Earl G. Maxwell Arboretum Prairie Plant List

The Prairie Plant List

Earl G. Maxwell Arboretum

The Prairie

 

Latin NameCommon Name
Achillea millefoliumYarrow
Agropyron cristatumCrested Wheatgrass
Agropyron intermediumSlender Wheatgrass
Agropyron smithiiWestern Wheatgrass
Amorpha canescensLeadplant
Amorpha fruticosaIndigobush Amorpha
Andropogon gerardiiBig Bluestem
Andropogon halliiSand Bluestem
Asclepias tuberosaButterfly Milkweed
Baptisia leucanthaWhite False Indigo
Bouteloua curtipendulaSideoats Grama
Bouteloua gracilisBlue Grama
Bouteloua hirsutaHairy Grama
Bromus biebersteiniiMeadow Brome
Bromus inermisSmooth Brome
Buchloe dactyloidesBuffalo Grass
Dactylis glomerataOrchardgrass
Eragrostis trichodesSand Lovegrass
Festuca elatiorTall Fescue
Indigofera sp.Blue Wild Indigo
Lespedeza capitataRoundhead Bushclover
Liatrus punctataDotted Gayfeather
Opuntia fragilisBrittle Prickly Pear
Opuntia polyacanthaPlains Prickly Pear
Oxytropis lambertiiPurple Locoweed
Panicum virgatumSwitch Grass
Penstemon cobaeaCobaea Penstemon
Penstemon haydeniiBlowout Penstemon
Penstemon strictusRocky Mountain Penstemon
Phalaris arundinaceaReed Canary Grass
Ratibida pinnataGrayhead Prairie Coneflower
Rosa arkansanaArkansas Rose
Saponaria officinalisBouncing Bet
Schizachyrium scopariumLittle Bluestem
Sorghastrum avenaceumIndian Grass
Spartina pectinataPraire Cordgrass
Sporobolus asperTall Dropseed
Stipa comataNeed-and-Thread
Symphiocarpos albusCommon Snowberry
Symphiocarpos x chenaultiiChenault Coralberry
Tradescantia sp.Spiderwort
Tripsacum dactyloidesEastern Gammagrass
Yucca glaucaSoapweed
Zizania aquaticaIndian Ricegrass