Prairie forbs in full color
The consistent rains have been a boon to prairie plants and
the fields are the most colorful they have been in many years. I made a list
yesterday of species that are in full bloom at Pleasant Valley Conservancy right now.
Asclepas purpurascens:
Purple milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa: Butterfly
milkweed
Ceanothus americanus: New
Jersey tea
Coreopsis palmata: Coreopsis
Desmodium canadense: Showy
(Canada) trefoil
Desmodium glutinosum: Tick
trefoil
Desmodium illinoiense:
Illinois trefoil
Echinacea pallida: Pale
purple coneflower
Euphorbia corollata: Flowering
spurge
Heliopsis
helianthoides: Ox-eye sunflower
Liatris pychnostachya:
Gayfeather (in bud)
Monarda fistulosa: Bergamot
Napaea dioica: Glade
mallow
Ratibida pinnata: Yellow
coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta: Black-eyed
Susan
Silphium integrifolium:
Rosin weed
Silphium lacinatum: Compass
plant
Silphium perfoliatum: Cup
plant (just starting)
Silphium
terebinthenaceum: Prairie dock (mostly in bud)
Verbena stricta: Hoary
vervain
Veronicastrum
virginianum: Culver’s root (in bud)
Illinois trefoil |
Hoary vervain |
Ox-eye sunflower |
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