When To Visit?
Throughout the Spring, Summer, and Fall there are many species of flowering plants in bloom as well as non-flowering plants seen. Here are just a few examples:
May 1 - 31
| 1 | Shooting-star | White, Pink, Lavender |
| 2 | Birdfoot Violet | Blue-violet |
| 3 | Field Pussytoes | White |
| 4 | Stargrass | Yellow |
| 5 | Wood-betony | Pale-yellow |
| 6 | Arrow-leaved Violet | Red-violet |
| 7 | Common Strawberry | White |
| 8 | Horsetail | Green |
June 1 - 30
| 9 | Swamp Saxifrage | Greenish-white |
| 10 | False Toadflax | White |
| 11 | Silverweed | Yellow |
| 12 | Blue-eyed Grass | Blue |
| 13 | Golden Alexanders | Yellow |
| 14 | Hoary Puccoon | Yellow |
| 15 | Lead Plant | Lavender-blue |
| 16 | Spiderwort | Blue |
| 17 | Pale-spike Lobelia | Pale-blue |
| 18 | Tick-trefoil | Pink |
| 19 | Coreopsis | Golden-yellow |
| 20 | Yarrow | White |
| 21 | Bulrush | Brown |
| 22 | Marsh Fern | Green |
| 23 | Blue Flag Iris | Violet |
| 24 | Cattail | Brown |
July 1 - 31
| 25 | Northern Bedstraw | White |
| 26 | Flowering Spurge | White |
| 27 | Common Milkweed | Dusty-pink |
| 28 | Black-eyed Susan | Golden-yellow |
| 29 | Phlox | Bright-pink |
| 30 | Purple Prairie Clover | Bright-pink |
| 31 | Nodding Wild Onion | Pink, White |
| 32 | Tall Green Milkweed | Pale-green |
| 33 | Cinquefoil | Yellow |
Aug 1 - 31
| 34 | Ohio Goldenrod | Golden-yellow |
| 35 | Cowbane | White |
| 36 | Gray Goldenrod | Golden-yellow |
| 37 | Dense Blazing-star | Pink |
| 38 | Rough Blazing-star | Pink |
| 39 | Mountain-mint | White |
| 40 | Prairie-dock | Yellow |
| 41 | New England Aster | Purple |
| 42 | Indian Grass | Golden-brown |
| 43 | Big Blue Stem | Purplish |
| 44 | Fringed Gentian | Blue |
| 45 | Lanced-leaved Goldenrod | Golden-yellow |
SOME FLOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOOM UNTIL A KILLING FROST
PLEASE TRY NOT TO STEP ON THE FLOWERS AND, OF COURSE
NO PICKING, NO DIGGING, NO SEED GATHERING, THANK YOU.
To become a FRIEND OF THE PRAIRIE send $10.00 to: Chiwaukee Prairie Preservation Fund, P.O. Box 1802, Kenosha, WI 53141. We will be glad to give your group a slide program or a guided tour.