Scientific Name

Common Name

Habitat

Flower

Height

Alisma triviale

Water Plantain

Open water

Small white fls Jul-Sep

3'

Ammannia coccinea

Scarlet Toothcup

Wetland

Pink fls Jul-Sep

1'

Aralia racemosa

Spikenard

Open Woodland

Creamy whit clusters; ruby-red berry clusters

2-4'

Asclepias incarnata

Swamp Milkweed

Wetland

Pink fls Jul-Oct

3-5'

Asclepias sullivantii

Sullivant's Milkweed

Wetland

Pink fls Jun-Jul

3'

Aster puniceus var firmus

Swamp Aster

Wetland

Lavender fls Aug-Sep

5-7'

Bidens aristosa

Swamp Marigold

Wetland

Yellow fls Aug-Sep

3'

Boltonia asteroides

False Aster

Wetland

Lg cluster white fls Aug-Sep

6'

Carex albicans var. albicans

White-tinge Sedge

Open woodland

Narrow-bladed deep green foliage

2'

Carex annectens var xanthocarpa

Yellow-fruited Sedge

Wetland

Small yellow spike

2'

Carex canescens

Grey Sedge

Wetland

Egg shaped green spike

1-2"

Carex complanata

Hirsute Sedge

Weland

Green seed head

1-2'

Carex crinita

Fringed Sedge

Wet Woodland

Long pendulus seed heads

2-3'

Carex cristatella

Necklace Sedge

Wetland

Round green seed heads

1-2'

Carex crus-corvi

Raven's Foot Sedge

Wet Woodland

Green seed head

1-2'

Carex frankii

Frank's Sedge

Wetland

Green seed head

1-2'

Carex hirsutella

Fuzzy Wuzzy Sedge

Carex muskingumensis

Palm Sedge

Wetland

Seed heads Jun-Sep

1-2'

Carex shortiana

Short's Sedge

Wetland

Dark seed heads Jun-Jul

2'

Carex squarrosa

Squarros Sedge

Wetland

Thimble-shaped seed heads

2-3'

Carex vulpinoidea

Fox Sedge

Wet Woodland

Spikelike seedhead

1-2'

Chelone glabra

White Turtlehead

Wetland

White fls Aug-Oct

2-3'

Chelone obliqua

Rosy Turtlehead

Wetland

Rosy purple fls Jul-Aug

3'

Eleocharis compressa

Flatstem spikesedge

Wetland

Spiklets

1'

Eleocharis obtusa

Spike Rush

Wetland

Spiklets

1-2'

Eupatorium coelestinum

Wild Ageratum

Wetland

Lavender fls Jul-Sep

1-2'

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Common Boneset

Wetland

White fls Jul-Sep

3-4'

Filipendula rubra

Queen of the Prairie

Wetland

Rose Pink fls Jun-Jul

4-6'

Hibiscus laevis

Scarlet Rose Mallow

Wetland

Pink fls Jul-Sep

3-5'

Hibiscus lasiocarpos

Woolly Rose Mallow

Wetland

White fls Jul-Sep

3-5'

Iodanthus pinnatifidus

Purple Rocket

Floodplain

Lilac fls May-Jun

2'

Iris fulva

Copper Iris

Wetland

Copper red flowers May-Jun

2'

Iris virginica var shrevei

Blue Flag Iris

Wetland

Blue/yellow fls May-Jul

1-2'

Juncus acuminatus

Sharp-fruited Rush

Wetland

1-2'

Juncus brachycarpus

Short-fruited Rush

Wetland

Juncus dudleyi

Dudley's Rush

Wetland Suckering

1'

Juncus effusus

Soft Rush

Prairie

Greenish seed heads Jun-Aug

2-4'

Juncus nodatus

Stout Rush

Wetland

1'

Lilium michiganense

Michigan Lily

Wet Woodland

Orange fls Jun-Jul

3-4'

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal Flower

Wetland

Red fls Jul-Oct

2-4'

Lobelia siphilitica

Blue Lobelia

Wetland

Blue fls Aug-Oct

2-3'

Ludwigia alternifolia

Seedbox

Wetland

Yellow fls Jun-Aug

3'

Lythrum alatum

Winged Loosestrife

Wetland

Pink fls Jun-Jul

3'

Mimulus ringens

Monkeyflower

Wetland

Lavender fls Jul-Sep

3'

Pedicularis lanceolata

Swamp Lousewort

Wetland

White fls Aug-Oct

1-3'

Penthorum sedoides

Ditch Stonecrop

Wetland

White fls Jul-Oct

3'

Polanisia dodecandra

Clammyweed

Gravel Bar

White fls Jun-Sep

1-2'

Pontederia cordata

Pickerel Weed

Wetland

Blue fls Jun-Oct

1-4'

Sagittaria brevirostra

Arrowhead

Wetland

White fls Jun-Aug

1-3'

Scirpus atrovirens

Common Bullrush

Wetland

Seed heads Jul-Oct

4'

Scirpus cyperinus

Wool Grass

Wetland

Cinamon seed heads Jul-Sep

6'

Scirpus pendulus

Rufus Bullrush

Wetland

Seed heads Aug-Sep

1-5'

Sium suave

Water Parsnip

Wetland

White fls Jul-Sep

6'

Solidago riddellii

Riddell's Goldenrod

Wetland

Yellow fls Sep-Oct

2-3'

Thalia dealbata

Hardy canna

Wetland

Violet fls Jul-Sep

4-6'

Triadenum walteri

Marsh St. Johnswort

Wetland

Yellow fls Aug-Oct

1-2'

Verbena hastata

Blue Vervain

Wetland

Lavender fls Jul-Sep

3-4'