Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES
Description
Appearance: Allium stellatum is a bulbous perennial known for its clusters of pink to lavender, star-shaped flowers.
Leaves: The plant has linear leaves that arise from the base.
Flowers: It produces clusters of pink to lavender, star-shaped flowers in umbels.
Habitat: It is commonly found in prairies and open fields.
Distribution: Prairie onion is native to North America.
Occurrence
Found in the prairie section
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES
Description
Appearance: Eupatorium perfoliatum is a herbaceous perennial known for its clusters of white, fluffy flowers and opposite, perfoliate leaves.
Leaves: The leaves are opposite, united around the stem, and have a perfoliate (stem-piercing) appearance.
Flowers: It produces clusters of small, white, fluffy flowers.
Habitat: It is commonly found in wet meadows and along stream banks.
Distribution: Boneset is native to North America.
Occurrence
Found naturally throughout the property in the prairie and other grassy areas.
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES
Description
Appearance: Verbena hastata is a herbaceous perennial known for its spikes of small, tubular, blue to purple flowers.
Leaves: The leaves are lance-shaped and typically toothed along the margins.
Flowers: It produces spikes of small, tubular, blue to purple flowers.
Habitat: It is commonly found in wet meadows and along stream banks.
Distribution: Blue vervain is native to North America.
Occurrence
Found naturally throughout the property in the prairie and other grassy areas.
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Appearance: Ratibida pinnata is a herbaceous perennial known for its yellow, drooping ray flowers and prominent cone-shaped disk.
Leaves: The leaves are pinnately divided and deeply lobed.
Flowers: It produces yellow, drooping ray flowers around a prominent cone-shaped disk.
Habitat: It is commonly found in prairies and open woodlands.
Distribution: Yellow coneflower is native to North America.
Occurrence
Well established in the prairie section
Native To State: NO
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Appearance: Cystopteris protrusa is a delicate fern known for its finely divided fronds and fragile appearance.
Fronds: The fronds are finely divided and appear delicate.
Sori: It produces sori (spore clusters) on the undersides of the fronds.
Habitat: It is commonly found in moist woodlands and rocky slopes.
Distribution: Lowland fragile fern is native to North America.
Occurrence
Found on outcropping on fern walk
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Appearance: Hexagonoptera hexagonoptera is a fern known for its fronds that are shaped like a hexagon.
Fronds: The fronds have a distinctive hexagonal shape.
Sori: It produces sori (spore clusters) on the undersides of the fronds.
Habitat: It is commonly found in moist woodlands.
Distribution: Hexagonoptera fern is native to North America.
Occurrence
Found along fern walk
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Appearance: Adiantum pedatum is a delicate fern known for its fan-shaped fronds and wiry, black stems.
Fronds: The fronds are fan-shaped and composed of numerous small leaflets.
Sori: It produces sori (spore clusters) on the undersides of the fronds.
Habitat: It is commonly found in moist, shaded woodlands.
Distribution: Maidenhair fern is native to North America.
Occurrence
Found near the crick and along the fern walk
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Appearance: Polypodium virginianum is a fern known for its evergreen fronds with spore clusters on the undersides.
Fronds: The fronds are evergreen and pinnately divided.
Sori: It produces sori (spore clusters) on the undersides of the fronds.
Habitat: It is commonly found on rocky outcrops and cliffs.
Distribution: Rock polypody is native to North America.
Occurrence
Found in the rock outcropping on the fern walk.
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Appearance: Osmundastrum cinnamomeum is a large fern known for its upright, fertile fronds and distinctive cinnamon-colored spore-bearing structures.
Fronds: It has two types of fronds – sterile, green fronds and fertile, cinnamon-colored fronds.
Sori: The cinnamon-colored structures are fertile fronds bearing spores.
Habitat: It is commonly found in wetlands and along streams.
Distribution: Cinnamon fern is native to North America.
Occurrence
Several specimens found along fern walk as well as near creek and in the back 40 spring area.
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Appearance: Polystichum braunii is a fern known for its evergreen fronds with spore clusters on the undersides.
Fronds: The fronds are evergreen, lance-shaped, and pinnately divided.
Sori: It produces sori (spore clusters) on the undersides of the fronds.
Habitat: It is commonly found in moist woodlands.
Distribution: Braun’s holly fern is native to North America.
Occurrence
Several specimens found along fern walk
