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Prairie Folklore
by Wayne Pauly from Dane County Parks ACTION Adult Conservation Team Newsletter
| Prairie Folk Lore | Common Name | |
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Amelanchier species | serviceberry |
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Anemone patens L. var. multifida Pritz. | American pasqueflower, prairie-smoke |
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Angelica atropurpurea L. | common great angelica, great angelica, purple-stem angelica |
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Apocynum androsaemifolium L. | spreading dogbane |
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Apocynum cannabinum L. | hemp-dogbane, Indian hemp |
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Aquilegia canadensis L. | Canadian columbine, red columbine, wild columbine |
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Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott subsp. triphyllum | Indian turnip, Jack-in-the-pulpit |
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Aster lanceolatus Willd. | eastern lined aster, panicled aster, white panicle aster |
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Carya ovata (Mill.) K.Koch var. ovata | shagbark hickory, shellbark hickory |
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Ceanothus americanus L. | New Jersey tea, red-root |
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Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng. | field thistle, pasture thistle, prairie thistle |
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Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. var. gronovii | common dodder, love dodder, scald-weed, swamp dodder |
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Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray | balsam-apple, wild-cucumber |
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Equisetum arvense L. | common horsetail, field horsetail |
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Equisetum hyemale L. subsp. affine (Engelm.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor | common scouring rush, pipes, scouring rush horsetail |
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Eupatorium perfoliatum L. var. perfoliatum | boneset, common boneset, thoroughwort |
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Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx. | common rock-rose, long-branch frostweed |
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Heracleum lanatum Michx. | American cow-parsnip |
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Impatiens capensis Meerb. |
orange
jewelweed, orange touch-me-not, spotted touch-me-not pale touch-me-not, yellow jewelweed, yellow touch-me-not |
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Larix laricina (Du Roi) K.Koch | larch, tamarack |
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Monarda fistulosa L. subsp. fistulosa | bee balm, wild bergamot |
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Podophyllum peltatum L. | May-apple, wild mandrake |
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Populus tremuloides Michx. | aspen, quaking aspen |
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Quercus species | oak |
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Rubus species | blackberry, raspberry |
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Sanguinaria canadensis L. | bloodroot |
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Viola species | door-yard violet, common blue violet, hairy wood violet |