Ohio Prairie Plant Species Information
Ohio Prairie Plant Species Information Species Name, Details, Locations in Ohio, Photo, Identification Helps
Click on a Species' Common Name In the List Below
Example Plant, Dense Blazingstar, Liatris spicata
Agalinis purpurea Purple False Foxglove
Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium Pale Indian-plantain
Asclepias hirtella Tall Green Milkweed
Asclepias sullivantii Sullivant's Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa Butterflyweed
Aster ericoides Heath Aster
Aster novae-angliae New England Aster
Chamaechrista fasciculata Partridge Pea
Cicuta maculata Water Hemlock
Cirsiuim discolor Field Thistle
Comandra umbellata Bastard Toadflax
Coreopsis tripteris Tall Coreopsis
Cornus racemosa Gray Dogwood
Cypripidium candidum Showy White Ladies' Slipper Orchid
Desmodium canadense Showy Tick Trefoil
Dodecatheon meadia Shootingstar
Doellingeria umbellata Flat-topped Aster
Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower
Elymus canadensis Canada Wildrye
Eragrostis spectabilis Purple Lovegrass
Erythronium albidum, White Trout Lily
Eupatorium perfoliatum Common Boneset
Euphorbia corollata Flowering Spurge
Euthamia remota Great Lakes Goldenrod
Gaura biennis Biennial Gaura
Gentianopsis crinita Greater Fringed Gentian
Helenium flexuosum Purple-headed Sneezeweed
Helianthus grosseserratus Sawtooth Sunflower
Helianthus mollis Ashy Sunflower
Krigia biflora False Dandelion
Liatris spicata Dense Blazingstar
Lilium michiganense Michigan Lily
Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot
Oligoneuron rigidum Stiff Goldenrod
Polygala sanguinea Purple Milkwort
Prenanthes aspera Rough White Lettuce
Quercus macorcarpa Bur Oak
Quercus velutina Black Oak
Ratibida pinnata Prairie Coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan
Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem
Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie Dock
Silphium asteriscus trifoliatum Whorled Rosinweed
Sisyrinchium albidum White Blue-eyed Grass
Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass
Spartina pectinata Prairie Cordgrass
Symphyotricum ericoides Heath Aster
Symphyotricum novae-angliae New England Aster
Tradescantia ohiensis Ohio Spiderwort
Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's-root
Viola lanceolata Lance-leafed Violet
Zizia aurea Golden Alexanders