Earl G. Maxwell Arboretum Prairie Plant List

Prairie

the prairie
The Prairie

Latin Name Common Name
Achillea millefolium Yarrow
Agropyron cristatum Crested Wheatgrass
Agropyron intermedium Slender Wheatgrass
Agropyron smithii Western Wheatgrass
Amorpha canescens Leadplant
Amorpha fruticosa Indigobush Amorpha
Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem
Andropogon hallii Sand Bluestem
Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Milkweed
Baptisia leucantha White False Indigo
Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua gracilis Blue Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta Hairy Grama
Bromus biebersteinii Meadow Brome
Bromus inermis Smooth Brome
Buchloe dactyloides Buffalo Grass
Dactylis glomerata Orchardgrass
Eragrostis trichodes Sand Lovegrass
Festuca elatior Tall Fescue
Indigofera sp. Blue Wild Indigo
Lespedeza capitata Roundhead Bushclover
Liatrus punctata Dotted Gayfeather
Opuntia fragilis Brittle Prickly Pear
Opuntia polyacantha Plains Prickly Pear
Oxytropis lambertii Purple Locoweed
Panicum virgatum Switch Grass
Penstemon cobaea Cobaea Penstemon
Penstemon haydenii Blowout Penstemon
Penstemon strictus Rocky Mountain Penstemon
Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary Grass
Ratibida pinnata Grayhead Prairie Coneflower
Rosa arkansana Arkansas Rose
Saponaria officinalis Bouncing Bet
Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem
Sorghastrum avenaceum Indian Grass
Spartina pectinata Praire Cordgrass
Sporobolus asper Tall Dropseed
Stipa comata Need-and-Thread
Symphiocarpos albus Common Snowberry
Symphiocarpos x chenaultii Chenault Coralberry
Tradescantia sp. Spiderwort
Tripsacum dactyloides Eastern Gammagrass
Yucca glauca Soapweed
Zizania aquatica Indian Ricegrass

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