Plant list, Hitchcock Nature Center,
June 26,2010
Chad Graeve the director of the nature center led a field trip on Badger ridge trail. It went through a deciduous forest first , then through mixed forest-prairie and then through Loess hill prairie. Several of the plants listed were not in bloom but were identified by their foliage.
ADOXACEAE
Sambucus Canadensis (elderberry)
ANACARDIACEAE, sumac family
Rhus glabra (Sumac) Toxicodendron radicans (Poison ivy)
APIACEAE, parsley family
Sanicula canadensis (clustered sanicle)
APOCYNACEAE, milkweed family
Apocynum cannabinum (Dogbane)
Asclepias tuberosus (butterfly milkweed)
Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed)
Asclepias viridiflora (Sand milkweed)
ASTERACEAE, sunflower family
Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed)
Aster ericoides (Heath aster)
Aster oblongifolius (Aromatic aster)
Aster oolentangiensis (azure aster)
Cacalia (Arnoglossum) plantagineum (Indian plantain)
Cirsium altissimum (tall thistle)
Echinacea angustifolia (Purple coneflower)
Erigeron strigosus (daisy fleabane)
Helianthus hirsutus (Hairy sunflower)
Helianthus pauciflorus (stiff sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides (false sunflower or ox-eye)
Lactuca Canadensis (wild lettuce)
Lactuca pulchella (pretty blue lettuce)
Liatris punctata (blazing star)
Rudbeckia hirsuta (black-eyed susan)
Silphium laciniatum (Compass plant)
Solidago missouriensis (missouri goldenrod)
Tragopogon dubius (Goat's- beard)(introduced)
Vernonia baldwinii (Western Ironweed)
BETULACEAE, birch family
Ostrya virginiana (Hop hornbeam)
CAPRIFOLIACEAE, honeysuckle family
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus (coral berry)
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Silene stellata (starry campion)
CYPERACEAE, sedge family
Carex gravida
EUPHORBIACEAE, the spurge family
Euphorbia marginata (Snow on the mountain)
FABACEAE, pea family
Amorpha canescens (Lead plant)
Astragalus lotiflorus (Lotus milkvetch)
Dalea enneandra (nine anther dalea)
Dalea purpureum (Purple prairie clover)
Desmanthus illinoensis (Illinois bundleflower)
Gymnocladus dioica (Kentucky coffee tree)
Lespedeza capitatum (Round headed bush clover)
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover)
FAGACEAE, oak family
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur oak)
JUGLANDACEAE, walnut family
Juglans nigra (Black walnut)
LAMIACEAE, mint family
Nepeta cataria (catnip)
Teucrium canadense (Germander)
LILIACEAE, lily family
Polygonatum biflorum (Solomon's seal)
MENISPERMACEAE, moonseed family
Menispermum canadense (Moonseed)
ONAGRACEAE, evening primrose family
Gaura coccinea (scarlet gaura)
Gaura parviflora (small- flowered gaura)
PHRYMACEAE, lopseed family
Phryma leptostachya (lopseed)
POACEAE, grass family
Bouteloua curtipendula (Side oats grama)
Bromus inermis (Smooth brome)(introduced)
Elymus hystrix (Bottlebrush grass)
Elymus villosus (hairy wild rye)
Koeleria macrantha (June grass)
Leersia virginica (white grass)
Muhlenbergia racemosa (marsh muhly)
Panicum oligosanthes var. scribnerianum (Scribner's panicum)
Poa pratensis (Kentucky blue grass)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem)
Sphenophilis obtusata(wedge grass)
Stipa viridula (green needle grass)
RANUNCULACEAE, buttercup family
Anemone cylindrica (candle anemone)
Anemone virginiana (thimbleweed)
Aquilegia Canadensis (columbine)
Delphinium virescens (Delphinium)
ROSACEAE, rose family
Geum canadense (Rough avens)
SANTALACEAE, Sandalwood family
Comandra umbellata (bastard toadflax)
SCROPHULARIACERAE
Penstemon grandflorus (Penstemon)
Scrophularia marilandica (figwort)
SMILACEAE, greenbriar family
Smilax hispida (Greenbrier)
TILIACEAE, linden family
Tilia Americana (Basswood)
ULMACEAE, elm family
Ulmus rubra (red or slippery elm)
URTICACEAE, nettle family
Laportea Canadensis (Alternate leaved nettle)
VERBENACEAE, verbena family
Verbena stricta (hoary vervain)
VIOLACEAE, violet family
Viola pedatifida x sororia, a hybrid that sometimes forms at the edges of bur oak forests
June 26,2010
Chad Graeve the director of the nature center led a field trip on Badger ridge trail. It went through a deciduous forest first , then through mixed forest-prairie and then through Loess hill prairie. Several of the plants listed were not in bloom but were identified by their foliage.
ADOXACEAE
Sambucus Canadensis (elderberry)
ANACARDIACEAE, sumac family
Rhus glabra (Sumac) Toxicodendron radicans (Poison ivy)
APIACEAE, parsley family
Sanicula canadensis (clustered sanicle)
APOCYNACEAE, milkweed family
Apocynum cannabinum (Dogbane)
Asclepias tuberosus (butterfly milkweed)
Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed)
Asclepias viridiflora (Sand milkweed)
ASTERACEAE, sunflower family
Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed)
Aster ericoides (Heath aster)
Aster oblongifolius (Aromatic aster)
Aster oolentangiensis (azure aster)
Cacalia (Arnoglossum) plantagineum (Indian plantain)
Cirsium altissimum (tall thistle)
Echinacea angustifolia (Purple coneflower)
Erigeron strigosus (daisy fleabane)
Helianthus hirsutus (Hairy sunflower)
Helianthus pauciflorus (stiff sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides (false sunflower or ox-eye)
Lactuca Canadensis (wild lettuce)
Lactuca pulchella (pretty blue lettuce)
Liatris punctata (blazing star)
Rudbeckia hirsuta (black-eyed susan)
Silphium laciniatum (Compass plant)
Solidago missouriensis (missouri goldenrod)
Tragopogon dubius (Goat's- beard)(introduced)
Vernonia baldwinii (Western Ironweed)
BETULACEAE, birch family
Ostrya virginiana (Hop hornbeam)
CAPRIFOLIACEAE, honeysuckle family
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus (coral berry)
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Silene stellata (starry campion)
CYPERACEAE, sedge family
Carex gravida
EUPHORBIACEAE, the spurge family
Euphorbia marginata (Snow on the mountain)
FABACEAE, pea family
Amorpha canescens (Lead plant)
Astragalus lotiflorus (Lotus milkvetch)
Dalea enneandra (nine anther dalea)
Dalea purpureum (Purple prairie clover)
Desmanthus illinoensis (Illinois bundleflower)
Gymnocladus dioica (Kentucky coffee tree)
Lespedeza capitatum (Round headed bush clover)
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover)
FAGACEAE, oak family
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur oak)
JUGLANDACEAE, walnut family
Juglans nigra (Black walnut)
LAMIACEAE, mint family
Nepeta cataria (catnip)
Teucrium canadense (Germander)
LILIACEAE, lily family
Polygonatum biflorum (Solomon's seal)
MENISPERMACEAE, moonseed family
Menispermum canadense (Moonseed)
ONAGRACEAE, evening primrose family
Gaura coccinea (scarlet gaura)
Gaura parviflora (small- flowered gaura)
PHRYMACEAE, lopseed family
Phryma leptostachya (lopseed)
POACEAE, grass family
Bouteloua curtipendula (Side oats grama)
Bromus inermis (Smooth brome)(introduced)
Elymus hystrix (Bottlebrush grass)
Elymus villosus (hairy wild rye)
Koeleria macrantha (June grass)
Leersia virginica (white grass)
Muhlenbergia racemosa (marsh muhly)
Panicum oligosanthes var. scribnerianum (Scribner's panicum)
Poa pratensis (Kentucky blue grass)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem)
Sphenophilis obtusata(wedge grass)
Stipa viridula (green needle grass)
RANUNCULACEAE, buttercup family
Anemone cylindrica (candle anemone)
Anemone virginiana (thimbleweed)
Aquilegia Canadensis (columbine)
Delphinium virescens (Delphinium)
ROSACEAE, rose family
Geum canadense (Rough avens)
SANTALACEAE, Sandalwood family
Comandra umbellata (bastard toadflax)
SCROPHULARIACERAE
Penstemon grandflorus (Penstemon)
Scrophularia marilandica (figwort)
SMILACEAE, greenbriar family
Smilax hispida (Greenbrier)
TILIACEAE, linden family
Tilia Americana (Basswood)
ULMACEAE, elm family
Ulmus rubra (red or slippery elm)
URTICACEAE, nettle family
Laportea Canadensis (Alternate leaved nettle)
VERBENACEAE, verbena family
Verbena stricta (hoary vervain)
VIOLACEAE, violet family
Viola pedatifida x sororia, a hybrid that sometimes forms at the edges of bur oak forests
