Chiwaukee Prairie Plant List by Family....
A plant list was
originally compiled by Hugh Iltis and Jim Zimmerman and later published by Eugene Gasiorkiewicz in 1986.
The list below has recently been updated by Lori Artiomow in 2010.
Additional updates are pending/updated as time permits.
| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Growth Form |
| Aceraceae | Acer negundo | ash-leaved maple, box elder | Tree |
| Aceraceae | Acer saccharinum | silver maple | Tree |
| Aceraceae | Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-in-the-pulpit | Forb |
| Alismaceae | Alisma subcordatum | American water-plantain | Aquatic |
| Alismataceae | Sagittaria latifolia | broad-leaved arrowhead | Aquatic |
| Amaryllidaceae | Hypoxis hirsuta | yellow star-grass | Forb |
| Anacardiaceae | Rhus glabra | smooth sumac | Shrub |
| Anacardiaceae | Toxicodendron radicans | poison-ivy | Woody Vine |
| Apiaceae | Cicuta maculata | water-hemlock | Forb |
| Apiaceae | DAUCUS CAROTA | Queen Anne's-lace | Forb |
| Apiaceae | Eryngium yuccifolium | rattlesnake-master | Forb |
| Apiaceae | Heracleum lanatum(maximum) | American cow-parsnip | Forb |
| Apiaceae | Oxypolis rigidior | stiff cowbane | Forb |
| Apiaceae | Sanicula marilandica | black snakeroot | Forb |
| Apiaceae | Taenidia integerrima | yellow-pimpernel | Forb |
| Apiaceae | Zizia aurea | golden zizia, golden Alexander | Forb |
| Apocynaceae | Apocynum androsaemifolium | spreading dogbane | Forb |
| Apocynaceae | Apocynum cannabinum | hemp-dogbane | Forb |
| Araceae | Acorus americanus | sweet-flag | Forb |
| Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias amplexicaulis | clasping milkweed | Forb |
| Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias hirtella | prairie milkweed | Forb |
| Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias incarnata | swamp milkweed | Forb |
| Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias purpurascens | purple milkweed | Forb |
| Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias syriaca | common milkweed | Forb |
| Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias tuberosa | butterfly milkweed | Forb |
| Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias verticillata | whorled milkweed | Forb |
| Asclepiadaceae | Asclepias viridiflora | short green milkweed | Forb |
| Asclepiadaceae | VINCETOXICUM NIGRUM | black swallow-wort | Herb. Vine |
| Asteraceae | Achillea millefolium | common yarrow | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Ambrosia artemisiifolia | common ragweed | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Ambrosia trifida | giant ragweed | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Antennaria neglecta | field pussy-toes | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Antennaria plantaginifolia | plantain-leaved pussy-toes | Forb |
| Asteraceae | ARCTIUM MINUS | common burdock | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Arnoglossum plantagineum | prairie Indian-plantain | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Artemisia campestris | field sage-wort, wormwood | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Aster ericoides | heath aster | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Aster firmus | shining aster | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Aster laevis | smooth aster | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Aster novae-angliae | New England aster | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Aster oolentangiensis | sky-blue aster | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Aster umbellatus | flat-top aster | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Bidens cernuus | nodding beggar-ticks | Forb |
| Asteraceae | CICHORIUM INTYBUS | blue-sailors, chickory | Forb |
| Asteraceae | CIRSIUM ARVENSE | Canada thistle | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Cirsium discolor | field thistle | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Cirsium muticum | swamp thistle | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Coreopsis lanceolata | sand tickseed | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Coreopsis palmata | finger tickseed, prairie coreopsis | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Erigeron philadelphicus | Philadelphia daisy | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Erigeron strigosus | daisy fleabane | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Eupatorium altissimum | upland boneset | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Eupatorium maculatum | spotted Joe-Pye-weed | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Eupatorium perfoliatum | boneset | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Eupatorium rugosum | white snakeroot | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Euthamia graminifolia | grass-leaved goldenrod | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Gnaphalium obtusifolium | rabbit-tobacco | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Helenium autumnale | common sneezeweed | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Helianthus grosseserratus | saw-tooth sunflower | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Helianthus occidentalis | western sunflower | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Helianthus strumosus | pale-leaved woodland sunflower | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Heliopsis helianthoides | False Sunflower | Forb |
| Asteraceae | HIERACIUM CAESPITOSUM | yellow king-devil | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Hieracium kalmii | Kalm's hawkweed | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Krigia biflora | orange dwarf-dandelion | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Kuhnia eupatorioides | boneset | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Lactuca canadensis | wild lettuce | Forb |
| Asteraceae | LEUCANTHEMUM VULGARE | common daisy | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Liatris aspera | lacerate blazing-star, rough blazing star | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Liatris cylindracea | cylindrical blazing-star | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Liatris pycnostachya | thick-spike gay-feather, prairie blazing star | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Liatris spicata | sessile-headed blazing-star, marsh blazing star | Forb |
| Asteraceae | MATRICARIA DISCOIDEA | pineapple-weed | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Packera aurea | heart-leaved groundsel (Senecio aureus) | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Packera paupercula | northern ragwort | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Prenanthes alba | lion's-foot | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Prenanthes racemosa | glaucous white-lettuce | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Ratibida pinnata | globular coneflower, prairie coneflower | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Rudbeckia hirta | black-eyed Susan | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Rudbeckia laciniata | wild golden-glow | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Silphium integrifolium | whole-leaf rosinweed, rosinweed | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Silphium laciniatum | compass-plant | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Silphium terebinthinaceum | prairie dock | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Solidago canadensis | common goldenrod | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Solidago gigantea | giant goldenrod | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Solidago missouriensis | Missouri goldenrod | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Solidago nemoralis | old-field goldenrod | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Solidago ohioensis | Ohio goldenrod | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Solidago ptarmicoides | prairie goldenrod, stiff aster | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Solidago riddellii | Riddell's goldenrod | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Solidago rigida | stiff goldenrod | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Solidago speciosa | showy goldenrod | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Solidago uliginosa | northern bog goldenrod | Forb |
| Asteraceae | TANACETUM VULGARE | common tansy | Forb |
| Asteraceae | TARAXACUM OFFICINALE | common dandelion | Forb |
| Asteraceae | TRAGOPOGON DUBIUS | fistulous goat's-beard, goat's beard | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Vernonia fasciculata | common ironweed | Forb |
| Asteraceae | Xanthium strumarium | common cocklebur | Forb |
| Balsaminaceae | Impatiens capensis | orange jewelweed | Forb |
| Balsaminaceae | Impatiens pallida | yellow touch-me-not | Forb |
| Berberidaceae | Podophyllum peltatum | May apple, wild mandrake | Forb |
| Betulaceae | Corylus americana | American hazelnut | Shrub |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum canescens | hoary puccoon | Forb |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum caroliniense | plains puccoon | Forb |
| Boraginaceae | Lithospermum incisum | narrow-leaved puccoon, fringed puccoon | Forb |
| Brassicaceae | ALLIARIA PETIOLATA | garlic mustard | Forb |
| Brassicaceae | Arabis lyrata | lyrate rock-cress | Forb |
| Brassicaceae | BARBAREA VULGARIS | winter-cress | Forb |
| Brassicaceae | Cardamine bulbosa | spring-cress | Forb |
| Brassicaceae | ERUCASTRUM GALLICUM | dog-mustard | Forb |
| Brassicaceae | HESPERIS MATRONALIS | dame's rocket | Forb |
| Brassicaceae | LEPIDIUM DENSIFLORUM | prairie pepper-weed | Forb |
| Brassicaceae | Rorippa palustris | common yellow-cress | Forb |
| Brassicaceae | SINAPIS ARVENSIS | charlock mustard | Forb |
| Brassicaceae | SISYMBRIUM ALTISSIMUM | tall tumble mustard | Forb |
| Campanulaceae | Campanula aparinoides | marsh bellflower | Forb |
| Caprifoliaceae | LONICERA TATARICA | Tartarian honeysuckle | Shrub |
| Caprifoliaceae | Sambucus canadensis | elderberry | Shrub |
| Caprifoliaceae | Triosteum aurantiacum | early horse-gentian, wild coffee | Forb |
| Caryophyllaceae | Arenaria lateriflora | wood sandwort | Forb |
| Caryophyllaceae | Arenaria stricta | rock sandwort | Forb |
| Caryophyllaceae | SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS | bouncing-bet | Forb |
| Caryophyllaceae | Silene antirrhina | sleepy catchfly | Forb |
| Caryophyllaceae | SILENE LATIFOLIA | bladder campion, white campion | Forb |
| Caryophyllaceae | Silene stellata | starry campion | Forb |
| Celastraceae | CELASTRUS ORBICULATA | Round leaf bittersweet | Woody Vine |
| Chenopodiaceae | CHENOPODIUM ALBUM | lamb's-quarters | Forb |
| Cistaceae | Helianthemum bicknellii | Bicknell's rock-rose | Forb |
| Cistaceae | Helianthemum canadense | common rock-rose, frost weed | Forb |
| Cistaceae | Lechea stricta | prairie pinweed | Forb |
| Cistaceae | Lechea tenuifolia | slender-leaved pinweed | Forb |
| Commelinaceae | Tradescantia ohiensis | blue-jacket, spiderwort | Forb |
| Convolvulaceae | Calystegia sepium | hedge bindweed | Herb. Vine |
| Cornaceae | Cornus amomum | silky dogwood | Shrub |
| Cornaceae | Cornus racemosa | gray dogwood | Shrub |
| Cornaceae | Cornus stolonifera | red osier dogwood | Shrub |
| Cucurbitaceae | CUCURBITA FOETIDISSIMA | wild pumpkin, Missouri gourd | Herb. Vine |
| Cuscutaceae | Cuscuta glomerata | rope dodder | Herb. Vine |
| Cyperaceae | Carex aquatilis | water sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex bebbii | Bebb's sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex bicknellii | Bicknell's sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex buxbaumii | Buxbaum's sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex conoidea | open-field sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex crawei | Crawe's sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex diandra | bog panicled sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex festucacea | fescue sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex granularis | limestone meadow sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex haydenii | Hayden's sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex hystericina | bottlebrush sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex meadii | Mead's sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex muhlenbergii | Muhlenberg's sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex normalis | greater straw sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex pellita | broad-leaved woolly sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex prairea | prairie sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex richardsonii | Richardson's sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex sartwellii | Sartwell's sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex sterilis | fen star sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex stipata | fox sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex stricta | tussock sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex tetanica | rigid sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex tribuloides | blunt-broom sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex viridula | little green sedge, green yellow sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex vulpinoidea | fox sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Cladium mariscoides | smooth sawgrass, twig rush | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Cyperus lupulinus | sand sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Cyperus schweinitzii | Schweinitz's flat sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Eleocharis acicularis | needle spike-rush | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Eleocharis compressa | flat-stemmed spike-rush | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Eleocharis elliptica | elliptic spike-rush | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Eleocharis erythropoda | bald spike-rush | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Eriophorum angustifolium | cotton-grass | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Fimbristylis puberula | chestnut sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Rhynchospora capillacea | needle beak sedge | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Rhynchospora capitellata | clustered beak-rush | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Schoenoplectus pungens | chair-maker's rush | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | soft-stem bulrush | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Scirpus atrovirens | black bulrush, dark green bulrush | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Scirpus pendulus | rufous bulrush, red bulrush | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Scleria triglomerata | whip-grass | Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Scleria verticillata | low nut-rush | Sedge |
| Dennstaedtiaceae | Pteridium aquilinum | bracken fern | Fern |
| Equisetaceae | Equisetum arvense | common horsetail | Fern Ally |
| Equisetaceae | Equisetum fluviatile | pipes | Aquatic |
| Equisetaceae | Equisetum hyemale | common scouring rush | Fern Ally |
| Equisetaceae | Equisetum laevigatum | smooth horsetail | Fern Ally |
| Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia corollata | flowering spurge | Forb |
| Euphorbiaceae | EUPHORBIA CYPARISSIAS | graveyard spurge | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Amorpha canescens | lead-plant | Shrub |
| Fabaceae | Amphicarpaea bracteata | American hog-peanut | Herb. Vine |
| Fabaceae | Apios americana | common groundnut | Herb. Vine |
| Fabaceae | Astragalus canadensis | Canadian milk-vetch | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Baptisia alba | white wild indigo | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Baptisia bracteata | plains wild indigo, cream wild indigo | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Dalea candida | slender white prairie-clover | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Dalea purpurea | violet prairie-clover, purple prairie clover | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Desmodium canadense | Canadian tick-trefoil | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Lathyrus japonicus | beach pea | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Lathyrus ochroleucus | white pea, pale vetchling | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Lathyrus palustris | marsh pea | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Lathyrus venosus | forest pea | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Lespedeza capitata | round-headed bush-clover | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Lupinus perennis | wild lupine | Forb |
| Fabaceae | MEDICAGO LUPULINA | black medick | Forb |
| Fabaceae | MEDICAGO SATIVA | alfalfa | Forb |
| Fabaceae | MELILOTUS ALBA | white sweet-clover | Forb |
| Fabaceae | MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS | yellow sweet-clover | Forb |
| Fabaceae | TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM | alsike clover | Forb |
| Fabaceae | TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE | red clover | Forb |
| Fabaceae | TRIFOLIUM REPENS | white clover | Forb |
| Fabaceae | Vicia americana | American vetch | Forb |
| Fabaceae | VICIA VILLOSA | hairy vetch | Forb |
| Fagaceae | Quercus alba | white oak | Tree |
| Fagaceae | Quercus macrocarpa | bur oak | Tree |
| Fagaceae | Quercus velutina | black oak | Tree |
| Gentianaceae | Gentiana andrewsii | bottle gentian | Forb |
| Gentianaceae | Gentiana puberulenta | downy gentian | Forb |
| Gentianaceae | Gentianopsis crinita | fringed gentian | Forb |
| Gentianaceae | Gentianopsis procera | lesser fringed gentian | Forb |
| Gentianaceae | Sabatia angularis | common marsh-pink, rose-pink | Forb |
| Geraniaceae | Geranium maculatum | wild geranium | Forb |
| Hydrocharitaceae | Elodea canadensis | Canadian waterweed | Aquatic |
| Hydrophyllaceae | Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia water-leaf, John's-cabbage | Forb |
| Hypericaceae | Hypericum canadense | St. John's-wort | Forb |
| Hypericaceae | Hypericum kalmianum | Kalm's St. John's-wort | Shrub |
| Hypericaceae | Triadenum fraseri | bog St. John's-wort | Forb |
| Iridaceae | Iris virginica | Virginia iris, blue flag | Forb |
| Iridaceae | Sisyrinchium albidum | common blue-eyed-grass | Forb |
| Iridaceae | Sisyrinchium campestre | prairie blue-eyed-grass | Forb |
| Juncaceae | Juncus arcticus | wire rush | Rush |
| Juncaceae | Juncus bufonius | toad rush | Rush |
| Juncaceae | Juncus canadensis | Canadian rush | Rush |
| Juncaceae | Juncus effusus | common rush | Rush |
| Juncaceae | Juncus greenei | Greene's rush | Rush |
| Juncaceae | Juncus nodosus | joint rush | Rush |
| Juncaceae | Juncus tenuis | path rush | Rush |
| Juncaginaceae | Triglochin maritima | arrow-grass, common bog arrow grass | Forb |
| Juncaginaceae | Triglochin palustris | marsh arrow-grass, slender bog arrow grass | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Calamintha arkansana | limestone calamint | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | LEONURUS CARDIACA | lion's-tail, motherwort | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Lycopus americanus | American water-horehound | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Lycopus uniflorus | northern water-horehound | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Mentha arvensis | wild mint | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Monarda fistulosa | wild bergamot | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Monarda punctata | horsemint | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Physostegia virginiana | obedience | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Prunella vulgaris | self-heal | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | PYCNANTHEMUM TENUIFOLIUM | narrow-leaved mountain mint | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Pycnanthemum virginianum | common mountain mint | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Scutellaria galericulata | common skullcap | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Scutellaria lateriflora | mad-dog skullcap, sideflower skullcap | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Scutellaria parvula | Leonard's skullcap | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys palustris | woundwort, hedge nettle | Forb |
| Lamiaceae | Teucrium canadense | wood sage | Forb |
| Lentibulariacea | Utricularia cornuta | naked bladderwort, horned bladderwort | Forb |
| Liliaceae | Aletris farinosa | white colic-root, unicorn root | Forb |
| Liliaceae | Allium canadense | wild onion | Forb |
| Liliaceae | Allium cernuum | nodding wild onion | Forb |
| Liliaceae | ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS | asparagus | Forb |
| Liliaceae | Lilium michiganense | Turk's-cap lily, Michigan lily | Forb |
| Liliaceae | Lilium philadelphicum | wood lily, prairie lily | Forb |
| Liliaceae | Polygonatum biflorum | Solomon's-seal, Great Solomon's seal | Forb |
| Liliaceae | Smilacina racemosa | False Solomon's-seal | Forb |
| Liliaceae | Smilacina stellata | starry Solomon's-seal | Forb |
| Liliaceae | Tofieldia glutinosa | asphodel, false asphodel | Forb |
| Liliaceae | Trillium grandiflorum | big white trillium | Forb |
| Liliaceae | Trillium recurvatum | reflexed trillium, red trillium | Forb |
| Lobeliaceae | Lobelia cardinalis | cardinal-flower | Forb |
| Lobeliaceae | Lobelia kalmii | bog lobelia | Forb |
| Lobeliaceae | Lobelia siphilitica | great blue lobelia | Forb |
| Lobeliaceae | Lobelia spicata | spiked lobelia | Forb |
| Lythraceae | Lythrum alatum | winged loosestrife | Forb |
| Lythraceae | LYTHRUM SALICARIA | purple loosestrife | Forb |
| Malvaceae | ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI | Piemarker | Forb |
| Moraceae | MORUS ALBA | white mulberry | Tree |
| Nyctaginaceae | Mirabilis albida | Pale Umbrellawort | Forb |
| Nyctaginaceae | Mirabilis nyctaginea | wild four-o'clock | Forb |
| Oleaceae | Fraxinus pennsylvanica | green ash | Tree |
| Onagraceae | Epilobium coloratum | cinnamon willow-herb | Forb |
| Onagraceae | EPILOBIUM HIRSUTUM | codlins-and-cream | Forb |
| Onagraceae | Ludwigia palustris | water-purslane | Forb |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera biennis | bastard evening-primrose, common evening primrose | Forb |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera laciniata | ragged evening-primrose | Forb |
| Onagraceae | OENOTHERA PILOSELLA | prairie sundrops | Forb |
| Onagraceae | OENOTHERA RHOMBIPETALA | long-spike evening-primrose | Forb |
| Onocleaceae (Polypodiaceae) | Onoclea sensibilis | sensitive fern | Fern |
| Orchidaceae | Liparis loeselii | fen orchid | Forb |
| Orchidaceae | Platanthera lacera | ragged fringed orchid | Forb |
| Orchidaceae | Platanthera leucophaea | prairie white fringed orchid | Forb |
| Orchidaceae | Spiranthes incurva | Sphinx Ladies' Tresses | Forb |
| Orchidaceae | Spiranthes magnicamporum | Great Plains Ladies' Tresses | Forb |
| Orobanchaceae | Orobanche uniflora | cancer-root, naked broom-rape, one-flowered broom-rape | Forb |
| Osmundaceae | Osmunda regalis | royal fern | Fern |
| Oxalidaceae | Oxalis stricta | common yellow oxalis | Forb |
| Oxalidaceae | Oxalis violacea | violet wood-sorrel | Forb |
| Plantaginaceae | PLANTAGO MAJOR | plantain | Forb |
| Poaceae | Agrostis hyemalis | winter bent grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Andropogon gerardii | big blue-stem, turkey foot | Grass |
| Poaceae | Aristida longespica | red three-awn, three-awn grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Bromus altissimus | ear-leaved brome | Grass |
| Poaceae | Bromus kalmii | Arctic brome, prairie brome grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | BROMUS TECTORUM | cheat grass, downy brome | Grass |
| Poaceae | Calamagrostis canadensis | blue-joint grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Calamovilfa longifolia | prairie sand-reed | Grass |
| Poaceae | ECHINOCHLOA CRUSGALLI | barnyard grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Elymus canadensis | Canada wild-rye | Grass |
| Poaceae | ELYTRIGIA REPENS | quackgrass | Grass |
| Poaceae | FESTUCA PRATENSIS | rye grass, meadow fescue | Grass |
| Poaceae | Glyceria striata | fowl meadow grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Hierochloe hirta | vanilla grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | HORDEUM JUBATUM | squirrel-tail grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Koeleria macrantha | June grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Muhlenbergia mexicana | leafy satin grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Panicum acuminatum | Lindheimer's panic grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Panicum depauperatum | starved panic grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Panicum flexile | wiry panic grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Panicum leibergii | Leiberg's panic grass, prairie panic grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Panicum meridionale | mat panic grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Panicum oligosanthes | few-flowered panic grass, Scribner's panic grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Panicum praecocius | Early panic grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Panicum virgatum | switch grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA | reed canary grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | PHLEUM PRATENSE | timothy | Grass |
| Poaceae | Phragmites australis | Non-native common reed grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | POA COMPRESSA | wiregrass | Grass |
| Poaceae | POA PRATENSIS | Kentucky bluegrass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Schizachyrium scoparium | prairie beard grass, little blue stem | Grass |
| Poaceae | Sorghastrum nutans | yellow Indian grass, Indian grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Spartina pectinata | prairie cord grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Sphenopholis intermedia | slender wedge grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Sporobolus cryptandrus | sand drop-seed | Grass |
| Poaceae | Sporobolus heterolepis | prairie drop-seed | Grass |
| Poaceae | Sporobolus vaginiflorus | poverty grass | Grass |
| Poaceae | Stipa spartea | porcupine grass | Grass |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox glaberrima | smooth phlox, marsh phlox | Forb |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox pilosa | prairie phlox | Forb |
| Polygalaceae | Polygala incarnata | procession flower, pink milkwort | Forb |
| Polygalaceae | Polygala polygama | racemed milkwort, purple milkwort | Forb |
| Polygalaceae | Polygala sanguinea | purple milkwort | Forb |
| Polygalaceae | Polygala senega | Seneca snakeroot, seneca milkwort | Forb |
| Polygalaceae | Polygala verticillata | whorled milkwort | Forb |
| Polygonaceae | Polygonum amphibium | water smartweed | Aquatic/Terrestrial |
| Polygonaceae | POLYGONUM CONVOLVULUS | buckwheat, black bindweed | Forb |
| Polygonaceae | Polygonum pensylvanicum | pinkweed | Forb |
| Polygonaceae | RUMEX ACETOSELLA | common sheep sorrel | Forb |
| Polygonaceae | Rumex orbiculatus | great water dock | Forb |
| Polypodiaceae | Thelypteris palustris | marsh fern | Fern |
| Primulaceae | Dodecatheon meadia | shooting-star, pride-of-Ohio | Forb |
| Primulaceae | Lysimachia quadriflora | smooth loosestrife, narrow-leaved loosestrife | Forb |
| Primulaceae | Lysimachia thyrsiflora | tufted loosestrife | Forb |
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone canadensis | Canada anemone | Forb |
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone cylindrica | candle anemone, thimble weed | Forb |
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone quinquefolia | wood anemone | Forb |
| Ranunculaceae | Caltha palustris | yellow marsh-marigold | Forb |
| Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus fascicularis | early buttercup | Forb |
| Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus flabellaris | yellow water buttercup | Aquatic |
| Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus recurvatus | hooked buttercup | Forb |
| Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus sceleratus | cursed crowfoot | Forb |
| Ranunculaceae | Thalictrum dasycarpum | tall meadow-rue, purple meadow-rue | Forb |
| Ranunculaceae | Thalictrum revolutum | skunk meadow-rue | Forb |
| Rhamnaceae | Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey tea | Shrub |
| Rhamnaceae | RHAMNUS CATHARTICA | common buckthorn | Tree |
| Rhamnaceae | RHAMNUS FRANGULA | glossy buckthorn | Shrub |
| Rosaceae | Argentina anserina | silver-weed | Shrub |
| Rosaceae | Fragaria virginiana | wild strawberry | Forb |
| Rosaceae | Geum triflorum | prairie-smoke | Forb |
| Rosaceae | Pentaphylloides floribunda | shrubby cinquefoil | Shrub |
| Rosaceae | POTENTILLA ARGENTEA | silvery five-fingers | Forb |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla arguta | prairie cinquefoil | Forb |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla norvegica | Norwegian cinquefoil | Forb |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla simplex | common cinquefoil | Forb |
| Rosaceae | Prunus serotina | wild black cherry | Tree |
| Rosaceae | Rosa blanda | wild rose | Shrub |
| Rosaceae | Rosa carolina | pasture rose | Shrub |
| Rosaceae | Rubus idaeus | American red raspberry | Shrub |
| Rosaceae | Spiraea alba | white meadowsweet | Shrub |
| Rubiaceae | Cephalanthus occidentalis | buttonbush | Shrub |
| Rubiaceae | Galium aparine | sticky-willy, bedstraw | Forb |
| Rubiaceae | Galium boreale | northern bedstraw | Forb |
| Rubiaceae | Galium obtusum | blunt-leaf bedstraw | Forb |
| Salicaceae | POPULUS ALBA | white poplar | Tree |
| Salicaceae | Populus deltoides | plains cottonwood | Tree |
| Salicaceae | Populus tremuloides | quaking aspen | Tree |
| Salicaceae | Salix discolor | pussy willow | Tree |
| Salicaceae | Salix exigua | sandbar willow | Shrub |
| Salicaceae | Salix humilis | upland willow | Shrub |
| Salicaceae | SALSOLA TRAGUS | Tumbleweed | Forb |
| Santalaceae | Comandra umbellata | bastard-toadflax | Forb |
| Saxifragaceae (Grossulariaceae) | Heuchera richardsonii | prairie alumroot | Forb |
| Saxifragaceae (Grossulariaceae) | Parnassia glauca | American grass-of-Parnassus | Forb |
| Saxifragaceae (Grossulariaceae) | Penthorum sedoides | ditch stonecrop | Forb |
| Saxifragaceae (Grossulariaceae) | Saxifraga pensylvanica | wild beet, swamp saxifrage | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Agalinis aspera | rough foxglove | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Agalinis gattingeri | round-stem foxglove | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Agalinis purpurea | purple foxglove | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Agalinis skinneriana | pale foxglove | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Castilleja coccinea | Indian paintbrush | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Chelone glabra | turtlehead | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | LINARIA VULGARIS | butter-and-eggs | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Mimulus ringens | monkey-flower | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Pedicularis canadensis | wood-betony | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Pedicularis lanceolata | fen betony | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | PENSTEMON DIGITALIS | foxglove | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Penstemon grandiflorus | large beard-tongue | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Penstemon hirsutus | hairy beard-tongue | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Penstemon pallidus | pale beard-tongue | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | VERBASCUM THAPSUS | common mullein | Forb |
| Scrophulariaceae | Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's-root | Forb |
| Simaroubaceae | AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA | tree-of-heaven | Tree |
| Smilacaceae | Smilax herbacea | common carrion-flower | Herb. Vine |
| Solanaceae | Physalis heterophylla | clammy ground-cherry | Forb |
| Solanaceae | Physalis virginiana | Virginia ground-cherry, dragonhead | Forb |
| Solanaceae | SOLANUM DULCAMARA | bittersweet nightshade | Woody Vine |
| Sparganiaceae | Sparganium eurycarpum | giant bur-reed | Aquatic |
| Tiliaceae | Tilia americana | American basswood | Tree |
| Typhaceae | TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA | narrow-leaved cat-tail | Aquatic |
| Typhaceae | Typha latifolia | broad-leaved cat-tail | Aquatic |
| Urticaceae | Urtica dioica | stinging nettle | Forb |
| Valerianaceae | Valeriana edulis | edible valerian, common valerian | Forb |
| Verbenaceae | Verbena bracteata | creeping vervain | Forb |
| Verbenaceae | Verbena hastata | blue vervain | Forb |
| Violaceae | Viola cucullata | blue marsh violet | Forb |
| Violaceae | Viola pedata | bird's-foot violet | Forb |
| Violaceae | Viola pedatifida | prairie violet | Forb |
| Violaceae | Viola sagittata | arrow-leaved violet | Forb |
| Vitaceae | Vitis riparia | river bank grape | Woody Vine |