| Family |
Taxon |
Common Name |
| Amaranthaceae |
Amaranthus powellii S.Watson |
green amaranth, Powell's amaranth, Powell's smooth amaranth, tall amaranth |
| Amaranthaceae |
Amaranthus spinosus L. |
spiny amaranth, thorny amaranth |
| Apiaceae |
Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville |
cut-leaved water-parsnip, low water-parsnip |
| Apiaceae |
Hydrocotyle americana L. |
American marsh pennywort, marsh pennywort |
| Apiaceae |
Torilis japonica (Houtt.) DC. |
erect hedge-parsley, Japanese hedge-parsley |
| Araliaceae |
Aralia racemosa L. |
American spikenard, life-of-man |
| Asclepiadaceae |
Asclepias exaltata L. |
poke milkweed, tall milkweed |
| Asclepiadaceae |
Asclepias ovalifolia Decne. |
dwarf milkweed, oval milkweed, oval-leaved milkweed |
| Asclepiadaceae |
Asclepias speciosa Torr. |
showy milkweed |
| Asclepiadaceae |
Asclepias verticillata L. |
whorled milkweed |
| Aspleniaceae |
Asplenium rhizophyllum L. |
walking fern |
| Asteraceae |
Arctium minus Bernh. |
common burdock, lesser burdock |
| Asteraceae |
Artemisia serrata Nutt. |
saw-leaf mugwort, saw-toothed sagebrush, saw-tooth wormwood, toothed sage |
| Asteraceae |
Aster drummondii Lindl. |
Drummond's aster, hairy heart-leaved aster |
| Asteraceae |
Aster linariifolius L. |
flax-leaved aster, stiff aster |
| Asteraceae |
Aster shortii Lindl. |
Midwestern blue heart-leaved aster, Short's aster |
| Asteraceae |
Bidens connatus Muhl. ex Willd. |
purple-stem beggar-ticks, purple-stemmed tickseed |
| Asteraceae |
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Spreng. |
tall thistle, wood thistle |
| Asteraceae |
Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng. |
field thistle, pasture thistle, prairie thistle |
| Asteraceae |
Cirsium flodmanii (Rydb.) Arthur |
Flodman's thistle, prairie thistle |
| Asteraceae |
Crepis capillaris (L.) Wallr. |
hawk's-beard, smooth hawk's-beard |
| Asteraceae |
Crepis setosa Haller f. |
bristly hawk's-beard |
| Asteraceae |
Echinops sphaerocephalus L. |
great globe-thistle |
| Asteraceae |
Eupatorium perfoliatum L. var. perfoliatum |
boneset, common boneset, thoroughwort |
| Asteraceae |
Eupatorium serotinum Michx. |
late boneset, late eupatorium, late-flowering thoroughwort |
| Asteraceae |
Gaillardia aristata Pursh |
common blanket-flower, common gaillardia |
| Asteraceae |
Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal |
curly-cup gum-weed, gum-plant, gum-weed |
| Asteraceae |
Hasteola suaveolens (L.) Pojark. |
hastate Indian-plantain, sweet Indian-plantain |
| Asteraceae |
Helianthus annuus L. |
common sunflower, garden sunflower |
| Asteraceae |
Helianthus maximilianii Schrad. |
Maximilian's sunflower |
| Asteraceae |
Helianthus salicifolius A.Dietr. |
willow-leaved sunflower |
| Asteraceae |
Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet |
false sunflower, ox-eye, sunflower-everlasting |
| Asteraceae |
Hieracium longipilum Torr. ex Hook. |
hairy hawkweed, long-beard hawkweed, long-haired hawkweed, prairie hawkweed |
| Asteraceae |
Inula helenium L. |
elecampane |
| Asteraceae |
Lactuca serriola L. |
compass-plant, prickly lettuce |
| Asteraceae |
Lapsana communis L. |
common nipplewort, nipplewort |
| Asteraceae |
Liatris punctata Hook. var. nebraskana Gaiser |
dotted blazing-star, Nebraska gay-feather |
| Asteraceae |
Madia sativa Molina |
[Excluded] Chilean tarweed, coast tarweed |
| Asteraceae |
Packera plattensis (Nutt.) W.A.Weber & A.Löve |
Platte groundsel, prairie groundsel, prairie ragwort |
| Asteraceae |
Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton & Standl. |
columnar coneflower, long-headed coneflower |
| Asteraceae |
Rudbeckia laciniata L. |
cut-leaved coneflower, wild golden-glow |
| Asteraceae |
Silphium perfoliatum L. var. perfoliatum |
cup-plant |
| Asteraceae |
Solidago flexicaulis L. |
broad-leaved goldenrod, zigzag goldenrod |
| Asteraceae |
Solidago rigida L. |
rigid goldenrod, stiff goldenrod |
| Asteraceae |
Taraxacum officinale Weber |
common dandelion |
| Asteraceae |
Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britton ex Kearney |
wing-stem |
| Asteraceae |
Vernonia fasciculata Michx. subsp. fasciculata |
common ironweed, prairie ironweed, smooth ironweed |
| Asteraceae |
Xanthium spinosum L. |
spiny cocklebur |
| Betulaceae |
Betula pumila L. |
bog birch, dwarf birch, swamp birch |
| Boraginaceae |
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm. |
hoary puccoon |
| Brassicaceae |
Camelina microcarpa Andrz. ex DC. |
little-pod false flax, small-fruited false flax |
| Brassicaceae |
Cardamine concatenata (Michx.) O.Schwarz |
cut-leaved toothwort, five-parted toothwort |
| Brassicaceae |
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton subsp. brachycarpa (Richardson) Detling |
green tansy mustard, pinnate tansy mustard, western tansy mustard |
| Brassicaceae |
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl |
flix-weed, herb-Sophia, tansy mustard |
| Brassicaceae |
Lepidium perfoliatum L. |
clasping cress, clasping pepper-weed |
| Brassicaceae |
Raphanus sativus L. |
garden radish, wild radish |
| Brassicaceae |
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. |
hedge-mustard |
| Cactaceae |
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. |
brittle prickly-pear, fragile prickly-pear, little prickly-pear |
| Capparidaceae |
Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. |
rough-seed clammy-weed |
| Caprifoliaceae |
Linnaea borealis L. subsp. americana (Forbes) Hultén ex R.T.Clausen |
twinflower |
| Caprifoliaceae |
Lonicera canadensis W.Bartram ex Marshall |
American fly honeysuckle |
| Caprifoliaceae |
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House var. pubens (Michx.) Koehne |
red elderberry, red-berried elder, scarlet elderberry |
| Caprifoliaceae |
Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. |
western snowberry, wolfberry |
| Caprifoliaceae |
Triosteum aurantiacum E.P.Bicknell |
early horse-gentian, orange-fruit horse-gentian |
| Caryophyllaceae |
Silene stellata (L.) W.T.Aiton var. scabrella (Nieuwl.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. |
starry campion, widow's-frill |
| Caryophyllaceae |
Spergula arvensis L. |
corn spurry |
| Caryophyllaceae |
Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl |
red sand spurry, roadside sand spurry |
| Celastraceae |
Euonymus atropurpurea Jacq. var. atropurpurea |
burning-bush, eastern wahoo |
| Chenopodiaceae |
Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC. |
fat-hen, thin-leaf orach, triangle orache |
| Chenopodiaceae |
Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants |
Mexican-tee, wormwood, worm-seed |
| Chenopodiaceae |
Salsola tragus L. |
prickly Russian thistle, Russian thistle, tumbleweed |
| Cistaceae |
Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx. |
common rock-rose, long-branch frostweed |
| Commelinaceae |
Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth var. occidentalis |
prairie spiderwort, western spiderwort |
| Crassulaceae |
Sedum telephium L. subsp. telephium |
live-forever, witch's-moneybags |
| Cucurbitaceae |
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray |
balsam-apple, wild-cucumber |
| Cucurbitaceae |
Sicyos angulatus L. |
bur-cucumber |
| Cuscutaceae |
Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. var. gronovii |
common dodder, love dodder, scald-weed, swamp dodder |
| Cuscutaceae |
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. |
field dodder, five-angled dodder |
| Cyperaceae |
Carex aurea Nutt. |
elk sedge, golden sedge, golden-fruited sedge |
| Cyperaceae |
Carex intumescens Rudge |
greater bladder sedge, shining bur sedge, swollen sedge |
| Cyperaceae |
Carex lacustris Willd. |
common lake sedge, rip-gut sedge |
| Cyperaceae |
Cyperus houghtonii Torr. |
Houghton's flat sedge |
| Cyperaceae |
Trichophorum alpinum (L.) Pers. |
alpine cotton-grass, alpine club-rush |
| Dipsacaceae |
Dipsacus laciniatus L. |
cut-leaved teasel |
| Ericaceae |
Andromeda glaucophylla Link |
bog-rosemary |
| Ericaceae |
Vaccinium oxycoccos L. |
small cranberry |
| Euphorbiaceae |
Euphorbia esula L. var. esula |
leafy spurge, wolf's-milk |
| Fabaceae |
Amorpha canescens Pursh |
lead-plant |
| Fabaceae |
Amorpha fruticosa L. |
desert indigo-bush, false indigo, indigo-bush |
| Fabaceae |
Dalea villosa (Nutt.) Spreng. var. villosa |
downy prairie-clover, silky prairie-clover |
| Fabaceae |
Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) A.W.Wood |
cluster-leaf tick-trefoil, pointed tick-trefoil |
| Fabaceae |
Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh |
American licorice, wild licorice |
| Fabaceae |
Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm. |
prairie bush-clover, prairie lespedeza |
| Fabaceae |
Lupinus perennis L. |
sundial lupine, wild lupine |
| Gentianaceae |
Gentiana andrewsii Griseb. var. andrewsii |
Andrews' gentian, bottle gentian, prairie closed gentian |
| Gentianaceae |
Halenia deflexa (Sm.) Griseb. subsp. deflexa |
American spurred-gentian, spurred-gentian |
| Geraniaceae |
Geranium bicknellii Britton var. bicknellii |
Bicknell's crane's-bill, northern crane's-bill |
| Iridaceae |
Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC. |
blackberry-lily, leopard-flower |
| Juncaceae |
Juncus pelocarpus E.Mey. |
brown-fruited rush |
| Juncaginaceae |
Triglochin maritima L. |
arrow-grass, common bog arrow-grass, seaside arrow-grass |
| Lamiaceae |
Marrubium vulgare L. |
[Excluded] horehound |
| Lamiaceae |
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth. subsp. virginiana |
false dragonhead, obedience |
| Lamiaceae |
Salvia azurea Michx. ex Lam. var. grandiflora Benth. |
azure blue sage, blue sage |
| Lamiaceae |
Scutellaria lateriflora L. |
blue skullcap, mad-dog skullcap |
| Lamiaceae |
Scutellaria parvula Michx. var. missouriensis (Torr.) Goodman & C.A.Lawson |
Leonard's skullcap, smooth small skullcap |
| Lauraceae |
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees |
sassafras, white sassafras |
| Lentibulariaceae |
Utricularia minor L. |
lesser bladderwort, small bladderwort |
| Lentibulariaceae |
Utricularia vulgaris L. |
Common bladderwort, great bladderwort |
| Liliaceae |
Allium stellatum Ker Gawl. |
Autumn onion, prairie onion, wild onion |
| Liliaceae |
Lilium michiganense Farw. |
Michigan lily, Turk's-cap lily |
| Liliaceae |
Lilium philadelphicum L. |
orange-cup lily, wood lily |
| Liliaceae |
Triantha glutinosa (Michx.) Baker |
false asphodel, gluten tofieldia, sticky false asphodel |
| Liliaceae |
Trillium flexipes Raf. |
bent trillium, declined trillium, nodding wake-robin |
| Linaceae |
Linum sulcatum Riddell |
grooved yellow flax |
| Lobeliaceae |
Lobelia cardinalis L. var. cardinalis |
cardinal-flower |
| Lythraceae |
Decodon verticillatus (L.) Elliott |
swamp loosestrife, water-willow, whorled loosestrife |
| Lythraceae |
Lythrum salicaria L. |
purple loosestrife, spiked loosestrife |
| Malvaceae |
Napaea dioica L. |
glade mallow |
| Myricaceae |
Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M.Coult. |
sweet-fern |
| Nelumbonaceae |
Nelumbo lutea Willd. |
American lotus-lily, lotus, water-chinquapin |
| Nyctaginaceae |
Mirabilis albida (Walter) Heimerl |
pale umbrella-wort, white four-o'clock |
| Nymphaeaceae |
Nymphaea odorata Aiton |
American white water-lily, fragrant water-lily |
| Onagraceae |
Gaura coccinea Nutt. ex Pursh |
scarlet bee-blossom, scarlet gaura |
| Onagraceae |
Oenothera parviflora L. |
northern evening-primrose, small-flowered evening-primrose |
| Ophioglossaceae |
Ophioglossum pusillum Raf. |
adder's-tongue, northern adder's-tongue |
| Orchidaceae |
Amerorchis rotundifolia (Banks ex Pursh) Hultén |
round-leaved orchid, round-leaved orchis |
| Orchidaceae |
Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr. |
Adam-and-Eve, putty-root |
| Orchidaceae |
Arethusa bulbosa L. |
dragon's-mouth, swamp-pink |
| Orchidaceae |
Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes var. americana (R.Br.) Luer |
calypso orchid, fairy-slipper orchid |
| Orchidaceae |
Coeloglossum viride (L.) Hartm. var. virescens (Muhl.) Luer |
long-bracted green orchid, frog orchid |
| Orchidaceae |
Corallorhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf. |
spotted coralroot, summer coralroot |
| Orchidaceae |
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir. var. odontorhiza |
autumn coralroot, fall coralroot, late coralroot, small-flowered coralroot |
| Orchidaceae |
Corallorhiza striata Lindl. var. striata |
hooded coralroot, striped coralroot |
| Orchidaceae |
Corallorhiza trifida Châtel. |
early coralroot, northern coralroot, yellow coralroot |
| Orchidaceae |
Cypripedium acaule Aiton |
moccasin-flower, pink lady's-slipper, pink moccasin-flower, small pink lady's-slipper |
| Orchidaceae |
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. |
yellow lady's-slipper |
| Orchidaceae |
Cypripedium reginae Walter |
queen lady's-slipper, showy lady's-slipper |
| Orchidaceae |
Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. |
giant rattlesnake-plantain, Menzies's giant rattlesnake-plantain, western rattlesnake-plantain |
| Orchidaceae |
Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R.Br. |
downy rattlesnake-plantain |
| Orchidaceae |
Goodyera repens (L.) R.Br. |
creeping rattlesnake-plantain, lesser rattlesnake-plantain |
| Orchidaceae |
Liparis loeselii (L.) Rich. |
fen orchid, green twayblade, Loesel's twayblade |
| Orchidaceae |
Listera convallarioides (Sw.) Elliott |
broad-leaved twayblade |
| Orchidaceae |
Listera cordata (L.) R.Br. var. cordata |
heart-leaf twayblade |
| Orchidaceae |
Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. herbiola (R.Br.) Luer |
pale green orchid, tubercled orchid |
| Orchidaceae |
Platanthera huronensis (Nutt.) Lindl. |
Huron green orchid, tall nothern bog orchid |
| Orchidaceae |
Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G.Don |
green fringed orchid, ragged fringed orchid |
| Orchidaceae |
Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak |
Great Plains lady's-tresses |
| Orchidaceae |
Spiranthes ovalis Lindl. var. erostellata Catling |
October lady's-tresses, oval lady's-tresses |
| Orobanchaceae |
Orobanche fasciculata Nutt. |
clustered broom-rape |
| Orobanchaceae |
Orobanche ludoviciana Nutt. subsp. ludoviciana |
Louisiana broom-rape, prairie broom-rape |
| Papaveraceae |
Sanguinaria canadensis L. |
bloodroot |
| Pinaceae |
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K.Koch |
larch, tamarack |
| Poaceae |
Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths |
blue grama, eyelash grass, graceful grama grass |
| Poaceae |
Dichanthelium perlongum (Nash) Freckmann |
long-stalked panic grass |
| Poaceae |
Stipa spartea Trin. |
needle grass, porcupine grass |
| Polemoniaceae |
Phlox divaricata L. subsp. laphamii (A.W.Wood) Wherry |
blue phlox, forest phlox, wild blue phlox, wild sweet-William, woodland phlox |
| Polygonaceae |
Rumex altissimus A.W.Wood |
pale dock, smooth dock, water dock |
| Polygonaceae |
Rumex orbiculatus A.Gray |
great water dock |
| Pontederiaceae |
Heteranthera dubia (Jacq.) MacMill. |
water star-grass |
| Pontederiaceae |
Pontederia cordata L. |
pickerel-weed |
| Portulacaceae |
Phemeranthus rugospermus (Holz.) Kiger |
prairie fame-flower, rough-seeded fame-flower, sand fame-flower |
| Potamogetonaceae |
Potamogeton perfoliatus L. |
clasping-leaf pondweed, perfoliate pondweed, red-head-grass |
| Pyrolaceae |
Pyrola asarifolia Michx. subsp. asarifolia |
liver-leaf wintergreen, pink shin-leaf |
| Ranunculaceae |
Anemone acutiloba (DC.) G.Lawson |
sharp-lobed hepatica |
| Ranunculaceae |
Anemone canadensis L. |
Canada anemone, Canadian anemone, meadow anemone |
| Ranunculaceae |
Clematis virginiana L. |
devil's-darning-needle, virgin's-bower |
| Ranunculaceae |
Delphinium carolinianum Walter subsp. virescens (Nutt.) R.E.Brooks |
Carolina larkspur, plains larkspur, prairie larkspur, white larkspur |
| Ranunculaceae |
Enemion biternatum Raf. |
false rue anemone |
| Ranunculaceae |
Myosurus minimus L. |
tiny mouse's-tail |
| Ranunculaceae |
Ranunculus rhomboideus Goldie |
prairie buttercup, prairie crowfoot |
| Ranunculaceae |
Ranunculus sceleratus L. |
celery-leaf buttercup, cursed crowfoot |
| Ranunculaceae |
Ranunculus testiculatus Crantz |
bur buttercup, curve-seed butterwort |
| Rhamnaceae |
Ceanothus americanus L. |
New Jersey tea, red-root |
| Rosaceae |
Comarum palustre L. |
marsh cinquefoil |
| Rosaceae |
Filipendula rubra (Hill) B.L.Rob. |
queen-of-the-prairie |
| Rosaceae |
Geum triflorum Pursh var. triflorum |
old-man's-whiskers, prairie-smoke |
| Rosaceae |
Pentaphylloides floribunda (Pursh) A.Löve |
shrubby cinquefoil, shrubby five-fingers |
| Rosaceae |
Rosa arkansana Porter |
dwarf prairie rose, prairie rose, sunshine rose, wild prairie rose |
| Rosaceae |
Rubus arcticus L. subsp. acaulis (Michx.) Focke |
arctic raspberry, dwarf raspberry |
| Saxifragaceae |
Parnassia glauca Raf. |
American grass-of-Parnassus, fen grass-of-Parnassus |
| Scheuchzeriaceae |
Scheuchzeria palustris L. |
arrow-grass, pod-grass |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Agalinis tenuifolia (Vahl) Raf. |
common agalinis, common false foxglove |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Aureolaria grandiflora (Benth.) Pennell var. pulchra Pennell |
large-flowered yellow false foxglove |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng. |
Indian paintbrush, scarlet painted-cup |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort. |
sharp-leaved cancerwort |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Penstemon gracilis Nutt. |
lilac penstemon, slender beard-tongue |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Penstemon grandiflorus Nutt. |
large beard-tongue, large-flowered beard-tongue |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh |
American figwort, early figwort, lance-leaf figwort |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Veronica peregrina L. |
neck-weed, purslane speedwell |
| Solanaceae |
Datura inoxia Mill. |
angel's-trumpet |
| Solanaceae |
Physalis alkekengi L. |
Chinese lantern-plant, strawberry ground-cherry |
| Solanaceae |
Physalis virginiana Mill. var. virginiana |
lance-leaved ground-cherry, obedient plant, Virginia ground-cherry |
| Solanaceae |
Solanum rostratum Dunal |
buffalo-bur, buffalo-bur nightshade |
| Valerianaceae |
Valeriana officinalis L. |
garden-heliotrope, garden valerian |
| Verbenaceae |
Phryma leptostachya L. |
American lop-seed |
