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Native plants grown at the Ecology Center

Grasses

Scientific Name

Common Name

Andropogon gerardii

Big Bluestem

Muhlenbergia capillaries

Gulf Coast Muhly Grass

Panicum virgatum

Switchgrass

Schizachyrium scoparium

Little Bluestem

Sorghastrum nutans

Indiangrass

Tridens strictus

Longspike Triden

Tripsacum dactyloides

Eastern Gamagrass

Schizachyrium tenerum

Slender Bluestem

Paspalum floridanum

Flordia Paspalum

Paspalum plicatulum

Brownseed Paspalum

Flowering Plants

Scientific Name

Common Name

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Eastern Bluestar

Arnoglossum ovatum

Groovestem Indian Plantain

Asclepias lanceolata

Fewflower milkweed

Asclepias perennis

Aquatic milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly milkweed

Asclepias viridis

Green milkweed

Baptisia alba

Wild-White Indigo

Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea

Wild-Indigo, Nodding

Baptisia sphaerocarpa

Wild-Yellow Indigo 

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Partridge Pea

Chromolaena ivifolia

Ivyleaf Thoroughwort

Cooperia drummondii

Evening Rain Lily

Cyperus cephalanthus

Buttonbush Flatsedge

Echinacea purpurea

Purple Coneflower

Eryngium yuccifolium

Rattlesnake Master

Eupatorium hyssopifolium

Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort

Gaillardia aestivalis

Lanceleaf blanketflower

Helianthus angustifolius

Swamp Sunflower

Helianthus mollis

Ashy Sunflower

Herbertia Lahue

Prairie Nymph

Hibiscus coccineus

Scarlet Rosemallow

Hibiscus lasiocarpus

Wooly Rose Mallow

Hydrolea ovata

Blue Waterleaf

Hyptis alata

Clustered bushmint

Lespadeza capitata

Round-Head Bushclover

Liatris acidota

Slender Blazing-Star

Liatris pycnostachya

Kansas Blazing Star

Manfreda virginica

American Aloe Agave

Monarda fistulosa

Bee balm

Oligoneuron nitidum

Shiny Goldenrod

Physostegia intermedia

Slender False-Dragonhead

Polytaenia nuttallii

Prairie Parsley

Pycnanthemum muticum

Blue Mountain-Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Narrowleaf Mountainmint

Rhynchospora caduca

Falling Beakrush

Rudbeckia grandiflora

Rough Coneflower

Rudbeckia texana

Shiny Coneflower

Salvia azurea

Blue Sage

Silphium gracile

Slender Rosinweed

Silphium laciniatum

Compass Plant

Symphyotichum lateriflorum

Calico Aster

Tephrosia onobrychoides

Multibloom-Hoarypea

Vernonia gigantea

Tall Ironweed