The following table lists the native species present on the site in 1999, including the year each one first appeared:
Click on underlined names for corresponding pics.
Scientific Name
Common Name
Present
Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed
1993
Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly Weed
1994
Aster laevis
Smooth Blue Aster
Aster novae-angliae
New England Aster
Baptisia leucantha
White Wild Indigo
1998
Cassia fasciculata
Partridge Pea
Cirsium altissimum
Thistle
1995
Coreopsis palmata
Prairie Coreopsis
Coreopsis tripteris
Tall Coreopsis
Echinacea pallida
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflower
Eryngium yuccifolium
Rattlesnake Master
Helianthus annuus
Annual Sunflower
1996
Helianthus grosseserratus
Saw-Toothed Sunflower
Helianthus mollis
Downy Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides
False Sunflower
Lactuca canadensis
Wild Lettuce
Liatris cylindracea
Dwarf Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Prairie Blazing Star
Monarda fistulosa
Bee Balm
Oenothera biennis
Common Evening Primrose
Oxypolis rigidior
Cowbane
Parthenium integrifolium
Wild Quinine
Penstemon digitalis
Foxglove Beardtongue
1997
Physotegia virginiana
Obedient Plant
Polytaenia nuttallii
Prairie Parsley
Ratibida pinnata
Yellow Coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Sweet Black-Eyed Susan
Senecio aureus
Prairie Ragwort
Silphium integrifolium
Rosin Weed
Silphium laciniatum
Compass Plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup Plant
Silphium terebinthinaceum
Prairie Dock
Solidago nemoralis
Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa
Showy Goldenrod
Tradescantia ohiensis
Spiderwort
Veronia fasciculata
Common Ironweed
Veronia missurica
Missouri Ironweed