From Rich Township



The Following is a list of flora that can be found on the

Old Plank Road Trail

between Central And Ridgeland Avenues.


1. Acalypha rhomboidea, - Three-seeded mercury
2.
Acer negundo, - Box elder
3.
Acnida altissima, - Water hemp
4.
Alisma triviale, - Large-flowered water plantain
5.
Allium canadense, - Wild onion
6.
Allium cernuum, - Nodding wild onion
7.
Alopecurus carolinianus, - Annual foxtail
8.
Ambrosia artemisiifoloa, - Common ragweed
9.
Ambrosia trifida, - Giant ragweed
10.
Amorpha canescens, - Lead plant
11.
Amphicarpaea bracteata, - Hog peanut
12.
Andropogon gerardii, - Big bluestem grass
13.
Andropogon scoparius, - Little bluestem grass
14.
Anemone cylindrica, - Thimbleweed
15.
Apios americana, - Ground nut
16.
Apocynum cannabinum - Indian hemp
17.
Apocynum sibiricum, - Prairie Indian hemp
18.
Asclepias incarnata, - Swamp milkweed
19.
Asclepias sullivantii, - Prairie milkweed
20.
Asclepias syriaca, - Common milkweed
21.
Asclepias verticillata, - Whorled milkweed
22.
Asclepias viridiflora, - Short green milkweed
23.
Aster cordifolius, - Heart-leaved aster
24.
Aster ericoides, - Heath aster
25.
Aster laevis, - Smooth aster
26.
Aster novae-angliae - New Englang aster
27.
Aster ptarmicoides, - White aster
28.
Aster sagittifolius, - Drummond's aster
29.
Aster simplex, - Panicled aster
30.
Aster simplex var. interior, - Marsh aster
31.
Aster umbellatus, - Flat-topped aster
32.
Baptisia leucophaea - Cream wild indigo
33.
Bidens aristosa, - Swamp marigold
34.
Bidens frondosa, - Common beggar's ticks
35.
Bidens polylepis, - Bur marigold
36.
Botrychium dissectum, - Cut-leaved grape fern
37.
Bouteloua curtipendula, - Side oats gramma
38.
Calamagrostis canadensis, - Blue joint grass
39.
Campanula americana, - Tall bellflower
40.
Carex alopecoidea, - Brown headed fox sedge
41.
Carex cristatella, - Crested oval sedge
42.
Carex normalis, - Spreading oval sedge
43.
Carex pellita, - Broad-leaved wooly sedge
44.
Carex sartwellii, - Running marsh sedge
45.
Carex stricta, - Hummock sedge
46.
Carex suberecta, - Wedge-fruited oval sedge
47.
Carex tribuloides, - Awl-fruited oval sedge
48.
Carex vulpinoidea, - Brown fox sedge
49.
Carex Species, - Hummock sedge
50.
Ceanothus americanus, - New Jersey tea
51.
Cenchrus longispinus, - Sandbar
52.
Cicuta maculata, - Water hemlock
53.
Circium discolor, - Pasture thistle
54.
Claytonia virginica, - Spring Beauty
55.
Comandra umbrellata, - False toadflax
56.
Convolvulus sepium, - Hedge bindweed
57.
Coreopsis palmata, - Prairie coreopsis
58.
Coreopsis tripteris, - Tall coreopsis
59.
Cornus racemosa, - Gray dogwood
60.
Cornus stolonifera, - Red-twig dogwood
61.
Desmanthus illinoensis, - Illinois sensitive plant
62.
Desmodium canadense, - Showy tick trefoil
63.
Dodecatheon meadia, - Shooting star
64.
Eichinacea pallida, - Purple coneflower
65.
Elymus canadensis, - Nodding wild rye
66.
Elymus virginicus, - Virginia wild rye
67.
Epilobium coloratum, - Cinnamon willow herb
68.
Equisetum hymenale, - Scouring rush
69.
Erechtites hieracifolia, - Fireweed
70.
Erigeron canadensis, - Horseweed
71.
Eryngium yuccifolium, - Rattlesnake master
72.
Erthronium albidum, - White trout lily
73.
Erthronium americanum, - Yellow trout lily
74.
Eupatorium altissimum, - Tall boneset
75.
Euphorbia corrrolata, - Flowering spurge
76.
Euphorbia maculata, - Nodding spurge
77.
Fragaria virginiana, - Wild strawberry
78.
Galium aparine, - Cleavers
79.
Galium asprellum, - Rough bedstraw
80.
Galium boreale, - Northern bedstraw
81.
Galium obtusum, - Wild madder
82.
Gaura biennis, - Biennial guara
83.
Gentiana andrewsii, - Bottle gentian
84.
Gentiana puberulenta, - Prairie, or Downey, gentian
85.
Gentiana quinqeufolia occidetalis, - Stiff gentian
86.
Gentiana saponaria - Soapwort gentian
87.
Geranium maculatum, - Wild Geranium
88.
Geum canadense, - Wood avens
89.
Geum laciniatum, - Rough avens
90.
Glyceria striata, - Fowl manna grass
91.
Hackelia virginiana, - Stickseed
92.
Helianthus grosserratus, - Sawtooth sunflower
93.
Helianthus occidentalis, - Naked sunflower
94.
Helianthus rigidus, - Prairie sunflower
95.
Heuchera richardsonii, - Prairie alum root
96.
Hypericum punctatum, - St. John's wort
97.
Hypoxis hirsuta, - Yellow star grass
98.
Hystrix patula, - Bottlebrush grass
99.
Iris virginica shrevei, - Blue flag iris
100.
Juncus dudleyi, - Dudley's rush
101.
Juncus torreyi, - Torrey's rush
102.
Lactuca canadense, - Wild lettuce
103.
Lathyrus palustris, - Marsh vetchling
104.
Lathyrus venosus, - Veiny pea
105.
Leersia oryzoides, - Rice cut grass
106.
Lespedeza capitata, - Round-headed bush clover
107.
Liatris aspera, - Rough blazing star
108.
Liatris pychnostachya, - Prairie blazing star
109.
Liatris scariosa, - Savanna blazing star
110.
Liatris spicata, - Marsh blazing star
111.
Lillium michiganense, - Turk's cap lily
112.
Lithospermum canescens, - Hoary puccoon
113.
Lobelia spicata, - Pale spiked lobelia
114.
Monarda fistulosa, - Wild bergemot
115.
Muhlenbergia frondosa, - Common satin grass
116.
Oenothera biennis, - Common evening primrose
117.
Osmorhiza longistylis, - Smooth sweet cicely
118.
Oxalis europaea, - Tall wood sorrel
119.
Oxalis violacea, - Violet wood sorrel
120.
Oxypolis rigidior, - Cowbane
121.
Paniccum implicatum, - Old field panic grass
122.
Panicum oligosanthes scribnerianum, - Scribner's panic grass
123.
Panicum virgatum, - Switch grass
124.
Parthenium integrifolium, - Wild quinine
125.
Parthenocissus inserta, - Thicket creeper
126.
Petalostomum purpureum, - Purple prairie clover
127.
Phlox glaberrima interior, - Marsh phlox
128.
Phlox pilosa, - Prairie phlox
129.
Phragmites australis, - Common reed grass
130.
Physalis heterphyla, - Clammy ground cherry
131.
Physostegia virginiana, - Obedient plant
132.
Physostegia virginiana var. aranaria, - Prairie obedient plant
133.
Polanisia graveolens, - Clammy weed
134.
Polygonatum canaliculatum, - Smooth Solomon's seal
135.
Polygonum amphibium var. stipulaceum, - Water smartweed
136.
Polygonum pensylvanicum, - Pinkweed
137.
Polygonum scandens, - Climbing false buckwheat
138.
Polygonum virginianum, Woodland knotweed
139.
Populus deltoides, - Eastern cottonwood
140.
Populus tremuloides, - Quaking aspen
141.
Potentilla norvegica, - Rough cinquefoil
142.
Potentilla simplex, - Common cinquefoil
143.
Prenanthes aspera, - Rough white lettuce
144.
Prenanthes racemosa, - Glaucous white lettuce
145.
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, - Self heal
146.
Prunus americana, - Wild plum
147.
Prunus serotina, - Wild black cherry
148.
Prunus virginiana, - Choke cherry
149.
Pycnanthemum virginianum, - Common mountain mint
150.
Ranunculus abortivus, - Small-flowered crowfoot
151.
Ratibita pinnata, - Yellow coneflower
152.
Rhus glabra, - Smooth sumac
153.
Rhus radicans, - Poison ivy
154.
Rhus typhina, - Staghorn sumac
155.
Ribes missouriense, - Wild gooseberry
156.
Rosa arkansana, - Sunshine rose
157.
Rosa blanda, - Early wild flower
158.
Rosa carolina, - Wild rose
159.
Rubus occidentalis, - Wild raspberry
160.
Rubus pensilvanicus, - Yankee blackberry
161.
Rudbeckia hirta, - Black-eyed Susan
162. Rumex altissimus, - Pale dock
163.
Salix eriocephala, - Heart-leaved willow
164.
Salix interior, - Sandbar willow
165.
Salix nigra, - Black willow
166.
Sambucus canadensis, - Elderberry
167.
Sanicula canadensis, - Canadian black snakeroot
168.
Scirpus acutus, - Hard-stemmed bulrush
169.
Scirpus cyperinus, - Wool grass
170.
Scirpus fluviatilis, - River bulrush
171.
Scrofularia lanceolata, - Early figwort
172.
Scutellaria parvula, - Small skullcap
173.
Senecio plattensis, - Prairie ragwort
174.
Silene antirrhina, - Sleepy catchfly
175.
Silene stellata, - Starry campion
176.
Silphium integrifolium, - Rosinweed
177.
Silphium laciniatum, - Compass plant
178.
Silphium terebinthinaceum, - Prairie dock
179.
Sisyrinchium angustifolium, - Stout blue-eyed grass
180.
Smilacina stellata, - Starry Solomon's plume
181.
Smilax lasioneura, - Common carrion flower
182.
Solidago altissima, - Tall goldenrod
183.
Solidago graminifolia, - Grass-leaved goldenrod
184.
Solidigo gymnospermoides, - Viscid grass-leaved goldenrod
185.
Solidago nemoralis, - Old field goldenrod
186.
Solidago ridellii, - Ridell's goldenrod
187.
Solidago rigida, - Stiff goldenrod
188.
Solidago speciosa, - Showy goldenrod
189.
Sorghastrum nutans, - Indian grass
190.
Sparganium eurycarpum, - Common bur reed
191.
Spartina pectinata, - Prairie cord grass
192.
Sporobolus heterolepsis, - Prairie dropseed
193.
Stachys palustris var. homotrichia, - Woundwort
194.
Stipa spartea, - Porcupine grass
195.
Teucrium canadense, - American germander
196.
Thalictrum revolutum, - Waxy meadow rue
197.
Tradescantia ohiensis, - Common spiderwort
198.
Typha angustifolia, - Narrow-leaved cattail
199.
Typha latifolia, - Common cattail
200.
Verbena hastata, - Blue vervain
201.
Veronicastrum virginicum, - Culver's root
202.
Vicia americana, - American vetch
203.
Viola sororia, - Common blue violet
204.
Vitis riparia, - Riverbank grape
205.
Zizia aurea, - Golden Alexander


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