Conservation Blueprint Available Grass & Forb Species 1/15/2018 Bloom Pollinator Species Scientific Name Period Value Velvetleaf, Native Source Abutilon theophrasti 2 1 Western Yarrow Achillea millefolium 1 2 Western Yarrow, Native Source Achillea millefolium 1 2 Rough Purple Gerardia, Native Source Agalinis aspera 2 4 Slender Gerardia, Native Source Agalinis tenuifolia 3 3 Anise Hyssop or Giant Hyssop Agastache foeniculum 3 5 White Snakeroot, Native Source Ageratina altissima 3 2 Crested Wheatgrass Agropyron cristatum -- -- Agropyron intermedium var. Pubescent Wheatgrass -- -- trichophorum Redtop Agrostis stolonifera -- -- Wild Garlic Allium canadense 1 3 Wild Garlic, Native Source Allium canadense 1 3 Nodding Pink Onion Allium cemuum 2 3 Ragweed, Common, Native Source Ambrosia artemisiifolia 0 0 Ragweed, Western, Native Source Ambrosia psilostachya 0 0 Ragweed, Giant, Native Source Ambrosia trifida 0 0 Leadplant Amorpha canescens 2 5 Leadplant, Native Source Amorpha canescens 0 5 Big Bluestem, Bison Andropogon gerardii -- -- Big Bluestem, Bonilla Andropogon gerardii -- -- Big Bluestem, Kaw Andropogon gerardii -- -- Big Bluestem, Pawnee Andropogon gerardii -- -- Sand Bluestem, Champ Andropogon hallii 0 0 Sand Bluestem, Goldstrike Andropogon hallii -- -- Candle Anemone Anemone cylindrica 2 1 Candle Anemone, Native Source Anemone cylindrica 2 1 Rocky Mountain Pussy Toes, Native Source Antennaria parvifolia 1 4 Prickly Poppy, Native Source Argemone polyanthemos 2 4 Fringed Sagewort Artemisia frigida 3 1 Cudweed Sagewort or Prairie Sage Artemisia ludoviciana 3 1 White Sage, Native Source Artemisia ludoviciana 3 1 Sand Milkweed, Native Source Asclepias arenaria 2 5 Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata 2 5 Swamp Milkweed, Native Source Asclepias incarnata 2 5 Showy Milkweed, Native Source Asclepias speciosa 2 5 Narrow-leaved Milkweed, Native Source Asclepias stenophylla 2 5 Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca 2 5 Common Milkweed, Kansas Native Asclepias syriaca 2 5 Common Milkweed, Michigan Native Asclepias syriaca 2 5 Common Milkweed, Nebraska Native Asclepias syriaca 2 5 Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa 2 5 Butterfly Milkweed, Native Source Asclepias tuberosa 2 5 Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata 2 4 Green Milkweed, Native Source Asclepias viridiflora 2 5 Heath Aster Aster ericoides 3 5 Heath Aster, Native Source Aster ericoides 3 5 Smooth Blue Aster Aster laevis 3 4 New England Aster Aster novae-angliae 3 5 Aromatic Aster Aster oblongifolius 3 4 Bloom Pollinator Species Scientific Name Period Value Aromatic Aster, Native Source Aster oblongifolius 3 4 Swamp Aster Aster puniceus 3 4 Silky Aster Aster sericeus 3 4 Prairie Aster Aster tanacetifolius 3 5 Flat Top Aster Aster umbellatus 3 4 Canada Milkvetch Astragalus canadensis 2 4 Cicer or Chick-pea Milkvetch Astragalus cicer 3 3 Oats - Filler for low seeding rate mixtures Avena sativa 0 4 White Wild Indigo Baptisia alba 1 4 White Wild Indigo Baptisia alba 1 4 Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis 0 0 Plains False or Blue Wild Indigo Baptisia australis 2 4 Cream False Indigo Baptisia bracteata 2 3 Hoary False Alyssum, Native Source Berteroa incana 2 3 Bearded Beggars Tick or Swamp Marigold Bidens aristosa or Bidens polylepis 3 4 Nodding Bur Marigold Bidens cernua 2 3 Tall Swamp Marigold Bidens connata 3 3 Beggar-ticks Bidens frondosa 3 3 False Aster Boltonia asteroides 3 4 Sideoats Grama, Butte Bouteloua curtipendula -- -- Sideoats Grama, El Reno Bouteloua curtipendula -- -- Sideoats Grama, Native Source Bouteloua curtipendula -- -- Sideoats Grama, Trailway Bouteloua curtipendula -- -- Blue Grama, Bad River Bouteloua gracilis -- -- Blue Grama, Hachita Bouteloua gracilis -- -- Blue Grama, VNS Bouteloua gracilis -- -- Rape Brassica rapa -- 2 Meadow Bromegrass Bromus biebersteinii -- -- Smooth Bromegrass Bromus inermis -- -- Buffalograss, Texoka Buchloe dactyloides -- -- Canada Blue Jointgrass Calamagrostis canadensis -- -- Prairie Sandreed Calamovilfa longifolia -- -- Purple Poppymallow Callirhoe involucrata 2 4 Purple Poppymallow, Native Source Callirhoe involucrata 2 4 Plains Oval Sedge, Native Source Carex brevior -- -- Lance-Fruit Oval Sedge Carex scoparia -- -- Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea -- -- New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus 2 4 Showy Partridgepea Chamaecrista fasciculata 2 5 Tall Thistle, Native Source Cirsium altissimum 3 5 Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Cleome serrulata 2 5 Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Native Source Cleome serrulata 2 5 White or Rocket Larkspur Consolida ajacis 2 3 Rocket Larkspur Consolida ajacls 2 3 Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata 2 3 Plains Coreopsis Coreopsis tinctoria 2 2 Plains Coreopsis, Native Source Coreopsis tinctoria 2 2 Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris 2 3 Orchardgrass Dactylis glomerata -- -- White Prairieclover Dalea candida 2 5 White Prairieclover, Native Source Dalea candida 2 5 Foxtail Prairie Clover, Native Source Dalea leporina 2 3 Purple Prairieclover Dalea purpurea 2 5 Purple Prairieclover, Native Source Dalea purpurea 2 5 Silky Prairieclover, Native Source Dalea villosa 2 5 Bloom Pollinator Species Scientific Name Period Value Delphinium virescens or Delphinium Prairie Larkspur 1 4 carolinianum Illinois Bundleflower Desmanthus illinoensis 2 5 Illinois Bundleflower, Native Source Desmanthus illinoensis 2 5 Canada Tick-trefoil Desmodium canadense 2 5 Canada Tick-trefoil, Native Source Desmodium canadense 2 5 Illinois Tickclover Desmodium illinoense 2 4 Deptford Pink, Native Source Dianthus armeria 2 5 Tall Cinquefoil, Native Source Drymocallis arguta 2 3 Blacksamson, Native Source Echinacea angustifolia 2 5 Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida 2 4 Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea 2 4 Canada Wildrye Elymus canadensis -- -- Tall Wheatgrass Elymus elongatus -- -- Intermediate Wheatgrass Elymus hispidus -- -- Russian Wildrye Elymus junceus -- -- Thickspike Wheatgrass Elymus lanceolatus -- -- Riverbank Wildrye Elymus riperius -- -- Western Wheatgrass, Arriba Elymus smithii -- -- Western Wheatgrass, Barton Elymus smithii -- -- Western Wheatgrass, Rosanna Elymus smithii -- -- Slender Wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus -- -- Virginia Wildrye Elymus virginicus -- -- Engelmann's Daisy Engelmannia pinnatifida 1 3 Weeping Lovegrass Eragrostis curvula -- -- Sand Lovegrass Eragrostis trichodes -- -- Daisy Fleabane, Native Source Erigeron strigosus 1 5 Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium 3 3 Western Wallflower, Native Source Erysimum asperum 1 3 Tall Boneset Eupatorium altissimum 3 4 Tall Boneset, Native Source Eupatorium altissimum 3 4 Joe-pye-weed Eupatorium fistulosum 3 4 False Boneset Eupatorium kuhnia 3 1 Spotted Joe-pye-weed Eupatorium maculatum 3 5 Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum 3 2 Sweet Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium pupureum 3 5 Snow on the Mountain, Native Source Euphorbia marginata 2 1 Goldentop, Native Source Euthamia gymnospermoides 3 4 Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum 2 4 Field Snake Cotton, Native Source Froelichia floridana 2 1 Blanketflower Gaillardia aristata 1 4 Blanketflower Gaillardia aristata 1 4 Velvety Gaura, Native Source Gaura parviflora 2 2 Cream Gentian Gentiana flavida 3 3 Downy Gentian, Native Source Gentiana puberulenta 3 5 Fowl Mana Grass Glyceria striata -- -- Curly Cup Gumweed, Native Source Grindelia squarrosa 2 4 Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale 3 4 Sneezeweed, Native Source Helenium autumnale 3 4 Narrow-leaf Sunflower Helianthus angustifolius 3 4 Annual or Common Sunflower Helianthus annuus 3 5 Sawtooth Sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus 3 5 Sawtooth Sunflower, Native Source Helianthus grosseserratus 3 5 Showy Sunflower Helianthus laetiflorus 0 4 Maximillian Sunflower Helianthus maximiliani 3 5 Maximillian Sunflower, Native Source Helianthus maximiliani 3 5 Ashy Sunflower, Native Source Helianthus mollis 3 5 Bloom Pollinator Species Scientific Name Period Value Western Sunflower Helianthus occidentalis 3 4 Stiff Sunflower, Kansas Native Helianthus pauciflorus 2 4 Stiff Sunflower, Native Source Helianthus pauciflorus 2 4 Plains Sunflower, Native Source Helianthus petiolaris 3 5 Willow-leaf Sunflower, Native Source Helianthus salicifolius 3 5 Jerusalem Artichoke Helianthus tuberosus 3 4 False or Oxeye Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides 2 5 Dames Rocket Hesperis matronalis 1 5 Dames Rocket, Native Source Hesperis matronalis 1 5 Camphor Weed, Native Source Heterotheca latifolia 3 3 Alumroot Heuchera richardsonii 1 2 Bush Morning Glory, Native Source Ipomoea leptophylia 2 3 Blue Flag Iris Iris virginica shrevei 2 3 Kochia, Native Source Kochia scoparia 2 0 Prairie Junegrass Koeleria pyramidata -- -- Winterfat Krascheninnikovia lanata -- 2 Common Lespedeza Kummerowia striata -- 3 Annual Ryegrass Latium multifortum -- -- Lavender Lavadula angustfolia 2 5 Rice Cut Grass Leersia hexandra -- -- Motherwort, Native Source Leonurus cardiaca 2 4 Roundhead Lespedeza Lespedeza capitata 3 3 Roundhead Lespedeza, Native Source Lespedeza capitata 3 3 Basin Wildrye Leymus cinereus -- -- Rough Gayfeather Liatris aspera 3 4 Rough Gayfeather, Native Source Liatris aspera 3 4 Lanceleaf Gayfeather, Native Source Liatris lancifolia 3 4 Meadow Blazingstar, Native Source Liatris ligulistylis 2 5 Dotted Gayfeather Liatris punctata 3 4 Dotted Gayfeather, Native Source Liatris punctata 3 4 Thickspike Gayfeather Liatris pycnostachya 3 4 Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata 2 5 Blue Flax Linum lewisii 2 2 Scarlet Flax Linum rubrum -- 2 Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis 3 4 Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica 2 3 Blue Lobelia, Native Source Lobelia siphilitica 2 3 Perennial Ryegrass Lolium perenne var. perenne -- -- Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus