Ohio Prairie Plant Species Information

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=94 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="061785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ohio Prairie Association</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ohio Prairie Association"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ohio Prairies Today">Ohio Prairies Today</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Questions (FAQs) About Ohio Prairies">Questions  (FAQs) About Ohio Prairies</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Prairie Regions of Ohio">The Prairie Regions of Ohio</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="List of Ohio Prairie Plants">List of Ohio Prairie Plants</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OPA Officers and Board of Trustees">OPA Officers and Board of 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Information</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC9900" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Species Name, Details, Locations in Ohio, Photo, Identification Helps</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <B> Click on a Species' </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Common Name</B></FONT><B> In the List Below</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Example Plant, Dense Blazingstar, </B><I><B>Liatris spicata</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="39f21870.jpg" border=0 width="545" height="391" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Agalinis purpurea </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="may_2008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Purple False Foxglove"><B>Purple False Foxglove</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <I>Andropogon gerardii </I> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Big Bluestem"><B>Big Bluestem</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Arnoglossum atriplicifolium </I></FONT><I> </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="august_2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pale Indianplantain"><B>Pale Indian-plantain</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Asclepias hirtella </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="october_2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tall Green Milkweed"><B>Tall Green Milkweed</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Asclepias sullivantii </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sullivants Milkweed"><B>Sullivant's Milkweed</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Asclepias tuberosa </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT> <A HREF="novermber_2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Butterflyweed"><B>Butterflyweed</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Aster ericoides</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="january_2008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heath Aster"><B>Heath Aster</B></A></div> <div> <I>Aster novae-angliae </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="october_2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New England Aster"><B>New England Aster</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <I>Chamaechrista fasciculata </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="august_2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Partridge Pea"><B>Partridge Pea</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <I>Cicuta maculata </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="april_2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water Hemlock"><B>Water Hemlock</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Cirsiuim discolor  </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="cirsium_discolor.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Field Thistle"><B>Field Thistle</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Comandra umbellata  </I></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="may_2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bastard Toadflax"><B>Bastard Toadflax</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Coreopsis tripteris </I></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tall Coreopsis"><B>Tall Coreopsis</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Cornus racemosa </I></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="january_2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gray Dogwood"><B>Gray Dogwood</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Cypripidium candidum </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="april_2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Showy White Ladies Slipper Orchid"><B>Showy White Ladies' Slipper Orchid</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Desmodium canadense </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="march_2008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Showy Tick Trefoil"><B>Showy Tick Trefoil</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Dodecatheon meadia </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="december_2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shootingstar "><B>Shootingstar </B></A></div> <div> <I>Doellingeria umbellata </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="november_207.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flattopped Aster"><B>Flat-topped Aster</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Echinacea purpurea</I></FONT><B> </B> <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Purple Coneflower"><B>Purple Coneflower</B></A></div> <div> <I>Elymus canadensis</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="june_2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Canada Wildrye"><B>Canada Wildrye</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Eragrostis spectabilis </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="february_2008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Purple Lovegrass"><B>Purple Lovegrass</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Erythronium albidum, </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="janurary_2009.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="White Trout Lily"><B>White Trout Lily</B></A></div> <div> <I>Eupatorium perfoliatum</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><I>  </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="july_2008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Common Boneset"><B>Common Boneset</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Euphorbia corollata </I></FONT><A HREF="june_200771.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flowering Spurge"><B>Flowering Spurge</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Euthamia remota</I></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><A HREF="may_2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Lakes Goldenrod"><B>Great Lakes Goldenrod</B></A></div> <div> <I>Gaura biennis  </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="prai.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biennial Gaura"><B>Biennial Gaura</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Gentianopsis crinita </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="december_2008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Greater Fringed Gentian"><B>Greater Fringed Gentian</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Helenium flexuosum </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="february_2009.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Purpleheaded Sneezeweed"><B>Purple-headed Sneezeweed</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Helianthus grosseserratus </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="september_2008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sawtooth Sunflower"><B>Sawtooth Sunflower</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Helianthus mollis </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="march_2009.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ashy Sunflower"><B>Ashy Sunflower</B></A></div> <div> <I>Krigia biflora </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#262626" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="march_2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="False Dandelion"><B>False Dandelion</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Liatris spicata</I><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dense Blazingstar"><B>Dense Blazingstar</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Lilium michiganense</I> </FONT> <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michigan Lily"><B>Michigan Lily</B></A></div> <div> <I>Monarda fistulosa</I> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wild Bergamot"><B>Wild Bergamot</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <I>Oligoneuron rigidum </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="june_2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stiff Goldenrod"><B>Stiff Goldenrod</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <I>Polygala sanguinea </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="polygala_sanquinea.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Purple Milkwort "><B>Purple Milkwort </B></A></FONT></div> <div> <I>Prenanthes aspera </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="september_2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rough White Lettuce"><B>Rough White Lettuce</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Quercus macorcarpa </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="november_2008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bur Oak"><B>Bur Oak</B></A></div> <div> <I>Quercus velutina </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="august_2208.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Black Oak"><B>Black Oak</B></A></FONT><I> </I></div> <div> <I>Ratibida pinnata</I><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prairie Coneflower"><B>Prairie Coneflower</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Rudbeckia hirta</I></FONT><B> </B> <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blackeyed Susan"><B>Black-eyed Susan</B></A></div> <div> <I>Schizachyrium scoparium </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="little_bluestem_prairie_gras.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Little Bluestem"><B>Little Bluestem</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Silphium terebinthinaceum </I></FONT><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prairie Dock"><B>Prairie Dock</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Silphium asteriscus trifoliatum  </I></FONT><A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whorled Rosinweed"><B>Whorled Rosinweed</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Sisyrinchium albidum </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="june_2008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="White Blueeyed Grass"><B>White Blue-eyed Grass</B></A></div> <div> <I>Sorghastrum nutans</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" ><I>  </I></FONT> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Indiangrass"><I> </I></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Indiangrass"><B>Indiangrass</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <I>Spartina pectinata </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prairie Cordgrass"><B>Prairie Cordgrass</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <I>Symphyotricum ericoides </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="january_2008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heath Aster"><B>Heath Aster</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <I>Symphyotricum novae-angliae </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="october_2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New England Aster"><B>New England Aster</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Tradescantia ohiensis</I>  </FONT><B> </B><A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ohio Spiderwort"><B>Ohio Spiderwort</B></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Veronicastrum virginicum </I></FONT><A HREF="july_2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Culversroot"><B>Culver's-root</B></A></div> <div> <I>Viola lanceolata </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#007000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="may_2009.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lanceleafed Violet"><B>Lance-leafed Violet</B></A></FONT><I> </I></div> <div> <I>Zizia aurea </I><A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Golden Alexanders"> </A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Golden Alexanders"><B>Golden Alexanders</B></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>