You will find the following plants in the Blomquist Piedmont Prairie, propagated from local ecotype seed.
Agalinis purpurea (purple false foxglove)
Allium cernuum (nodding onion)
Ageratina altissima (white snakeroot)
Andropogon gerardii (big blue stem – grass)
Andropogon ternarius (splitbeard broomsedge – grass)
Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge – grass)
Antennaria plantaginifolia (pussytoes – woman’s tobacco)
Aristida purpurea (purple three awn – grass)
Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed)
Baptisia australis abberans (blue wild indigo)
Baptisia alba (white wild indigo)
Blephilia ciliata (downy wood mint)
Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey tea)
Chamaecrista fasciculata (partridge pea)
Chamaecrista nictitans (sensitive pea)
Chrysogonum virginianum (green and gold)
Chrysopsis mariana (Maryland golden aster)
Coreopsis major (greater tickseed)
Coreopsis verticillate (thread leaf coreopsis)
Coreopsis tripteris (tall coreopsis)
Echinacea laevigata (smooth leaved coneflower)
Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)
Elymus virginicus (Virginia wild rye)
Eragrostis spectabilis (purple love grass)
Eragrostis hirsute (big top love grass)
Erianthus giganteus (giant plume grass)
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane)
Eryngium yuccifolium (rattlesnake master)
Eupatorium album (white thoroughwort)
Eupatorium altissimum (tall thoroughwort)
Eupatorium hyssopifolium (hyssopleaf thoroughwort)
Eupatorium rotundifolium (roundleaf thoroughwort)
Eupatorium rugosum (white snakeroot)
Eupatorium serotinum (late boneset)
Eupatorium sessilifolium (upland boneset)
Helenium autumnale (common sneezeweed)
Helianthus atrorubens (purple disc sunflower
Helianthus decapetalus (thin leaf sunflower)
Helianthus divaricatus (rough sunflower)
Helianthus resinous (resin dot sunflower)
Helianthus schweinitzii (Schweinitz’s sunflower)
Helianthus strumosus (pale leaved sunflower)
Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke)
Heliopsis helianthoides (rough ox-eye)
Houstonia spp. (bluets)
Hypericum prolificum (shrubby St. John’s wort)
Hypericum hypericoides (St. Andrew’s cross)
Iris cristata (dwarf crested iris)
Liatris pilosa (shaggy blazing star)
Liatris spicata (dense blazing star)
Liatris squarrosa (scaly blazing star)
Liatris squarrulosa (Appalachian blazing star)
Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower)
Lobelia puberula (downy lobelia)
Manfreda virginica (false aloe)
Marshallia obovate (spoon shape Barbara’s buttons)
Marshallia legrandii (tall Barbara’s buttons)
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)
Oenothera fruticose (narrowleaf evening primrose)
Packera anonyma (Appalachian ragwort)
Panicum anceps (beaked panic grass)
Parthenium auriculatum (glade wild quinine)
Parthenium integrifolium (wild quinine)
Penstemon digitalis (foxglove penstemon)
Penstemon laevigatus (eastern smooth beardtongue)
Pycnanthemum incanum (hoary mountain mint)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (narrowleaf mountain mint)
Rhexia virginica (meadow beauty)
Rudbeckia fulgida (orange coneflower)
Rudbeckia hirta (black-eyed Susan)
Rudbeckia laciniata (cut leaf coneflower)
Rudbeckia triloba (brown-eyed Susan)
Schizachyrium scoparium (little blue stem – grass)
Scutellaria incana (downy skullcap)
Scutellaria integrifolia (helmet flower)
Silene virginica (fire pink)
Silphium asteriscus (starry rosinweed)
Silphium compositum (kidney leaf rosinweed)
Silphium dentatum (rough stem rosinweed)
Silphium terebinthinaceum (prairie dock)
Solidago bicolor (white goldenrod)
Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod)
Solidago erecta (slender goldenrod)
Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod)
Solidago ptarmacoides (prairie aster)
Solidago rugosa (wrinkle leaf goldenrod)
Solidago speciosa (showy goldenrod)
Sorghastrum nutans (Indian grass)
Symphyotrichum concolor (eastern silver aster)
Symphyotrichum depauperum (serpentine aster)
Symphyotrichum georgianum (Georgia aster)
Symphyotrichum grandiflorum (large flower aster)
Symphyotrichum leave (smooth blue aster)
Symphyotrichum patens (late purple aster)
Symphyotrichum pilosum (frost aster)
Symphyotrichum puniceum (swamp aster)
Tephrosia virginiana (goat’s rue)
Trichostema dichotomum (forked blue curls)
Tridens flavus (purple top – grass)
Verbena simplex (narrow leafed vervain)
Verbena hastata (swamp vervain)
Vernonia noveboracensis (New York ironweed)
Agalinis purpurea (purple false foxglove)
Allium cernuum (nodding onion)
Ageratina altissima (white snakeroot)
Andropogon gerardii (big blue stem – grass)
Andropogon ternarius (splitbeard broomsedge – grass)
Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge – grass)
Antennaria plantaginifolia (pussytoes – woman’s tobacco)
Aristida purpurea (purple three awn – grass)
Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed)
Baptisia australis abberans (blue wild indigo)
Baptisia alba (white wild indigo)
Blephilia ciliata (downy wood mint)
Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey tea)
Chamaecrista fasciculata (partridge pea)
Chamaecrista nictitans (sensitive pea)
Chrysogonum virginianum (green and gold)
Chrysopsis mariana (Maryland golden aster)
Coreopsis major (greater tickseed)
Coreopsis verticillate (thread leaf coreopsis)
Coreopsis tripteris (tall coreopsis)
Echinacea laevigata (smooth leaved coneflower)
Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)
Elymus virginicus (Virginia wild rye)
Eragrostis spectabilis (purple love grass)
Eragrostis hirsute (big top love grass)
Erianthus giganteus (giant plume grass)
Erigeron annuus (daisy fleabane)
Eryngium yuccifolium (rattlesnake master)
Eupatorium album (white thoroughwort)
Eupatorium altissimum (tall thoroughwort)
Eupatorium hyssopifolium (hyssopleaf thoroughwort)
Eupatorium rotundifolium (roundleaf thoroughwort)
Eupatorium rugosum (white snakeroot)
Eupatorium serotinum (late boneset)
Eupatorium sessilifolium (upland boneset)
Helenium autumnale (common sneezeweed)
Helianthus atrorubens (purple disc sunflower
Helianthus decapetalus (thin leaf sunflower)
Helianthus divaricatus (rough sunflower)
Helianthus resinous (resin dot sunflower)
Helianthus schweinitzii (Schweinitz’s sunflower)
Helianthus strumosus (pale leaved sunflower)
Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke)
Heliopsis helianthoides (rough ox-eye)
Houstonia spp. (bluets)
Hypericum prolificum (shrubby St. John’s wort)
Hypericum hypericoides (St. Andrew’s cross)
Iris cristata (dwarf crested iris)
Liatris pilosa (shaggy blazing star)
Liatris spicata (dense blazing star)
Liatris squarrosa (scaly blazing star)
Liatris squarrulosa (Appalachian blazing star)
Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower)
Lobelia puberula (downy lobelia)
Manfreda virginica (false aloe)
Marshallia obovate (spoon shape Barbara’s buttons)
Marshallia legrandii (tall Barbara’s buttons)
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)
Oenothera fruticose (narrowleaf evening primrose)
Packera anonyma (Appalachian ragwort)
Panicum anceps (beaked panic grass)
Parthenium auriculatum (glade wild quinine)
Parthenium integrifolium (wild quinine)
Penstemon digitalis (foxglove penstemon)
Penstemon laevigatus (eastern smooth beardtongue)
Pycnanthemum incanum (hoary mountain mint)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (narrowleaf mountain mint)
Rhexia virginica (meadow beauty)
Rudbeckia fulgida (orange coneflower)
Rudbeckia hirta (black-eyed Susan)
Rudbeckia laciniata (cut leaf coneflower)
Rudbeckia triloba (brown-eyed Susan)
Schizachyrium scoparium (little blue stem – grass)
Scutellaria incana (downy skullcap)
Scutellaria integrifolia (helmet flower)
Silene virginica (fire pink)
Silphium asteriscus (starry rosinweed)
Silphium compositum (kidney leaf rosinweed)
Silphium dentatum (rough stem rosinweed)
Silphium terebinthinaceum (prairie dock)
Solidago bicolor (white goldenrod)
Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod)
Solidago erecta (slender goldenrod)
Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod)
Solidago ptarmacoides (prairie aster)
Solidago rugosa (wrinkle leaf goldenrod)
Solidago speciosa (showy goldenrod)
Sorghastrum nutans (Indian grass)
Symphyotrichum concolor (eastern silver aster)
Symphyotrichum depauperum (serpentine aster)
Symphyotrichum georgianum (Georgia aster)
Symphyotrichum grandiflorum (large flower aster)
Symphyotrichum leave (smooth blue aster)
Symphyotrichum patens (late purple aster)
Symphyotrichum pilosum (frost aster)
Symphyotrichum puniceum (swamp aster)
Tephrosia virginiana (goat’s rue)
Trichostema dichotomum (forked blue curls)
Tridens flavus (purple top – grass)
Verbena simplex (narrow leafed vervain)
Verbena hastata (swamp vervain)
Vernonia noveboracensis (New York ironweed)
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