AMERICAN BELLFLOWER Campanulastrum americanum

AMERICAN BUGLEWEED Lycopus americanus

AMERICAN GERMANDER Teucrium canadense

AMERICAN VETCH Vicia americana

ANISE ROOT Osmorhiza longistylis

ANNUAL SUMPWEED Iva annua

ARROWHEAD Sagittaria brevirostra

ASTER, AROMATIC Aster oblongifolius

ASTER, GOLDEN Chrysopsis canescens

ASTER, SILKY Aster sericeus

ASTER, SIMPLE PANICLED Aster simplex

ASTER, WHITE Aster ericoides

BEGGAR-TICKS Bidens frondosa

BIGFLOWER COREOPSIS Coreopsis grandiflora

BIRD’S EYE CRESS Myagrum perfoliatum

BLACK MEDIC Medicago lupulina

BLACK SNAKEROOT Sanicula canadensis

BLUE PHLOX Phlox divaricata

BLUE SAGE Salvia azurea

BLUE WILD INDIGO Baptisia australis

BREADROOT SCURF PEA Psoralea esculenta

BROOMWEED Gutierrezia dracunculoides

BUFFALO BUR Solanum rostatum

BUFFALO-GOURD Cucurbita foetidissima

BUR CUCUMBER Sicyos angulatus

BUR MARIGOLD Bidens polylepis

BURDOCK Arctium minus

BURR MEDICK Medicago minima

BUSHY WALLFLOWER Erysimum repandum

CANADA WILD ONION Allium canadense

CARDINAL FLOWER Lobelia cardinalis

CAROLINA ANEMONE Anemone caroliniana

CAROLINA CRANESBILL Geranium carolinianum

CAROLINA HORSE-NETTLE Solanum carolinense

CATCHWEED BEDSTRAW Galium aparine

CATCLAW SENSITIVE BRIER Schrankia nuttallii

CATNIP Nepeta cataria

CATNIP GIANT HYSSOP Agastache nepetoides

CLAMMYWEED Polanisia dodecandra

CLASPING VENUS’ LOOKING GLASS Triodanis perfoliata

COCKLEBUR Xanthium strumarium

CORN GROMWELL Lithospermum arvense

CROTON, ONE-SEEDED Croton monanthogynus

CROTON, WOOLLY Croton capitatus

CROWPOISON Nothoscordum bivalve

CURLYCUP GUMWEED Grindelia squarrosa

DEATHCAMAS, NUTTALL’S Zigadenus nuttallii

DIAMOND FLOWERS Hedyotis nigricans

DUCKWEED, COMMON Lemna minor

DWARFDANDELION Krigia cespitosa

ERECT DAYFLOWER Commelina erecta

Forbs (wildflowers)

PRICKLY SOWTHISTLE Sonchus asper

PUNCTUREVINE Tribulus terrestris

PURPLE AMMANNIA Ammannia coccinea

PURPLE CLIFF-BRAKE Pellaea atropurpurea

PURPLE CONEFLOWER Echinacea angustifolia

PURPLE MEADOW RUE Thalictrum dasycarpum

PURPLE POPPY MALLOW Callirhoe involucrata

PURSLANE SPEEDWELL Veronica peregrina

RAGWEED, COMMON Ambrosia artemisiifolia

RAGWEED, GIANT Ambrosia trifida

RAGWEED, WESTERN Ambrosia psilostachya

REDROOT AMARANTH Amaranthus retroflexus

ROSE VERBENA Verbena canadensis

ROUGH FALSE PENNYROYAL Hedeoma hispidum

ROUGH RATTLESNAKE ROOT Prenanthes aspera

RUELLIA, FRINGELEAF Ruellia humilis

RUELLIA, LIMESTONE Ruellia strepens

ST. JOHNS WORT, COMMON Hypericum perforatum

SELFHEAL Prunell vulgaris

SESSILE TICKCLOVER Desmodium sessilifolium

SHEPHERD’S PURSE Capsella bursa-pastois

SHOWY PARTRIDGE PEA Cassis chamaecrista

SHOWY ROSINWEED Silphium integrifolium

SILVERLEAF NIGHTSHADE Solanum elaeagnifolium

SILVER-LEAF SCURF PEA Psoralea argophylla

SLEEPY CATCHFLY Silene antirrhina

SLENDER FUMEWORT Corydalis micrantha

SLENDER THREESEED MERCURY Acalypha monococca

SLENDERFRUIT LOOKING GLASS Triodanis leptocarpa

SLICK-SEED BEAN Strophostyles leiosperma

SMALL SEED FALSE FLAX Camilelina microcarpa

SMOOTH HORSETAIL Equisetum laevigatum

SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN Euphorbia marginata

SOLOMON’S SEAL Polygonatum biflorum

SPIDERWORT, BRACTED Tradescantia bracteata

SPIDERWORT, OHIO Tradescantia ohiensis

SPREADING SPERMOLEPIS Spermolepis inermis

SPRING FORGET-ME-NOT Myosotis verna

SPURGE, FLOWERING Euphorbia corollata

SPURGE, MISSOURI Euphorbia missurica

SPURGE, PROSTRATE Euphorbia prostrata

SPURGE, SERPANT Chamaesyce serpens

SPURGE, SPATULATE Euphorbia spathulata

SPURGE, TOOTHED Euphorbia dentata

STARRY CAMPION Silene stellata

STENOSIPHON Stenosiphon linifolius

STICKLEAF MENTZELIA Mentzelia oligosperma

STINGING NETTLE Urtica dioica

SUMMER CYPRESS Kochia scoparia

SUNFLOWER, ANNUAL Helianthus annuus

SUNFLOWER, MAXIMILIAN Helianthus maximilianii

SUNFLOWER, STIFF Helianthus rigidus

SUNFLOWER, WILLOW-LEAVED Helianthus salicifolius

SWEET-SCENTED BEDSTRAW Galium triflorum

TALL BONESET Eupatorium altissimum

TANSEY MUSTARD Descuriania pinnata

THYME-LEAVED SANDWORT Arenaria serphllifoia

THISTLE, MUSK Carduus nutans

THISTLE, TALL Cirsium altissimum

THISTLE, WAVY-LEAF Cirsium undulatum

TINY MOUSETAIL Muosurus minimus

VERVAIN, BLUE Verbena hastata

VERVAIN, HOARY Verbena stricta

VERVAIN, NARROW-LEAVED Verbena simplex

VERVAIN, PROSTRATE Verbena bracteata

MACOUN’S BINDWEED Calystegia macounii

MANY-FLOWERED AGRIMONY Agrimonia parviflora

MANY-FLOWERED NOSEBURN Tragia betonicifolia

MARBLESEED Onosmodium molle

MARYLAND FIGWORT Scrophularia marilandica

MARYLAND SENNA Cassis marilandica

MIDLAND FAWN LILY Erythronium mesochoreum

MILKWEED, BUTTERFLY Asclepias tuberosa

MILKWEED, CLIMBING Cynanchum laeve

MILKWEED, COMMON Asclepias syriaca

MILKWEED, GREEN Asclepias viridiflora

MILKWEED, GREEN ANTELOPEHORN Asclepias viridis

MILKWEED, NARROW-LEAVEDAsclepias stenophylla

MILKWEED, SMOOTH Asclepias sullivantii

MILKWEED, SPIDER Asclepias asperula

MILKWEED, WHORLED Asclepias verticillata

MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED Cerastium brachypodum

MOTH MULLEIN Verbascum blattaria

NARROWLEAF BLUET Gedyotis migricans

NARROW-LEAF FOUR O’CLOCK Mirabilis linearis

NARROWLEAF PUCCOON Lithospermum incisum

NODDING BEGGAR-TICKS Bidens cernua

NODDING GREEN VIOLET Hybanthus verticillatus

NORTHERN FROG FRUIT Lippia lanceolata

NOSEBURN Tragia ramosa

NUTTALL’S EVOLVULUS Evolvulus nuttallianus

NUTTAL’S PRAIRIE PARSLEY Polytaenia nuttallii

OLD PLAINSMAN Hymenopappus scabiosaeus

OXEEYE Heliopsis helianthoides

PALE DOCK Rumex altissimus

PALE PINCUSHION CACTUS Coryphantha missouriensis

PALE SMARTWEED Polygonum lapathifolium

PENSTEMON, COBAEA Penstemon cobaea

PENSTEMON, TUBE Penstemon tubaeflorus

PIGWEED, PROSTRATE Amaranthus graecizans

PIGWEED, SPINY Amaranthus spinosus

PLANTAIN, BUCKHORN Plantago patagonica

PLANTAIN, PALE INDIAN Cacalia atriplicifolia

PLANTAIN, PALESEED Plantago virginica

PLANTAIN, RED-SEEDED Plantago rhodosperma

PLANTAIN, RUGEL’S Plantago rugelii

PLANTAIN, TUBEROUS INDIAN Cacalia plantaginea

PENNSYLVANIA PELLITORY Parietaria pensylvanica

PEPPERWEED Lepidium densiflorum

PHILADELPHIA FLEABANE Erigeron philadelphicus

PINK POPPY MALLOW Callirhoe alcaeoides

PINK SMARTWEED Polygonum pensylvanicum

PITCHER’S CLEMATIS Clematis pitcheri

PLAINS PRICKLY PEAR Opuntia macrorhiza

PLAINS (CREAM)WILD INDIGO Baptisia bracteata

POISON HEMLOCK Conium maculatum

POKEWEED Phytolacca americana

PONDWEED, LEAFY Potamogeton foliosus

PONDWEED, LONGLEAF Potamogeton nodosus

POVERTY WEED Monolepis nuttalliana

PRAIRIE BLUE-EYED GRASS Sisyrinchium campestre

PRAIRIE LARKSPUR Delphimium virescens

PRAIRIE RAGWORT Senecio plattensis

PRAIRIE CLOVER, GOLDEN Dalea aurea

PRAIRIE CLOVER, WHITE Dalea candida

PRAIRIE CLOVER, PURPLE Dalea purpurea

PRAIRIE CLOVER, ROUND-HEADED Dalea muliflora

PRAIRIE CONEFLOWER Ratibida columnifera

PRICKLY LETTUCE Lactuca serriola

PRICKLY SIDA Sida spinosa

EVENING PRIMROSE, COMMON Oenothera biennis

EVENING PRIMROSE, FLOATING Ludwigia peploides

EVENING PRIMROSE, MISSOURI Oenothera macrocarpa

EVENING PRIMROSE, PLAINS Calylophus serrulatus

EVENING PRIMROSE, SHOWY Oenothera speciosa

FALSE BONESET Kuhnia eupatorioides

FETID MARIGOLD Dyssodia papposa

FIELD BINDWEED Convolvulus arvensis

FIELD MINT Mentha arvensis

FIELD PENNYCRESS Thlaspi arvense

FIELD PUSSYTOES Antennaria neglecta

FIRE-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN Euphorbia cyathophora

FLOWER-OF-AN-HOUR Hibiscus trionum

FLUXWEED Isanthus brachiatus

GARLIC MUSTARD Alliaria petiolata

GAURA, LARGE FLOWERED Gaura longiflora

GAURA, VELVETY Gaura parvilflora

GAYFEATHER Liatris mucronata

GAYFEATHER, ROUGH Liatris aspera

GERARDIA, FINELEAF Tomanthera densiflora

GERARDIA, ROUGH Agalinis aspera

GERARDIA, SLENDER Agalinis tenuifolia

GOAT’S BEARD Tragopogon dubius

GOLDEN ALEXANDERS Zizia aurea

GOLDENROD, CANADA Solidago canadensis

GOLDENROD, NARROW-LEAVED Euthamia gymnospermoides

GOLDENROD, PRAIRIE Solidago missouriensis

GOLDENROD, RIGID Solidago rigida

GOOSEFOOT, MAPLELEAF Chenopodium simplex

GOOSEFOOT, PITSEED Chenopodium berlandieri

GREAT BLUE LOBELIA Lobelia siphilitica

GREEN DRAGON Arisaema dracontium

GREENTHREAD Thelesperma filifolium

GROOVED FLAX Linum sulcatum

GROUND CHERRY, COMMON Physalis longifolia

GROUND CHERRY, CLAMMY Physalis heterophylla

GROUND CHERRY, PRAIRIE Physalis pumila

GROUND CHERRY, VIRGINIA Physalis virginiana

GROUND PLUM MILKVETCH Astragalus crassicarpus

HENBIT Lamium amplexicaule

HERB-SOPHIA Descurainia sophia

HORNWORT Ceratiphyllum dermersum

HORSEWEED Conyza canadensis

ILLINOIS BUNDLEFLOWER Desmanthus illinoensis

ILLINOIS TICKTREFOIL Desmondium illinoensis

INDIAN HEMP DOGBANE Apocynum cannabinum

IVYLEAF MORNING-GLORY Ipomoea hederacea

JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE Helianthus tuberosus

JIMSON WEED Datura stramonium

JOHNNY-JUMP-UP Viola rafinesquii

LADY’S TRESSES, NODDING Spiranthes cernua

LADY’S TRESSES, TWISTED Spiranthes vernalis

LADY’S-THUMB Polygonum persicaria

LAMB’S QUARTERS Chenopodium album

LANCE-LEAVED SAGE Salvia reflexa

LEOARD SMALL SKULLCAP Scutellaria parvula

LESPEDEZA, KOREAN Lespedeza stipulacea

LESPEDEZA, ROUND-HEAD Lespedeza capitata

LESPEDEZA, SLENDER Lespedeza virginica

LESPEDEZA, VIOLET Lespedeza violaceae

LEUCOSPORA Leucospora multifida

LONGBEARD HAWKWEED Hieracium longipilum

LONG-LEAF TICKCLOVER Desmodium cuspidatum

LOPSEED Phryman leptostachya

LOTUS MILK VETCH Astragalus lotiflorus

Hundreds of plant species await you at Tallgrass

Prairie National Preserve. This is a current list

with more plants being added each year. If you

locate a new plant on the preserve not listed

below, please inform a ranger. It is always

exciting to add new species to our records. Use

the plant list as a guide, marking them off as you

enjoy the tallgrass prairie’s diversity.
National Park Service

U.S. Department of the Interior

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Strong City, Kansas

Plant List

VIOLET, BLUE PRAIRIE Viola practincola

VIOLET, PRAIRIE Viola pedatifida

VIRGINIA BUCKWHEAT Polygonum virginianum

VIRGINIA COPPERLEAF Acalypha virginica

VIRGIN’S BOWER Clematis terniflora

WATER HEMP Amaranthus rudis

WATER MILFOIL Myriophyllum heterophyllum

WATER PLANTAIN Alisma subcordatum

WATER SPEEDWELL Veronica anagallis-aquatica

WATER STARWORT Callitriche heterophylla

WATERCRESS Nasturtium officinale

WATER HEMLOCK Cicuta maculata

WATERPOD Ellisia nyctelea

WAVYLEAF AGOSERIS Microseris cuspidata

WEDGELEAF DRABA Draba cuneifolia

WESTERN IRONWEED Vernonia baldwinii

WESTERN ROCK JASMINE Androsace occidentalis

WESTERN WILD LETTUCE Lactuca ludoviciana

WHITE AVENS Geum canadense

WHITE CLOVER Trifolium repens

WHITE FOUR O’ CLOCK Mirabilis albida

WHITE SAGE Artemisia ludoviciana

WHITE SNAKEROOT Eupatorium rugosum

WHITE SWEET CLOVER Melilotus alba

WHITE WHITLOWORT Draba reptans

WILD ALFALFA Psoralea tenuiflora

WILD BERGAMOT Monarda fistulosa

WILD CHERVIL Chaerophyllum procumbens

WILD COLUMBINE Aquilegia canadensis

WILD FOUR O’ CLOCK Mirabilis nyctaginea

WILD PARSLEY Lomatium foeniculaceum

WINGED LOOSESTRIFE Lythrum alatum

WINGSTEM Verbesina alternifolia

WOOD NETTLE Laportea canadensis

WOODS BEDSTRAW Galium circaezans

WOOD SORREL, GRAY-GREEN Oxalis dillenii

WOOD SORREL, VIOLET Oxalis violaceae

YARROW Achillea millefolium

YELLOW SWEET CLOVER Melilotus officinalis

YERBA-DE-TAJO Eclipta prostrata

YUCCA Yucca glauca

AMERICAN BITTERSWEET Celastrus scandens

AMERICAN WILD PLUM Prunus americana

AUSTRIAN PINE Pinus nigra

BITTERNUT HICKORY Carya cordiformis

BLACK LOCUST Robinia pseudo-acacia

BLACK WALNUT Juglans nigra

BOX ELDER Acer negundo

BRISTLY GREENBRIAR Smilax hispida

BUCKBRUSH Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

BUFFALO CURRANT Ribes odoratum

BUR OAK Quercus macrocarpa

BUTTONBUSH Cephalanthus occidentalis

CATALPA Catalpa bignonioides

CHOKE CHERRY Prunum virginiana

COMMON ELDERBERRY Sambucus canadensis

DOWNY HAWTHORN Crataegus mollis

EASTERN COTTONWOOD Populus deltoides

EASTERN RED CEDAR Juniperus virginiana

ELM, AMERICAN Ulmus americana

ELM, SIBERIAN Ulmus pumila

FALSE INDIGO BUSH Amorpha fruticosa

GOOSEBERRY Ribes missouriense

GREEN ASH Fraxinus pennsylvanica

HACKBERRY Celtis occidentalis

HONEY LOCUST Gleditsia triacanthos

HOP-HORNBEAM COPPERLEAF Acalypha ostryaefolia

INLAND NEW JERSEY TEA Ceanothus herbaceous

KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE Gymnocladus dioica

BLUNT SPIKE SEDGE Eleocharis obtusa

BOTTLEBRUSH SEDGE Carex hystericina

DARK GREEN BULRUSH Scirpus atrovirens

DAVIS SEDGE Carex davisii

DUDLEY RUSH Juncus dudleyi

EMORY SEDGE Carex emoryi

FALSE NUTGRASS Cyperus strigosus

FESCUE SEDGE Carex brevior

FLATSTEM SPIKE SEDGE Eleocharis compressa

FOX SEDGE Carex vulpinoidea

FRAGRANT FLATSEDGE Cyperus odoratus

FRANK’S SEDGE Carex frankii

HEAVY SEDGE Carex gravida

HOUGHTON FLATSEDGE Cyperus lupulinus

INLAND RUSH Juncus interior

LONGSTEM SPIKE SEDGE Eleocharis macrostachya

MEAD’S SEDGE Carex meadii

MUHLENBERG SEDGE Carex muhlenbergii

NARROWLEAF SEDGE Carex amphilbola

PALE BULRUSH Scirpus pallidus

PATH RUSH Juncus tenuis

RATTLESNAKE FERN Botrychium virginianum

ROUGHEDGE FLATSEDGE Cyperus setigerus

RUSTY BULRUSH Scirpus pendulus

SOFT-STEM BULRUSH Scirpus validus

TENNESSEE BLADDER FERN Cystopteris tennesseensis

TORREY’S RUSH Juncus torreyi

WOODLAND SEDGE Carex blanda

YELLOW NUTSEDGE Cyperus esculentus

Sedges, Rushes, and Ferns

Trees, Bushes, and Woody

Vines

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Rt.1, Box 14, Hwy 177

Strong City, KS 66869

Phone: 620-273-8494

E-mail: tapr_interpretation@nps.gov

Web Address: www.nps.gov/tapr

Grasses

BARNYARD GRASS Echinochloa crusgalli

BLUEGRASS, KENTUCKY Poa pratensis

BLUEGRASS, PLAINS Poa arida

BLUESTEM, BIG Andropogon gerardii

BLUESTEM, CAUCASIAN Andropogon bladii

BLUESTEM, LITTLE Andropogon scoparius

BLUESTEM, SILVER Andropogon saccharoides

BROME, DOWNY Bromus tectorum

BROME, JAPANESE Bromus japonicus

BROME, SMOOTH Bromus inermis

BUFFALO GRASS Buchloe dactyloides

CANADA WILD RYE Elymus canadensis

CAROLINA CRABGRASS Digitaria cognata var. cognata

EASTERN GAMMAGRASS Tripsacum dactyloides

FOWL MANNAGRASS Glyceria striata

FOXTAIL, CAROLINA Alopecurus carolinianus

FOXTAIL, GREEN Setaria viridis

FOXTAIL, YELLOW Setaria glauca

GRAMA, BLUE Bouteloua gracilis

GRAMA, HAIRY Bouteloua hirsuta

GRAMA , SIDEOATS Bouteloua curtipendula

HAIRY CRABGRASS Digitaria sanguinalis

HAIRYSEED PASPALUM Paspalum pubiflorum

INDIAN GRASS Sorghastrum nutans

JOHNSON GRASS Sorghum halepense

JOINTED GOATGRASS Aegilops cylindrica

JUNEGRASS Koeleria pyramidata

LITTLE BARLEY Hordeum pusillum

NODDING FESCUE Festuca obtusa

OBOVATE BEAKGRAIN Diarrhena obovate

OLDFIELD THREEAWN Aristida oligantha

PANICUM, FALL Panicum dichotomiflorus

PANICUM, SCRIBNER Dichanthelium oligosanthes

PANICUM, TANGELED Dichanthelium acuminatum

PLAINS MUHLY Muhlenbergia cuspidata

PRAIRIE CORDGRASS Spartina pectinata

PRAIRIE CUPGRASS Eriochloa contracta

PURPLE LOVEGRASS Eragrostis spectabilis

PURPLETOP Triden flavus

RICE CUTGRASS Leersia oryzoides

ROUGH BARNYARD GRASS Echinochloa muricata

ROUGH DROPSEED Sporobolus asper

SANDBUR Cenchrus longispinus

STINKGRASS Eragrostis cilianensis

SWITCHGRASS Panicum virgatum

TICKLEGRASS Agrostis hyemalis

UMBRELLA GRASS Fuirena simplex

VINE-MESQUITE Panicum obtusum

VIRGINIA WILD RYE Elymus virginicus

WESTERN WHEATGRASS Agropyron smithii

WHITEGRASS Leersia virginica

WINDMILL GRASS Chloris verticillata

WIRESTEM MUHLY Muhlenbergia frondosa

WITCHGRASS Panicum capillare

LEAD PLANT Amorpha canescens

MOONSEED Menispermum canadense

MULTIFLORA ROSE Rosa multiflora

NEW JERSEY TEA Ceanothus americanus

OSAGE ORANGE Maclura pomifera

PECAN Carya illinoensis

POISON IVY Toxicodendron radicans

PRAIRE WILD ROSE Rosa arkansana

PRICKLY ASH Zanthoxylem americanum

REDBUD Cercis canadensis

RIVER-BANK GRAPE Vitis riparia

ROUGH-LEAVED DOGWOOD Cornus drummondii

SILVER MAPLE Acer saccharium

SUMAC, FRAGRANT Rhus aromatica

SUMAC, SMOOTH Rhus glabra

SYCAMORE Platanus occidentalis

VIRGINIA CREEPER Parthenocissus quinquefolia

WAHOO Euonymus atropurpureus

WESTERN BUCKEYE Aesculus glabra

WHITE MULBERRY Morus alba

WILD LICORICE Glycyrrhiza lepidota

WILLOW, BLACK Salix nigra

WILLOW, CAROLINA Salix caroliniana

WILLOW, PEACHLEAF Salix amygdaloides

WILLOW, WATER Justicia americana

 Indicates noxious, please report to ranger desk if found.

last update: 2004