Plant List

RTACA Plant List
PRAIRIE SEDGE MEADOW
PLANTS CONFIRMED AT RTACA PLANTS CONFIRMED AT RTACA
Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name
prairie onion Allium stellatum Jack-in-the-pulipit Arisaema triphyllum
leadplant Amorpha canescens marsh aster Aster simplex
Thimbleweed Anemone cylindrica marsh marigold Caltha palustris
paque flower Anemone patens scouring rush Equisetum sp.
prairie sage Artemisia ludoviciana Joe Pye weed Eupatorium maculatum
common milkweed Asclepias syriaca boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
kitten tails Bessya bullii jewel weed Impatiens canadensis
prairie coreopsis Coreopsis palmata sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
purple prairie clover Dalea purpurea cup plant Siphium perfoliatum
prairie larkspur Delphinium virescens false Solomon’s seal Smilicina racemosa
prairie gentian Gentiana puberulenta giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea
priaire smoke Geum triflorum
rough blazingstar Liatris aspera Grasses
hoary puccoon Lithospermum canescens Common Name Botanical Name
large-flowered penstemon Penstemon grandiflorus lake sedge Carex lacustris
prairie turnip Psoralea esculentum a species of sedge Carex sp.
black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
goldenrod Solidago spp.
spiderwort Tradescandentia spp. BIG WOODS
hoary vervain Verbena stricta PLANTS CONFIRMED AT RTACA
Flowers and Grasses
Grasses Common Name Botanical Name
Common Name Botanical Name red baneberry Acataea rubra
sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula maidenhair fern Adiantum pedatum
Canada wild rye Elymus canadensis wild leek Allium tricoccum
June grass Koeleria macrantha anemone Anemone canadensis
little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Jack-in-the-puplit Arisaema triphyllum
Indian grass Sorghastrum nutans wild ginger Asarum canadense
porcupine grass Stipa spartea lady fern Athyrium angustum
oak sedge Carex blanda
BOTTOMLAND FOREST long-stalked sedge Carex pedunculata
PLANTS CONFIRMED AT RTACA Dutchman’s breeches Dicentra cucullaria
Herbs woodland sunflower Helianthus hirsutus
Common Name Botanical Name sharp-lobed hepatica Hepatica acutiloba
Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Virginia waterfleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum
Virginia waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum ostrich fern Matteuccia struthiopteris
jewelweed Impatiens capensis Solomon’s seal Polygonatum biflorum
wood nettle Laportea canadensis bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
wild grape Vitis riparia nodding trillium Trillium cernuum
yellow bellwort Uvularia grandiflora
Trees yellow violet Viola pubescens
Common Name Botanical Name
boxelder Acer negundo Trees and Shrubs
silver maple Acer saccharinum Common Name Botanical Name
cottonwood Populus deltoides sugar maple Acer saccharum
blue beech Carpinus caroliniana
pagoda dogwood Cornus alternifolia
OAK SAVANNA redosier dogwood Cornus sericea
PLANTS CONFIRMED AT RTACA green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Herbs black walnut Juglans nigra
Common Name Botanical Name ironwood Ostrya virginiana
Thimbleweed Anemone cylindrica bur oak Quercus macrocarpa
bell flower Campanula sp. red oak Quercus rubra
twisted stalk Streptopus amplexifolius willow Salix sp.
*See prairrie species common elderberry Sambucus pubens
basswood Tilia americana
Trees
Common Name Botanical Name
eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana MINNESOTA RIVER
quaking aspen Populus tremuloides PLANTS CONFIRMED AT RTACA
Northern pin oak Quercus ellipsiodales Herbs
bur oak Quercus macrocarpa Common Name Botanical Name
smooth sumac Rhus glabra marsh marigold Caltha palustris
jewel weed Impatiens canadensis
broad-leaved arrowhead Saggitaria lattifolia
bulrush Scirpus spp.
giant bur-reed Sparganium eurycarpum
Trees
Common Name Botanical Name
box elder Acer negundo
silver maple Acer saccharum
green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
cottonwood Populus deltoides
willow Salix sp.
American elm Ulmus americana