Category: Wildflowers

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description

Appearance: Typha latifolia is a tall, emergent aquatic plant known for its long, cylindrical flower spikes.

Leaves: The leaves are long, flat, and strap-like, arising from the base of the plant.

Flowers: The plant produces dense, cylindrical flower spikes that consist of two parts: a brown, cigar-shaped female spike and a yellow, pollen-bearing male spike above it.

Habitat: It is commonly found in wetlands, marshes, and along the edges of ponds and lakes.

Distribution: Common cattail is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found in marshy areas around the crick

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description
Appearance: Scutellaria lateriflora is a herbaceous perennial known for its opposite leaves and tiny, two-lipped, blue to purple flowers.

Leaves: The leaves are opposite, lance-shaped, and toothed along the margins.

Flowers: The plant produces small, blue to purple, two-lipped flowers with a hood-like structure at the base.

Habitat: It is commonly found in wetlands, along stream banks, and in damp meadows.

Distribution: Mad-dog skullcap is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found throughout marshy areas on the property

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description

Appearance: Agrimonia pubescens is a herbaceous perennial known for its pinnately compound leaves and spikes of small, yellow flowers.

Leaves: The leaves are pinnately compound with serrated leaflets.

Flowers: The plant produces spikes of small, yellow, five-petaled flowers.

Habitat: It is commonly found in woodlands, meadows, and open areas.

Distribution: Soft agrimony is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found throughout wooded areas of the property

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description

Appearance: Silphium laciniatum is a tall, herbaceous perennial known for its deeply lobed leaves and yellow, sunflower-like flowers.

Leaves: The leaves are deeply lobed, with deeply cut margins. The basal leaves face north-south – hence the name.

Flowers: The plant produces large, yellow, sunflower-like flowers with a dark center disk.

Habitat: It is commonly found in prairies, meadows, and open woodlands.

Distribution: Compass plant is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found in the prairie section

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description

Appearance: Symphyotrichum oolentangiense is a herbaceous perennial known for its pale blue to violet flowers.

Leaves: The leaves are alternate, lance-shaped, and often have a serrated margin.

Flowers: The plant produces small, daisy-like flowers with pale blue to violet petals.

Habitat: It is commonly found in wetlands, along stream banks, and in meadows.

Distribution: Sky-blue aster is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found throughout property

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description

Appearance: Solidago ptarmicoides is a herbaceous perennial known for its white to pale yellow flower heads.

Leaves: The leaves are lance-shaped and alternate along the stem.

Flowers: The plant produces small, white to pale yellow, plume-like flower heads in dense clusters.

Habitat: It is commonly found in meadows, open woodlands, and rocky slopes.

Distribution: White goldenrod is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found in the prairie section

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description

Appearance: Chamaecrista fasciculata is a herbaceous annual known for its delicate, yellow flowers and pinnately compound leaves.

Leaves: The leaves are pinnately compound with numerous small leaflets.

Flowers: The plant produces bright yellow, butterfly-like flowers.

Habitat: It is commonly found in open areas, including prairies and roadsides.

Distribution: Partridge pea is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found in south field forbes bed.

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description

Appearance: Silphium perfoliatum is a tall, herbaceous perennial known for its opposite leaves that clasp the stem and yellow, sunflower-like flowers.

Leaves: The leaves are opposite, broadly lance-shaped, and often fused around the stem, forming a cup.

Flowers: The plant produces large, yellow, sunflower-like flowers with a dark center disk.

Habitat: It is commonly found in wetlands, along stream banks, and in moist meadows.

Distribution: Cup plant is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found in the prairie section

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description

Appearance: Pycnanthemum virginianum is a herbaceous perennial known for its aromatic foliage and dense clusters of white to pale pink flowers.

Leaves: The leaves are lance-shaped and aromatic when crushed.

Flowers: The plant produces dense clusters of small, white to pale pink, tubular flowers.

Habitat: It is commonly found in open woodlands, meadows, and along stream banks.

Distribution: Virginia mountain mint is native to eastern North America.

Occurrence
Found in the prairie section

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description

Appearance: Cuscuta gronovii is a parasitic plant that lacks chlorophyll and appears as thread-like, twining stems with small, scale-like leaves.

Leaves: Dodders are leafless or have tiny, scale-like structures.

Flowers: The plant produces small, white to pinkish, bell-shaped flowers.

Habitat: It is commonly found twining around and parasitizing other plants.

Distribution: Gronovius’ dodder is native to North America.

Occurrence
In back 40 spring area.