Chiwaukee Prairie Plant List by Family....
This plant list was originally compiled by Hugh Iltis and Jim Zimmerman and later published by Eugene Gasiorkiewicz in 1986.
A B C E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U V
| Family | Common Name | Scientific Name | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acacardiaceae | Poison ivy | Rhus radicans | |
| Aceraceae | Box elder | Acer negundo | |
| Aceraceae | Silver maple | Acer saccharinum | |
| Aceraceae | White snakeroot | Eupatorium rugosum | |
| Alismaceae | Water plantain | Alisma plantago aquatica | |
| Alismataceae | Common arrowhead | Sagittaria latifolia | |
| Amaryllidaceae | Star grass | Hypoxis hirsuta | |
| Amaryllidaceae | Yellow star grass | Hypoxis hirsuta | |
| Anacardiaceae | Smooth sumac | Rhus glabra | |
| Apiaceae | Black snakeroot | Sanicula marilandica | |
| Apiaceae | Cow bane | Oxypolis regidior | |
| Apiaceae | Cow parsnip | Heracleum lanatum | |
| Apiaceae | Cow parsnip | Heracleum maximum | |
| Apiaceae | Golden Alexander | Zizia aurea | |
| Apiaceae | Hog fennel | Oxypolis regidior | |
| Apiaceae | Rattlesnake master | Eryngium yuccifolium | |
| Apiaceae | Sanicle | Sanicula marilandica | |
| Apiaceae | Water dropwort | Oxypolis regidior | |
| Apiaceae | Water-hemlock | Cicuta maculata | |
| Apiaceae | Yellow pimpernel | Taenidia integerrima | |
| Apocynaceae | Indian hemp | Apocynum cannabinum | |
| Apocynaceae | Spreading dogbane | Apocynum androsaemifolium | |
| Asclepiadaceae | Butterfly weed | Asclepias tuberosa | |
| Asclepiadaceae | Common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | |
| Asclepiadaceae | Purple milkweed | Asclepias purpurascens | endangered |
| Asclepiadaceae | Sand milkweed | Asclepias amplexicaulis | |
| Asclepiadaceae | Short green milkweed | Asclepias viridiflora | |
| Asclepiadaceae | Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | |
| Asclepiadaceae | Tall green milkweed | Asclepias hirtella | |
| Asclepiadaceae | Whorled milkweed | Asclepias verticillata | |
| Asteraceae | Balsam ragwort | Senecia pauperculus | |
| Asteraceae | Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | |
| Asteraceae | Bog goldenrod | Solidago ugliginosa | |
| Asteraceae | Canada hawkweed | Hieracium canadense fasciculatum | |
| Asteraceae | Canada thistle | Cirsium arvense | non-native |
| Asteraceae | Cats foot | Antennaria neglecta | |
| Asteraceae | Chicory | Cichorium intybus | non-native |
| Asteraceae | Chrysanthemum | Chrysanthemum leucanthemum pinnatifidum | |
| Asteraceae | Cocklebur | Xanthium canadense | |
| Asteraceae | Common Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | |
| Asteraceae | Common ironweed | Veronia fasciculata | |
| Asteraceae | Common ragweed | Ambrosia artemisifolia | |
| Asteraceae | Compass plant | Silphium laciniatum | |
| Asteraceae | Coneflower | Rudbeckia hirta | |
| Asteraceae | Cud weed | Gnaphalium obtusifolium | |
| Asteraceae | Cylindrical blazing star | Liatris cylindracea | |
| Asteraceae | Daisy fleabane | Erigeron strigosis | |
| Asteraceae | Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale | non-native |
| Asteraceae | Dwarf dandelion | Krigia biflora | |
| Asteraceae | Everlasting | Gnaphalium obtusifolium | |
| Asteraceae | False boneset | Kuhnia eupatorioides | |
| Asteraceae | False dandelion | Krigia biflora | |
| Asteraceae | False sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | |
| Asteraceae | Flat top aster | Aster umbellatus | |
| Asteraceae | Giant ragweed | Ambrosia trifida | |
| Asteraceae | Glaveous white lettuce | Prenanthes racemosa | |
| Asteraceae | Goat's beard | Tragopogon major | |
| Asteraceae | Goldenrod | Solidago altissima | |
| Asteraceae | Goldenrod | Solidago nemoralis | |
| Asteraceae | Grass-leaved goldenrod | Solidago graminifolia | |
| Asteraceae | Groundsel | Senecia pauperculus | |
| Asteraceae | Indian plantain | Cacalia tuberosa | threatened |
| Asteraceae | Ladies' tobacco | Antennaria neglecta | |
| Asteraceae | Late goldenrod | Solidago gigantea leiophylla | |
| Asteraceae | Many-flowered aster | Aster ericoides | |
| Asteraceae | Marsh blazing star | Liatris spicata | |
| Asteraceae | Marsh fleabane | Erigeron philadelphicus | |
| Asteraceae | Missouri goldenrod | Solidago missouriensis | |
| Asteraceae | New England aster | Aster novae-angliae | |
| Asteraceae | Nodding bur-marigold | Bidens cernua | |
| Asteraceae | Ohio goldenrod | Solidago ohioensis | |
| Asteraceae | Pale leaved sunflower | Helianthus strumosus | |
| Asteraceae | Pineapple weed | Matricaria matricarioides | |
| Asteraceae | Prairie blazing star | Liatris pycnostachya | |
| Asteraceae | Prairie coneflower | Ratibida pinnata | |
| Asteraceae | Prairie coreopsis | Coreopsis palmata | |
| Asteraceae | Prairie dock | Silphium terebinthinaceum | |
| Asteraceae | Pussytoes | Antennaria neglecta | |
| Asteraceae | Rattlesnake root | Prananthes recemosa | |
| Asteraceae | Riddell's goldenrod | Solidago riddellii | |
| Asteraceae | Rosinweed | Silphium integrifolium | |
| Asteraceae | Rough blazing star | Liatris aspera | |
| Asteraceae | Sand coreopsis | Coreopsis lanceolata villosa | |
| Asteraceae | Sawtooth sunflower | Helianthus grosseserratus | |
| Asteraceae | Sky blue aster | Aster azureus | |
| Asteraceae | Smooth blue aster | Aster laevis | |
| Asteraceae | Sneezeweed | Helenium autumnale | |
| Asteraceae | Spotted Joe pye weed | Eupatorium maculatum | |
| Asteraceae | Stiff aster | Aster ptarmicoides | |
| Asteraceae | Stiff goldenrod | Solidago rigida | |
| Asteraceae | Swamp thistle | Cirsium muticum | |
| Asteraceae | Tall goldenrod | Solidago canadensis | |
| Asteraceae | Thistle | Cirsium discolor | |
| Asteraceae | Thoroughwort | Eupatorium perfoliatum | |
| Asteraceae | Western sunflower | Helianthus occidentalis | |
| Asteraceae | Wild goldenglow | Rudbeckia laciniata | |
| Asteraceae | Wild lettuce | Lactuca canadensis | |
| Asteraceae | Wormwood | Artemesia caudata | |
| Balsaminaceae | Orange jewelweed | Impatiens capensis | |
| Balsaminaceae | Yellow jewel weed | Impatiens pallida | |
| Balsaminaceae | Touch-me-not | Impatiens capensis | |
| Berberidaceae | May apple | Podophyllum peltatum | |
| Betulaceae | American hazelnut | Corylus americana | |
| Boraginaceae | Fringed puccoon | Lithspermum incisum | |
| Boraginaceae | Hairy puccoon | Lithspermum croceum | |
| Boraginaceae | Hoary puccoon | Lithospermum canescens | |
| Brassicaceae | Bulbous cress | Cardamine bulbosa | |
| Brassicaceae | Charlock | Brassica kaber pinnatifida | |
| Brassicaceae | Crunchweed | Brassica kaber pinnatifida | |
| Brassicaceae | Dame's violet | Hesperius matronalis | |
| Brassicaceae | Dog mustard rocket weed | Erucastrum gallicum | |
| Brassicaceae | Rock cress | Arabis lyrata | |
| Brassicaceae | Sandcress | Arabis lyrata | |
| Brassicaceae | Small pepper grass | Lepidium densiflorum | |
| Brassicaceae | Spring cress | Cardamine bulbosa | |
| Brassicaceae | Thumble mustard | Sisymbrium altissimum | |
| Brassicaceae | Yellow cress | Rorippa islandica fernaldiana | |
| Brassicaceae | Yellow rocket | Barbarea vulgaris | |
| Campanulaceae | Marsh bellflower | Campanula aparinoides | |
| Caprifoliaceae | Early horse gentian | Triostem aurantiacum | |
| Caprifoliaceae | Elderberry | Sambucus canadensis | |
| Caprifoliaceae | Tartarian honey suckle | Lonicera tartarica | |
| Caprifoliaceae | Wild coffee | Triosteum aurantiacum | |
| Caryophyllaceae | Bouncing bet | Saponaria officinalis | non-native |
| Caryophyllaceae | Sleepy catchfly | Silene antirrhina | |
| Caryophyllaceae | Starry campion | Silene stellata | |
| Caryophyllaceae | Stiff sandwort | Arenaria stricta | |
| Caryophyllaceae | White campion | Lychnis alba | |
| Caryophyllaceae | Wood sandwort | Arenaria lateriflora | |
| Chenopodiaceae | Lamb's quarters | Chenopodium album | |
| Chenopodiaceae | Russian thistle | Salsola kali | |
| Cistaceae | Bushy pinweed | Lechea stricta | |
| Cistaceae | Frostweed | Helianthemum canadense | |
| Cistaceae | Rockrose | Helianthemum canadense | |
| Cistaceae | Slender leaved pinweed | Lechea tenuifolia | |
| Commelinaceae | Common spiderwort | Tradescantia ohiensis | |
| Compositeae | Burdock | Arctium minus | |
| Convolvulaceae | Dodder | Cuscuta glomerata | |
| Convolvulaceae | Hedge bindweed | Convolvulus sepium | |
| Cornaceae | Red osier dogwood | Cornus stolonifera | |
| Cornaceae | Silky dogwood | Cornus amonum | |
| Cucurbitaceae | Wild cucumber | Echinocystis lobata | |
| Curcurbitaceae | Missouri grourel | Curcurbita foetidissima | |
| Cyperacaea | Spike rush | Eleocharis erythropado | |
| Cyperaceae | Bottle brush sedge | Carex hystricina | |
| Cyperaceae | Chairmaker's bulrush | Scirpus americanus | |
| Cyperaceae | Chestnut sedge | Fimbristylis drummondii | endangered |
| Cyperaceae | Clustered beak rush | Rhyncospora capitellata | |
| Cyperaceae | Dark green rush | Scirpus atrovirens | |
| Cyperaceae | Flat stemmed spike rush | Eleocharis compressa | |
| Cyperaceae | Fox sedge | Carex vulpinoidea | |
| Cyperaceae | Hairy beak rush | Rhyncospora capillacea | |
| Cyperaceae | Hardstem bulrush | Scirpus validus creber | |
| Cyperaceae | Head's sedge | Carex meadii | |
| Cyperaceae | Low nut marsh | Scleria verticillata | |
| Cyperaceae | Narrow leaved cotton grass | Eriophorum angustifolium | |
| Cyperaceae | Needle spoke rush | Eleocharis acicularis | |
| Cyperaceae | Red bulrush | Scirpus lineatus | |
| Cyperaceae | Sand sedge | Carex muhlenbergii | |
| Cyperaceae | Sand sedge | Carex normalis | |
| Cyperaceae | Sand sedge | Carex prairea | |
| Cyperaceae | Sedge | Carex bebbii | |
| Cyperaceae | Spike rush | Eleocharis calva | |
| Cyperaceae | Spike rush | Eleocharis elliptica | |
| Cyperaceae | Tall nut rush | Scleria triglomerata | |
| Cyperaceae | Twig rush | Cladium mariscoides | |
| Cyperaceae | Wooly sedge | Carex lanuginosa | |
| Cyperaceae | Crawe Sedge | Carex crawei | |
| Cyperaceae | Pennsylvania sedge | Carex pensylvanica | |
| Cyperaceae | Schweinitz's Sedge | Carex schweintzii | endangered |
| Cyperaceae | Sedge | Carex buxbaumii | |
| Cyperaceae | Sedge | Carex filiculmis | |
| Cyperaceae | Sedge | Carex granularis haleana | |
| Cyperaceae | Sedge | Carex festucacea | |
| Cyperaceae | Sedge | Carex diandra | |
| Cyperaceae | Sedge | Carex conoidea | |
| Cyperaceae | Sedge | Carex aquatilis altior | |
| Cyperaceae | Sedge | Carex abbii | |
| Cyperaceae | Sedge | Carex bichnelli | |
| Cyperaceae | Pennsylvania sedge | Carex richardsonii | |
| Cyperaceae | Pennsylvania sedge | Carex tribuloides | |
| Cyperaceae | Pennsylvania sedge | Carex tetanica | |
| Cyperaceae | Pennsylvania sedge | Carex stricta | |
| Cyperaceae | Pennsylvania sedge | Carex stipata | |
| Cyperaceae | Pennsylvania sedge | Carex sterilis | |
| Cyperaceae | Pennsylvania sedge | Carex sartwellii | |
| Equisetaceae | Common horse tail | Eqisetum arvense | |
| Equisetaceae | Smooth scouring rush | Equisetum hymale | |
| Equisetaceae | Swamp horse tail | Equisetum fluviatile | |
| Euphorbiaceae | Cypress spurge | Euphorbia cyparissias | |
| Euphorbiaceae | Flowering spurge | Euphorbia corrolata | |
| Fabacae | Alsike clover | Trifolium hybridum | |
| Fabacae | American vetch | Vicia americana | |
| Fabaceae | Alfalfa | Medicago sativa | |
| Fabaceae | Beach pea | Lathyrus japonicus glaber | |
| Fabaceae | Black medick | Medicago lupulina | non-native |
| Fabaceae | Canadian milk vetch | Astragalus canadensis | |
| Fabaceae | False indigo | Baptisia leucophaea | |
| Fabaceae | Ground nut | Apios americana | |
| Fabaceae | Hairy vetch | Vicia villosa | |
| Fabaceae | Hog peanut | Amphicarpa bracteata | |
| Fabaceae | Leadplant | Amorpha canescens | |
| Fabaceae | Lucerne | Medicago sativa | |
| Fabaceae | Marsh vetchling | Lathyrus palustris | |
| Fabaceae | Pale vetchling | Lathyrus ochroleucus | |
| Fabaceae | Prairie false indigo | Baptisia leucantha | |
| Fabaceae | Purple prairie clover | Petalostemum purpureum | |
| Fabaceae | Red clover | Trifolium pratense | |
| Fabaceae | Round-headed bush clover | Lespedeza capitata | |
| Fabaceae | Showy Tick trefoil | Desmodium canadensis | |
| Fabaceae | Veiny pea | Lathyrus venosus intonsus | |
| Fabaceae | White clover | Trifolium repens | |
| Fabaceae | White prairie clover | Petalostemum candidum | |
| Fabaceae | White sweet clover | Melitotus alba | |
| Fabaceae | White wild indigo | Baptisia leucantha | |
| Fabaceae | Wild lupine | Lupinus perennis occidentalis | |
| Fabaceae | Wild pea | Lathyrus venosus intonsus | |
| Fabaceae | Wild pea | Lathyrus ochroleucus | |
| Fabaceae | Yellow sweet clover | Melilotus officinalis | |
| Fagaceae | Black oak | Quercus velutina | |
| Fagaceae | Bur oak | Quercus macrocarpa | |
| Fagaceae | White oak | Quercus alba | |
| Gentianaceae | Bottle gentian | Gentiana andrewsii | |
| Gentianaceae | Closed gentian | Gentiana andrewsii | |
| Gentianaceae | Downy gentian | Gentiana puberula | |
| Gentianaceae | Fringed gentian | Gentianopsis crinita | |
| Gentianaceae | Fringed gentian=Gentianopsis crinita | Gentiana crinita | |
| Gentianaceae | Fringed gentian=Gentianopsis procera | Gentiana procera | |
| Gentianaceae | Prairie gentian=Gentiana puberlenta | Gentiana puberula | |
| Gentianaceae | Small fringed gentian | Gentianopsis procera | |
| Geraniaceae | Wild geranium | Geranium maculatum | |
| Haloragidaceae | Water milfoil | Myriophyllym sp. | |
| Hydrocharitaceae | Common water weed | Elodea canadensis | |
| Hydrocharitaceae | Elodea | Elodea canadensis | |
| Hydrophyllaceae | Virginia water leaf | Hydrophyllum virginica | |
| Hypericaceae | Canadian St. John's wort | Hypericum canadense | |
| Hypericaceae | Kalm's St. John's wort | Hypericum kalmianum | |
| Iridaceae | Blue flag | Iris virginica shrevei | |
| Iridaceae | Common blue-eyed grass | Sisyrinchium albidum | |
| Iridaceae | Prairie blue-eyed grass | Sisyrinchium campestre | |
| Iridaceae | Wild flag | Iris virginica shrevei | |
| Juncaceae | Canadian rush | Juncus canadansis | |
| Juncaceae | Green's rush | Juncus greenei | |
| Juncaceae | Joint rush | Juncus nodosus | |
| Juncaceae | Lake shore rush | Juncus balticus littoralis | |
| Juncaceae | Toad rush | Juncus bufonius | |
| Juncaginaceae | Common bog arrow grass | Triglochin maritima | |
| Lamiaceae | American germander | Teucrium canadense | |
| Lamiaceae | Common mountain mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum | |
| Lamiaceae | Common water horehound | Lycopus americanus | |
| Lamiaceae | Dotted monarda | Monarda punctata villicaulis | |
| Lamiaceae | Dragonhead | Physostegia virginiana |