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 |
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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 |
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1-2' |
Juncus brachycarpus |
Short-fruited Rush |
Wetland |
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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 |
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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' |