Manikowski Prairie
State Preserve, Clinton Co.
(by Latin
family name)
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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 | Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn | Smooth cliff-brake | native | Vertical areas of rock outcrops, usually southern orientation. |
| Aspleniaceae | Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Oakes ex DC. | Ebony spleenwort | native | Above bluff, not common. |
| Aspleniaceae | Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. | Bulblet bladder fern | native | On dolomite bluffs, usually northern aspect, or shaded areas. |
| Aspleniaceae | Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs [=D. spinulosa (O.F. Muell.) Watt.] | Spinulose wood fern | native | Only one plant noted, growing in a rotted stump along a ravine in prairie. |
| Equisetaceae | Equisetum arvense L. | Common horsetail | native | Along creek. |
| Equisetaceae | Equisetum laevigatum A. Br. | Smooth scouring rush | native | Prairie. |
| Ophioglossaceae | Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. | Rattlesnake fern | native | Not common, in semi-shaded prairie area. |
| Gymnosperms (conifers) | ||||
| Cupressaceae | Juniperus virginiana L. | Red cedar | native | |
| Angiosperms: Dicotyledons | ||||
| Aceraceae | Acer negundo L. | Box elder | native | Common tree species found along stream. |
| Aceraceae | Acer saccharinum L. | Silver maple | native | Fence rows and creek, not common. |
| Anacardiaceae | Rhus glabra L. | Smooth sumac | native | Colonies established in prairie. |
| Anacardiaceae | Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze | Poison ivy | native | |
| Apiaceae | Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC. | Honewort | native | Woodland. |
| Apocynaceae | Apocynum sibiricum Jacq. | Dogbane | native | |
| Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias syriaca L. | Common milkweed | native | |
| Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias verticillata L. | Whorled milkweed | native | |
| Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias viridiflora Raf. | Green milkweed | native | This species has either been overlooked, or is not on Manikowski where there should be suitable habitat. It appears to prefer more mesic areas, which in the remaining remnants is dry-mesic. |
| Asteraceae | Achillea millefolium L. | Yarrow | native | |
| Asteraceae | Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. | Common ragweed | native | Gopher mounds, disturbed soil. |
| Asteraceae | Ambrosia psilostachya DC. | Western ragweed | native | Dry, disturbed soil. |
| Asteraceae | Ambrosia trifida L. | Giant ragweed | native | Agricultural wasteground, alluvial soil. |
| Asteraceae | Antennaria neglecta Greene | Pussytoes | native | Prairie |
| Asteraceae | Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson | Ladies' tobacco | native | Prairie. |
| Asteraceae | Artemisia campestris L. ssp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clem. | Western sagewort | native | Dry prairie areas where exposed rock rivals soil on surface. |
| Asteraceae | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. var. gnaphalodes (Nutt.) T&G | White sage | native | Prairie. |
| Asteraceae | Aster azureus Lindley [=A. oolentangiensis Riddell] | Sky-blue aster | native | Frequent on prairie, seems to prefer rocky, hill slopes with northern orientations, although found elsewhere. |
| Asteraceae | Aster ericoides L. | Heath aster | native | Prairie, scattered, infrequent. |
| Asteraceae | Aster oblongifolius Nutt. | Aromatic aster | native | Locally abundant on dry prairie forming patches. Clonal through rhizomes. |
| Asteraceae | Aster pilosus Willd. | Hairy aster | native | Prairie. |
| Asteraceae | Aster sericeus Vent. | Silky aster | native | Dry prairie, common. |
| Asteraceae | Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners [=Kuhnia eupatorioides L.] | False boneset | native | Prairie, common. |
| Asteraceae | Cacalia plantaginea (Raf.) Shinners [=C. tuberosa Nutt.] | Prairie Indian plantain | native | Only one plant noted at base of outcroppings. |
| Asteraceae | Carduus nutans L. | Musk thistle | Europe | Edges of agricultural ground. |
| Asteraceae | Cirsium discolor Muhl. ex Willd. | Field thistle | native | Moist areas around prairie. |
| Asteraceae | Cirsium undulatum (Nutt.) Sprengel | Wavy-leaved thistle | native | Current Iowa special concern species. Favors mesic draws. |
| Asteraceae | Conza canadensis (L.) Cronq. [=Erigeron canadensis L.] | Horseweed | native | Disturbed soil throughout dry prairie where it grows to a height of about two or three inches and along stream where it attains several feet in height. |
| Asteraceae | Coreopsis palmata Nutt. | Prairie coreopsis | native | |
| Asteraceae | Echinacea pallida Nutt. | Pale purple coneflower | native | Prairie, common. |
| Asteraceae | Erigeron annus (L.) Pers. | Annual fleabane | native | Disturbed areas, agricultural. |
| Asteraceae | Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd. | Daisy fleabane | native | Prairie. |
| Asteraceae | Eupatorium altissimum L. | Tall thoroughwort | native | Prairie |
| Asteraceae | Eupatorium rugosum Houtt. | White snakeroot | native | Disturbed brushy areas, thickets and along stream. Moist areas where prairie vegatation has been shaded out. |
| Asteraceae | Gnaphalium obtusifolium L. | Everlasting | native | Rocky prairie. |
| Asteraceae | Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal | Gum weed | native | Disturbed prairie, rare. Only two plants noted. |
| Asteraceae | Helianthus hirsutus Raf. | Bristly sunflower | native | Mesic soil along drainageway. |
| Asteraceae | Helianthus occidentalis Riddell | Western sunflower | native | Dry prairie species, frequent around exposed rock areas. |
| Asteraceae | Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf. ssp. subrhomboideus (Rydb.) Heiser [=H. pauiflorus Nutt. var. subrhomboideus (Rydb.) Cronq. | Stiff or prairie sunflower | native | Favors the same mesic draws as Silphium laciniatum. These mesic areas, however, are rare in this prairie complex. |
| Asteraceae | Helianthus strumosus L. | Pale-leaved sunflower | native | Alluvial soil along stream and at edge of agricultural ground. Could be other species listed here also, since this is the "'wastebasket' species" of sunflower experts. (Charles Heiser ex Voss p.431.) |
| Asteraceae | Lactuca canadensis L. | Tall lettuce | native | Scattered throughout prairie and disturbed areas alike. |
| Asteraceae | Lactuca serriola L. | Prickly lettuce | native | Disturbed prairie. |
| Asteraceae | Liatris aspera Michx. | Rough blazing star | native | Shuns the driest soils that L. cylindracea prefers for dry-mesic and mesic soils. |
| Asteraceae | Liatris cylindracea Michx. | Blazing star | native | Hundreds, more likely thousands, on many rocky, thin soiled areas of the prairie and when in flower cause a great amont of excitement to many species of butterflies, skippers, bees and so on. |
| Asteraceae | Parthenium integrifolium L. | Wild quinine | native | More mesic areas of prairie. Local and patchy. |
| Asteraceae | Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh. | Gray-headed coneflower | native | Mesic prairie, frequent. |
| Asteraceae | Senecio plattensis Nutt. | Prairie ragwort | native | Prairie, not common. |
| Asteraceae | Silphium integrifolium Michx. | Rosinweed | native | Infrequent, although locally common in prairie. Favors slopes with northern orientation and better moisture than the rocky uplands. |
| Asteraceae | Silphium laciniatum L. | Compass plant | native | Mesic prairie, local. Grows in same areas as Helianthus rigidus. |
| Asteraceae | Solidago canadensis L. var. canadensis | Tall goldenrod | native | Often disturbed prairie in moister soils. |
| Asteraceae | Solidago nemoralis Aiton | Gray or field goldenrod | native | Prairie. This is one of the charactoristic species of the thin-soiled areas of exposed rock, usually only attaining a height of three to nine inches. |
| Asteraceae | Solidago ptarmicoides (Nees) Boivin [=Aster ptarmicoides (Nees) T & G] | Upland white aster | native | Common on rocky prairie soil. Colonizer on poor soils. |
| Asteraceae | Solidago rigida L. | Stiff goldenrod | native | Infrequent on prairie. |
| Asteraceae | Taraxacum officinale Weber | Dandelion | Eurasia | |
| Asteraceae | Tragopogon dubius Scop. | Fistulous goat's beard | Europe | Prairie weed. |
| Balsaminaceae | Impatiens pallida Nutt. | Yellow jewel weed | native | Along creek or alluvial soil. |
| Boraginaceae | Hackelia virginiana (L.) I.M. Johnston | Stickseed | native | Shaded, alluvial soil. |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm. | Hoary puccoon | native | Prairie. |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum incisum Lehm. | Fringed puccoon | native | Prairie. |
| Boraginaceae | Onosmodium molle Michx. var. hispidissium (Mack.) Cronq. | False gromwell | native | Prairie |
| Brassicaceae | Alliaria petiolata (Bieb.) Cavara & Grande | Garlic mustard | Europe | In shade along creek, not as extensive as it is usually found, but never the less a plant to be leary of. Removing the shade may destroy it's habitat. |
| Brassicaceae | Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. | Tower mustard | native | Edge of field. |
| Brassicaceae | Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. var. pycnocarpa (M. Hopkins) Rollins. | Rock cress | native | Prairie. |
| Brassicaceae | Arabis lyrata L. | Lyre -leaved rockcress | native | Very common in shallow soils and on rock outcrops. |
| Brassicaceae | Draba reptans (Lam.) Fern. | Whitlow grass | native | Infrequent, shallow sandy soil. |
| Brassicaceae | Erysimum cheiranthoides L. | Wormseed mustard | Europe | Waste ground |
| Brassicaceae | Lepidium campestre (L.) R. Br. | Field cress | Europe | |
| Brassicaceae | Lepidium virginicum L. | Poor-man's pepper | native | |
| Campanulaceae | Lobelia spicata Lam. | Pale-spike lobelia | native | Common prairie species. |
| Campanulaceae | Triodanis perfoliata (L.) Nieuw. | Venus' looking-glass | native | Disturbed prairie areas. |
| Caprifoliaceae | Lonicera morrowii Gray | Morrow's honeysuckle | Japan | Edges of bluffs. |
| Caprifoliaceae | Sambucus canadensis L. | Elderberry | native | Edges of bluffs. |
| Caprifoliaceae | Triosteum perfoliatum L. | Horse gentian | native | Edges of bluffs, local. |
| Caryophyllaceae | Minuartia michauxii (Fern.) Farw. [=Arenaria stricta Michx.] | Rock sandwort | native | Listed as Iowa special concern species 1994. |
| Caryophyllaceae | Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench [=Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop.] | Giant chickweed | Europe | |
| Caryophyllaceae | Saponaria officinalis L. | Bouncing bet | Eurasia cult. | Extreme south west corner of preserve and also in main prairie southeast of compass plants. |
| Caryophyllaceae | Silene antirrhina L. | Sleepy catchfly | native | Thin rocky soil. |
| Caryophyllaceae | Silene pratensis (Rafn) Gren. & Godron [=Lychnis alba P. Miller] | White campion | Europe | Disturbed areas. |
| Caryophyllaceae | Stellaria media (L.) Vill. | Common chickweed | Europe | Moist, shaded disturbed soil. |
| Chenopodiaceae | Chenopodium desiccatum A. Nelson [=C. leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson var. oblongifolium S. Watson] | Narrow-leaved goosefoot | native | Infrequent in disturbed upland prairie area. |
| Chenopodiaceae | Chenopodium hybridum L. var: gigantospermum (Aellen) Rouleau [=C. gigantospermum Aellen] [=C. simplex (Torr.) Raf.] | Maple-leaved goosefoot | native | Base of bluffs, local on semi-disturbed soil. |
| Convolvulaceae | Calystegia sepium (L.) R. Br. | Bindweed | native | Moist, disturbed areas. |
| Convolvulaceae | Convolvulus arvensis L. | Field bindweed | Europe | Dry, disturbed areas. |
| Cornaceae | Cornus foemina P. Miller ssp. racemosa (Lam.) J.S. Wilson | Gray dogwood | native | |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha rhomboidea Raf. | Three-seeded mercury | native | |
| Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia corollata Engelm. | Flowering spurge | native | Common prairie species. |
| Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia dentata Michx. [=Poinsettia dentata (Michx.) Kl. & Garcke] | Toothed spurge | native | Dry prairie. |
| Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia escula L. | Leafy spurge | Eurasia | Small population south of road along fence line. |
| Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia glytosperma Engelm. | Spurge | native | Infrequent in undisturbed prairie, usually in cracks of rock; common on edge of fields where herbicides have killed existing vegetation. |
| Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia maculata L. | spotted spurge | native | Edge of field. |
| Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia nutans Lag. | Nodding spurge | native | Prairie, edges of field. |
| Fabaceae | Amorpha canescens Pursh | Leadplant | native | Prairie. |
| Fabaceae | Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Ell. var. glabrescens (Larisey) Isely | Cream wild indigo | native | Infrequent prairie species. |
| Fabaceae | Baptisa lactea (Raf.) Thieret [=B. leucantha T. & G.] [=B. alba (L.) R. Br. var. macrophylla (Larisey) Isely] | White wild indigo | native | Prairie, more mesic than B. bracteata preferring deeper soil and associating with Solidago speciosa, Liatris aspera and Hieracium longipilum. Local, due to limited suitable sites. |
| Fabaceae | Dalea purpurea Vent. [=Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.) Rydb.] | Purple prairie clover | native | |
| Fabaceae | Desmodium illinoence Gray | Illinois tick-trefoil | native | |
| Fabaceae | Gleditsia triacanthos L. | Honey locust | native | |
| Fabaceae | Lotus corniculatus L. | Bird's-foot trefoil | Europe | Planted to "improve pasture". |
| Fabaceae | Medicago sativa L. | Alfalfa | Caspian area | Planted to "improve pasture". |
| Fabaceae | Melilotus alba Medicus | White sweet clover | Eurasia | Occasional in prairie. |
| Fabaceae | Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pallas | Yellow sweet clover | Eurasia | Occasional in prairie. |
| Fagaceae | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. | Bur oak | native | Some large trees up to 3 feet diameter breast hieght, with open crowns along stream. Danger of being shade-pruned by Prunus species. |
| Hydrophyllaceae | Ellisia nyctelea L. | Wild tomato | native | Moist soil along creek. |
| Hypericaceae | Hypericum perforatum L. | Common St. John's wort | Europe | |
| Lamiaceae | Hedeoma hispidum Pursh | Rough pennyroyal | native | |
| Lamiaceae | Leonurus cardiaca L. | Motherwort | Asia | |
| Lamiaceae | Monarda fistulosa L. | Wild bergamot | native | Mesic areas of prairie. |
| Lamiaceae | Monarda punctata L. | Spotted horsemint | native | Confined to one small "borrow" area by prairie planting. Unable to determine if of local origin, or if came in from seed for reconstruction purposes.. |
| Lamiaceae | Nepeta cataria L. | Catnip | Eurasia | |
| Lamiaceae | Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) Dur. & Jackson | Mountain mint | native | Restricted to western edge of one hill close to creek. |
| Lamiaceae | Scutellaria parvula Michx. | Little skullcap | native | Common, rocky prairie areas. |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys palustris L. var. pilosa (Nutt.) Fern. | Hedge nettle | native | Base of bluffs in prairie. Along stream, alluvial soil, usually disturbed. |
| Lamiaceae | Teucrium canadense L. var. boreale (Bickn.) Shinners | Germander | native | Base of bluffs in prairie. |
| Lamiaceae | Trichostema brachiatum L. [=Isanthus brachiatus (L.) BSP.] | False pennyroyal | native | Dry soil. |
| Linaceae | Linum sulcatum Riddell | Wild flax | native | Dry, rocky prairie. |
| Menispermaceae | Menispermum canadense L. | Moonseed | native | Base of limestone bluffs. |
| Moraceae | Maclura pomifera (Raf. ex Sarg.) Schneider | Osage orange, hedge apple | Ark.,Okla., & Tex. | |
| Moraceae | Morus alba L. | White mulberry | e. Asia | Common along creek, dwarfed sprawling plants growing on rocky prairie areas. |
| Onagraceae | Gaura biennis L. | Gaura | native | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera villosa Thunb. [=O.biennis L. var. canescens T. & G.] | Gray evening primrose | native | Scattered throughout both prairie and disturbed areas. |
| Oxalidaceae | Oxalis dillenii L. | Yellow wood sorrel | native | |
| Oxalidaceae | Oxalis violacea L. | Violet wood sorrel | native | Common prairie species. |
| Phrymaceae (Verbenaceae) | Phryma leptostachya L. | Lopseed | native | Woodland |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago aristata Michx. | Bracted plantain | native | Dry prairie. |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago lanceolata L. | Buckhorn or English plantain | Eurasia | Disturbed prairie. |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago rugelii Dcne. | Common plantain | native | |
| Platanaceae | Platanus occidentalis L. | Sycamore | native | |
| Polygonaceae | Polygonum scandens L. | False buckwheat | native | Thickets, riparian. |
| Primulaceae | Dodecatheon meadia | Shooting star | native | Locally abundant on hillsides with northern orientation, usually in shallow soil, sometimes in rock crevices. |
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone cylindrica Gray | Thimbleweed | native | Prairie. |
| Ranunculaceae | Aquilegia canadensis L. | Columbine | native | Common rock species. |
| Ranunculaceae | Clematis virginiana L. | Virgin's bower | native | Prairie. |
| Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus abortivus L. | Small-flowered crowfoot | native | Along stream and in disturbed moist areas. |
| Ranunculaceae | Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall. | Purple meadow-rue | native | South bluff. |
| Rosaceae | Rosa arkansana T.C. Porter | Dwarf prairie rose | native | Drier uplands. |
| Rosaceae | Rosa carolina L. var. villosa (Best) Rehder | Pasture rose | native | Base of bluffs. |
| Rosaceae | Rosa muliflora Thunb. ex Murray | Multiflora rose | east. Asia | |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla arguta Pursh | Prairie cinquefoil | native | |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla recta L. | Sulfur cinquefoil | Europe | Disturbed prairie. |
| Rosaceae | Prunus pensyvanica L. f. | Pin-cherry | native | |
| Rosaceae | Prunus serotina Ehrh. | Wild black cherry | native | |
| Rubiaceae | Galium aparine L. | Cleavers | native | Along creek. |
| Salicaceae | Populus deltoides Bartram ex Marsh. | Cottonwood | native | |
| Salicaceae | Salix exigua Nutt. ssp. interior (Rowlee) Cronq. [=S. interior Rowlee] | Sandbar willow | native | |
| Salicaceae | Salix nigra Marsh. | Black willow | native | along stream. |
| Salicaceae | Salix rigida Muhl. [=S. eriocephala Michx.] | Diamond-leaved willow | native | |
| Santalaceae | Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. | Bastard toadflax | native | Common prairie species. |
| Saxifragaceae | Heuchera richardsonii R. Br. | Alumroot | native | |
| Saxifragaceae | Ribes missouriensis Nutt. ex T. & G. | Gooseberry | native | Along bluffs. |
| Scrophulariaceae | Agalinis aspera (Douglas ex Bentham) Britton [=Gerardia aspera Douglas] | Gerardia | native | Level hill tops on prairie, local. |
| Scrophulariaceae | Castilleja sessiliflora Pursh | Downy painted cup | native | |
| Scrophulariaceae | Pedicularis canadensis L. | Wood betony | native | Common rocky prairie species. |
| Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum thapsus L. | Common mullein | Europe | Frequent in shallow soil of rock outcrops, frequencey increases in areas of disturbance. |
| Scrophulariaceae | Veronica peregrina L. | Speedwell | native | Along creek. |
| Solanaceae | Physalis virginiana P. Miller [=P. Longifolia Nutt.] | Ground cherry | native | Common prairie species, does well in disturbed soil. |
| Solanaceae | Solanum americanum P. Miller | Black nightshade | native | Disturbance areas, small areas of soil between rock. |
| Solanaceae | Solanum carolinense L. | Horse nettle | native | |
| Solanaceae | Solanum dulcamara L. | European bittersweet | Eurasia | |
| Staphyleaceae | Staphylea trifolia L. | Bladdernut | native | Base of dolomite bluffs, southern and western orientation. |
| Tiliaceae | Tilia americana L. | Basswood | native | Rare. isolated location along south bluff. |
| Ulmaceae | Celtis occidentalis L. | Hackberry | native | |
| Ulmaceae | Ulmus pumila L. | Siberian elm | Asia | |
| Urticaceae | Parietaria pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd. | Pellitory | native | Usually on rock. |
| Urticaceae | Urtica dioica L. | Stinging nettle | native | Moist disturbed soil, along creek. |
| Verbenaceae | Verbena bracteata Lag. & Rodr. | Creeping verbain | native | Along road at edge of prairie. |
| Verbenaceae | Verbena hastata L. | Blue Verbain | native | Moist area of Prairie. |
| Verbenaceae | Verbena simplex Lehm. | Narrow-leaved verbain | native | Prairie. |
| Verbenaceae | Verbena stricta Vent. | Hoary vervain | native | Prairie. |
| Verbenaceae | Verbena urticifolia L. | White vervain | native | Along creek. |
| Violaceae | Viola X bernardii Greene [=V. pedatifida X V. sororia] | Prairie violet and Common blue violet Hybrid | native | The parent species, Viola pedatifida, was not noted at Manikowski, however it is noted in an earlier list. |
| Violaceae | Viola pedata L. | Bird's-foot violet | native | Very common, shallow soil. |
| Vitaceae | Vitus riparia Michx. | Riverbank grape | native | |
| Violaceae | Viola pedatifida G. Don | Prairie violet | native | |
| Violaceae | Viola sororia Willd. | Hairy blue violet | native | Common along stream, not common along edges of prairie, usally noted in areas of disturbance of varying degrees. |
| Vitaceae | Parthenocissus vitacea (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc. | Woodbine | native | |
| Vitaceae | Vitus riparia Michx. | Riverbank grape | native | Common on rocky prairie. |
| Angiosperms: Monocotyledons | ||||
| Commelinaceae | Tradescantia ohiensis Raf. | Spiderwort | native | |
| Cyperaceae | Carex blanda Dewey | Sedge | native | Not common, along creek, also in prairie. |
| Cyperaceae | Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. | Sedge | native | Prairie |
| Cyperaceae | Carex gravida Bailey var. gravida | Sedge | native | Growing at base of south bluff. |
| Cyperaceae | Carex richardsonii R. Br. | Sedge | native | Quite common on shallow soil through most of site, however not well documented for Iowa at this time. Listed as Iowa special concern species, 1994. |
| Cyperaceae | Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. | Sedge | native | Along creek. |
| Cyperaceae | Carex umbellata Schkuhr ex Willd. | Sedge | native | Not well documented for Iowa at this time. Listed as Iowa special concern species, 1994. Locally common on shallow soils. |
| Cyperaceae | Eleocharis compressa Sulliv. | Spike-rush | native | Along slough planted to pasture grasses by windmill. |
| Iridaceae | Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn. | Blue-eyed grass | native | |
| Liliaceae | Allium canadense L. | Wild onion | naive | Moist areas along prairie. |
| Liliaceae | Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov. | Yellow stargrass | native | Common prairie species. |
| Liliaceae | Polygonatum biflorum (Walter) Ell. | Solomon's seal | native | |
| Liliaceae | Smilacina stellata (L.) Desf. | Starry false Soloman's seal | native | Locally abundant, usually northern orientation on prairie. |
| Liliaceae | Smilax herbacea L. | Carrion flower | native | South bluff. |
| Poaceae | Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv. [=Elymus repens (L.) Gould] | Quackgrass | Europe, Asia | Along stream. |
| Poaceae | Agropyron smithii Rydb. [=Elymus smithii (Rydb.) Gould] | Western wheat grass | native | Occasional, scattered throughout prairie. |
| Poaceae | Andropogon gerardii Vitman | Big bluestem | native | Common prairie species. |
| Poaceae | Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torrey | Side-oats grama | native | Common upland prairie species . |
| Poaceae | Bromus inermis Leysser | Smooth brome | Europe | |
| Poaceae | Bromus tectorum L. | Downy chess | Europe | Disturbed soil. |
| Poaceae | Cenchrus longispinus (Hackel) Fern. | Sandbur | native | Edge of field. |
| Poaceae | Dichanthelium oligosanthes (Schultes) Gould var. scribnerianum (Nash.) Gould | Scribner's panic grass | native | |
| Poaceae | Dichanthelium perlongum (Nash.) Freckm. | Panic grass | native | Proposed Iowa special concern species 1998. |
| Poaceae | Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel | Purple love grass | native | |
| Poaceae | Melica nitens (Scribner) Nutt. ex Piper | Three-flowered melic grass | native | Proposed Iowa special concern species 1998. |
| Poaceae | Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torrey) Rydb. | Plains muhly | native | In crevices and on top of dolomite bluffs. |
| Poaceae | Muhlenbergia frondosa (Poiret) Fern. | Wirestem muhly | native | |
| Poaceae | Muhlenbergia schreberi J.F. Gmelin | Nimbleweed | native | Along stream. |
| Poaceae | Panicum capillare L. | Common witchgrass | native | Animal digs, disturbed soil. |
| Poaceae | Panicum virgatum L. | Switchgrass | native | |
| Poaceae | Phalaris arundinacea L. | Reed canary grass | native | Along creek. |
| Poaceae | Phleum pratense L. | Timothy | Europe | |
| Poaceae | Poa compressa L. | Canada bluegrass | Europe | |
| Poaceae | Poa palustris L. | Fowl meadow grass | native | Along creek. |
| Poaceae | Poa pratensis L. | Kentucky bluegrass | Europe | |
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash. | Little bluestem | native | |
| Poaceae | Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash | Indian grass | native | |
| Poaceae | Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribner var. obtusata | Wedge grass | native | |
| Poaceae | Sporobulus asper (Michx.) Kunth. [=S. compositus (Poir.) Merr.] [=Agrostis composita Poir.] | Rough dropseed | native | Dry, disturbed soil. |
| Poaceae | Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray | Prairie dropseed | native | |
| Poaceae | Sporobolus neglectus Nash. | Small rush grass | native | Thin, rocky soil; crevices in outcrops. |
| Poaceae | Stipa spartea Trin. | Needlegrass | native | |
| Poaceae | Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman | Sand grass | native | Thin, rocky soil. |
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TOTAL: 230 species Alien Species: 34 (15%) |
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Last Updated: 04/08/2002