Prairie Restoration Project Plant Species E. Ashley Bair and Ana Locci Case Western Reserve University Summer 2007 Plants species planted during June 2006 Bouteloua curtipendula Side-oats Grama ¾ Class Liliopsida • Order Cyperales • Family Poaceae ¾ Foliage is Blue-green in color ¾ Bright purple flowers ¾ Height: 12-40 inches USDA NRCS Plants Database Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem ¾Class Liliopsida • Order Cyperales • Family Poaceae ¾Also called alkali grass or desert saltgrass ¾Flat, hairless leaves bluish- green to reddish-brown in color ¾Fluffy white seeds ¾Height: 1-5 feet tall ¾Observed third week of July USDA NRCS Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses Plants Database http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/ Elymus canadensis Nodding Wild Rye ¾Class Liliopsida • Order Cyperales • Family Poaceae ¾Tufted at the base ¾Spikes curve when blooms open ¾Long, spear-like leaves which are green on the top surface, bluish on the bottom surface ¾3-5 feet tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/ Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass ¾Class Liliopsida • Order Cyperales • Family Poaceae ¾Leaf blades are up to 24 inches long, tapering to a narrow base ¾Seed heads are yellowish to reddish-brown with reddish- brown hairs ¾3-7 feet tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem ¾Class Liliopsida • Order Cyperales • Family Poaceae ¾Bluish-purple stem base ¾Leaf blades are 6-24 inches long, rough on the upper surface and hairy near the stem ¾Seed heads have three spike-like projections ¾2-6 feet tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge Pea ¾Class Magnoliopsida •Order Fabales • Family Fabaceae ¾Leaf blades 1-4 inches long with 6-15 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets are smooth with hairs on the edges and may be blunt or pointed ¾Flowers are yellow with reddish bases ¾1-4 feet tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed ¾Class Liliopsida • Order Cyperales • Family Poaceae ¾Grows in bunches ¾Leaves are slender and can be green to golden ¾Flowers are rust-colored ¾Seed heads may have the scent of popcorn, cilantro, or sunflower seeds seeds USDA NRCS Plants Database ¾1-4 feet tall Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Also known as Black Sampson Echinace ¾Leaves are long lances, getting progressively smaller up the stem ¾Flowers are light pink to purple, with a central egg- shaped yellowish to purplish disk ¾Stems are erect, 12-24 inches tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Heliopsis helianthoides Ox Eye Sunflower ¾Class Magnoliopsida USDA NRCS Plants Database • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Stem is erect, unbranching, and rough ¾Leaves are 2-6 inches long, 1-3 inches wide with a pointed tip ¾Dark yellow flowers ¾2-5 feet tall ¾Observed third week of July USDA NRCS Plants Database Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asclepiadaceae ¾Stem is erect with leaves from the base to the flower ¾Leaves are 2-4 inches long and narrow ¾Flowers are bright orange, yellow, or red ¾1-2 feet tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake Master ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Apiales • Family Apiaceae ¾Also called rattlesnake master or button eryngo ¾Stem is erect and waxy, blue-green in ¾Leaves are 4-32 inches long and narrow with parallel veins. ¾Flowers are small, whitish, and spiny ¾2-3 feet tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Ratibida pinnata Grey-Headed Coneflower ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Crushed seed heads smell of anise ¾Disk heads begin gray, but turn brown when flower opens ¾3-5 feet tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Aster novae-angliae New England Aster ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Stout, hairy stem ¾Lance-shaped leaves grow all the way up the stem ¾Flowers are yellow at the center with purple, rose, or white rays ¾Up to 4 feet tall Coreopsis tripteris Tall Coreopsis ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Foliage is lanced, up to 6 inches long, and smells of anise ¾Flowers are 2 inches wide, yellow petals, brown centers ¾6-8 feet tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Lamiales • Family Lamiaceae ¾Stem is branched ¾Leaves are lanced to oval, 1- 4 inches long, less than 1.5 inches wide, hairy to smooth on upper surface, hairy on lower surface, toothed with pointed tips ¾Flower is lavender, 2 lipped, USDA NRCS Plants Database up to 1.5 inches long ¾1-3 feet tall Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie Dock ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Stem is smooth and colored green to red ¾Flower is yellow, 2-3 inches long, with 15-30 florets ¾Large, rough leaves, up to 18 inches long and 12 inches USDA NRCS Plants Database wide with dark green upper surface Silphium trifoliatum Whorled Rosinweed ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales – Family Asteraceae USDA NRCS Plants Database Verbena hastata Blue Vervain ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Lamiales ¾Family Verbenaceae ¾Stem is erect, may be branching, rough and hairy ¾Leaves are lanced to oval, 2- 7 inches long, sharply toothed with a green upper surface and green, hairy lower surface ¾Flowers are very small and bluish-purple ¾2-7 feet tall ¾Observe Third of July USDA NRCS Plants Database Ascelpias syriaca Common Milkweed ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Gentianales • Family Ascelpiadaceae ¾Also called Milk plant, Wild asparagus, Silkweed, and Wild cotton. ¾Produces white latex when broken ¾Stem is erect and hairy USDA NRCS Plants Database ¾Leaves are broad ovals or lances, dark green in color with a red main vein ¾Flowers are small and may be pink or light purple ¾2-5 feet tall ¾Observed third week of July Helianthus grosseserratus Sawtooth Sunflower ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Stem is erect and may be branching and is often has a purple tint ¾Long lanced leaves, 4-12 inches long and 1-4 inches wide with a rough upper surface and soft lower surface and serrated margins ¾Flowers have 10-20 yellow ray florets and a golden-yellow disk florets. ¾3-12 feet tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Lespedeza capitata Roundheaded Bushclover ¾Class Magnoliopsida •Order Fabales • Family Fabaceae ¾Stem is erect, unbranched, and vary leafy with soft, silver hairs ¾Leaves are 1-2 inches long, very narrow and may be hairy ¾Small flowers, white or cream in color with a reddish purple base. USDA NRCS Plants Database Rudbeckia subtomentosa Sweet Black-eyed Susan ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Stems are erect and branching ¾Leaves are 3 lobed and toothed ¾Flowers have a purplish- brown disk and yellow florets USDA NRCS Plants Database ¾Over 3 feet tall ¾Observed third week of July Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed Susan ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Stem is erect, may be branched, and hairy ¾Leaves are toothed, and lower leaves may have 3 lobes ¾Flowers are up to 2 inches long and have brown or dark orange disks and yellow ray florets ¾Up to 5 feet tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Silphium integrifolium Rosinweed ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Stem is erect, stiff, rough, and may branch ¾Leaves are ovate, 2-6 inches long, 1-2.5 inches wide with velvety underside ¾Flower has a yellow disk and 15-34 ray florets 1-2 inches long in a lighter yellow ¾2-5 feet tall Illinois State Museum Solidago rigida Stiff Goldenrod ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Stem is erect and stout, leafy, and rough or hairy ¾Leaves are broad, thick and rough lances or ovals, 2-10 inches long and 1-4 inches wide ¾Flowers are about 3/8 inch wide; bracts firm and rounded ¾1-5 feet tall ¾Observed third week of July USDA NRCS Plants Database Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Scrophulariales •Family Scrophulariaceae ¾Stems are erect and somewhat branching ¾Leaves are various in shape and length USDA NRCS Plants Database ¾Flowers are white and glandular, tubular in shape ¾Up to 3 feet tall Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Stem is erect and very branched ¾Leaves are finely toothed and vary in size in shape ¾Flowers have a dark purple to brownish disk with eight to twenty yellow-orange ray florets ¾1-3 feet tall ¾Observe July Vernonia altissima Tall Ironweed ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Asterales • Family Asteraceae ¾Leaves are lance shaped, finely tooth with fuzzy underside, up to 10 inches long ¾Flowers are tiny, reddish- USDA NRCS Plants Database pink, with 13-30 flowers per head Lobelia siphilitica Great Lobelia ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Campanulales •Family Campanulaceae ¾Erect, stiff stem with milky sap ¾Leaves are toothed lances, about 1 inch wide and up to 6 inches long ¾Flowers are tubular, light purple to blue ¾1-3 feet tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Veronicastrum virginicum Culver’s Root ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Scrophulariales •Family Scrophulariaceae ¾Stems are erect and may branch ¾Whorled leaves (usually 4 or 5 at a node), lanced, up to 5 inches long ¾Flowers are white or pinkish and tiny, globular on a cone- shaped head ¾Up to 6 feet tall USDA NRCS Plants Database Existing Prairie Plants Summer 2007 Daucus carota Queen Anne’s Lace ¾Class Magnoliopsida • Order Apiales • Family Apiaceae ¾Also called wild carrot, bishop’s lace, and bird’s nest ¾Leaves are deeply lobed and fernlike ¾Umbels of white or pink flowers with a single red or dark purple flower at