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THE PRAIRIE PATCH

This collection of plant drawings, created by Wayne College students, shows the variety of plantlife in the "Prairie Section" of the Nature Trail.

Common Names

Big Bluestem (Andropogen gerardi)
Blackeyed Susan (Rudbachia hirta)
Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium campestre)
Butterfly Weed (Aesclepias tuberosa)
Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum)
Coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
False Dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana)
False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
Grass Plant
Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutens)
Leadplant (Amorpha canescens)
Little Bluestem (Andropogen scoparius)
Mountain Mint (Pyenanthemum virginianum)
Prairie Blazingstar (Liatria pyenostachya)
Prairie Cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum)
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heteropolis)
Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Showy Tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense)
Sideoats (Bouteloua curtipendula)
Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum)

Scientific Names

Aesclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
Amorpha canescens (Leadplant)
Andropogen gerardi (Big Bluestem)
Andropogen scoparius (Little Bluestem)
Bouteloua curtipendula (Sideoats)
Coreopsis palmata (Coreopsis)
Desmodium canadense (Showy Tick-trefoil)
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower)
Liatris pyenostachya (Prairie Blazingstar)
Panicum virgatum (Switch Grass)
Physostegia virginiana (False Dragonhead)
Pyenanthemum virginianum (Mountain Mint)
Rudbachia hirta (Blackeyed Susan)
Silphium laciniatum (Compass Plant)
Silphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie Dock)
Sisyrinchium campestre (Blue-eyed Grass)
Sorghastrum nutens (Indian Grass)
Spartina pectinata (Prairie Cordgrass)
Sporobolus heteropolis (Prairie Dropseed)

 
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