Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Species Scientific name ------- --------------- Alfalfa Medicago sativa American elm Ulmus americana Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia Awned sedge Carex atherodes Awnless bromegrass Bromus brizaeformis Balsam fir Abies balsamea Barley Hordeum vulgare Basswood Tilia americana Beaked hazel Carylus cornuta Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Big bluestem Andropogon gerardi Big-leaf aster Aster macrophyllus Bindweed Convolvulus sepium Bishop's cap Mitella diphylla Black ash Fraxinus nigra Black cherry Prunus serotina Black raspberry Rubus occidentalis Black spruce Picea mariana Black willow Salix nigra Bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis Blue bead lily Clintonia borealis Blue cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue vervain Verbena hasta Blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium Bluejoint grass Calamogrostis canadensis Bog birch Betula glandulosa Bog laurel Kalmia polifolia Bog rosemary Andromeda glaucophylla Bottle-brush grass Hystrix patula Box-elder Acer negundo Bracken fern Pteridium aquilinum Bristly sedge Carex comosa Brome grass Bromus spp. Brown sedge Carex buxbaumii Buckbean Menyanthes trifoliata Bunchberry Cornus canadensis Bur oak Quercus macrocarpa Burreed Sparganium eurycarpum Canada bluegrass Poa compressa Canada mayflower Maianthemum canadense Cane reed Phragmites communis Cattail Typha latifolia Choke cherry Prunus virginiana Common elder Sambucus canadensis Common milkweed Aesclepias syriaca Coontail Ceratophyllum demersum Corn Zea mays Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium Cottonwood Populus deltoides Creeping snowberry Gaultheria hispidula Crested sedge Carex cristatella Daisy fleabane Erigeron strigosus Dark-green bulrush Scirpus atrovirens Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium Downy yellow violet Viola pubescens Dwarf ginseng Panax trifolium Elodea Anacharis nuttallii Evening primrose Oenothera biennis False solomon's seal Smilacina stellata Field mint Mentha arvensis Flowering crab apple Pyrus spp. Flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata Fox sedge Carex vulpinoidea Foxtail sedge Carex alopecoidea Germander Teucrium canadense Goat's beard Tragopogan pratensis Goosegrass Galium aparine Gray dogwood Cornus racemosa Great water dock Rumex altissimus Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica Ground pine Lycopodium clavatum Hardstem bulrush Scirpus acutus Hawthorn Crategus spp. Hazelnut Corylus americana Hedge nettle Stachys tenuifolia Hemlock Tsuga canadensis Hill's oak Quercus hillii Hoary alyssum Berteroa incana Indian pipe Monotropa uniflora Inland sedge Carex interior Intermediate wheatgrass Agropyron intermedium Iris Iris versicolor Ironwood Ostrya virginiana Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema atrorubens Jack pine Pinus banksiana Jacob's ladder Polemonium repens Jewelweed Impatiens biflora Kentucky bluegrass Poa pratensis Labrador tea Ledum groenlandicum Large-flowered trillium Trillum grandiflorum Large-toothed aspen Populus grandidentata Leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata Little bluestem Andropogon scoparius Manna grass Glyceria canadensis Marsh bellflower Campanula aparinoides Marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris Marsh milkweed Asclepias syriaca Marsh shield fern Dryopteris thelypteris Meadowsweet Spirea alba Moth mullein Verbascum blattaria Mountain ash Sorbus americana Mountain holly Nemopanthus mucronata New Jersey tea Ceanothus ovatus Noble goldenrod Salidago speciosa Northern bedstraw Galium boreale Oats Avena sativa Partridge berry Mitchella repens Pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea Pennsylvania sedge Carex pennsylvanica Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata Pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea Poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans Prickly ash Xanthoxylum americanum Purple-stem aster Aster puniceus Quack grass Agropyron repens Ragweed Ambrosia spp. Rattlesnake fern Botrychium virginianum Rattlesnake grass Glyceria canadensis Red clover Trifolium pratense Red maple Acer rubrum Red oak (Northern) Quercus borealis Red-osier dogwood Cornus stolonifera Red pine Pinus resinosa Reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea Rice grass Oryzopsis asperifolia River bulrush Scirpus fluviatilis Round-leaf sundew Drosera rotundifolia Scotch pine Pinus banksiana Sharp-toothed goldenrod Solidago juncea Sheep sorrel Rumex acetosella Silver maple Acer saccharinum Silver willow Salix discolor Skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus Slender sedge Carex lasiocarpa Small bedstraw Galium trifidum Softstem bulrush Scirpus validus Solomon's seal Polygonatum biflorum Soybean Glycine max Speckled alder Alnus rugosa Sphagnum moss Sphagnum spp. Spikerush Eleocharis spp. Spotted joe-pye weed Eupatorium maculatum Staghorn sumac Rhus typhina Starflower Trientalis borealis Sugar maple Acer saccharum Sweet cicely (Jarvil) Osmorhiza claytoni Sweet fern Comptonia peregrina Switchgrass Panicum virgatum Tall manna grass Glyceria grandis Tamarack Larix laricinia Tartarian honeysuckle Lonicera tartarica Tick trefoil Desmodium glutinosum Timothy Phleum pratensis Toothwort Dentaria laciniata Trembling aspen Populus tremuloides Turtlehead Chelone glabra Tussock sedge Carex stricta Twisted stalk (Rose mandarin) Streptopus roseus Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana Virginia waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginicum Water horehound Lycopus virginicus Water milfoil Myriophyllum spp. Water plaintain Alisma plantago-aquatica Water sedge Carex aquatilis Wheat Triticum aestivuum White ash Fraxinus americana White birch Betula papyrifera White cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides White oak Quercus alba White pine Pinus strobus White spruce Picea glauca White waterlily Nymphaea tuberosa Whorled loosestrife Lysimachia quadrifolia Wild cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon Wild cranesbill Geranium maculatum Wild leek Allium tricoccum Wild lettuce Lactuca canadensis Wild rice Zizania aquatica Wild sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis Wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens Wood anemone Anemone quinquefolia Wood nettle Laportea canadensis Yarrow Achillea millefolium Yellow birch Betula alleghaniensis Yellow waterlily Nuphar variegatum Yellowish sedge Carex abacta