandy openings under electrical transmission lines. |
Poaceae | Paspalum setaceum Michx. var. muhlenbergii (Nash) D. Banks | Bead-grass | native | Sandy open soil. |
Poaceae | Phalaris arundinacea L. | Reed canary grass | native | Sometimes quite abundant on floodplain. |
Poaceae | Phleum pratense L. | Timothy | Europe | Disturbed areas, pastures. |
Poaceae | Poa pratensis L. | Kentucky bluegrass | Europe | Sandy opening in woods, and pastured areas. |
Poaceae | Poa sylvestris Gray | Woodland bluegrass | native | Rich wooded slopes. |
Poaceae | Schizachne purpurascens (Torrey) Swallen | False medic | native | Not common; in pockets of soil on rock outcrops. |
Poaceae | Setaria glauca (L.) Beauv. | Yellow foxtail | Europe | Disturbed soil, riparian at times. |
Poaceae | Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash | Indian grass | native | Road ditch. |
Poaceae | Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribner var. major (Torrey) K.S. Erdman [=S. intermedia Rydb.] | Wedge grass | native | Open woods on bluff. |
Poaceae | Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribner var. obtusata | Wedge grass | native | Prairie/savanna area. |
Potamogetonaceae | Potamogeton nodosus Poiret | Pondweed | native | Farm impoundment. |
TOTAL:
448 species
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Last Updated: 04/08/2002