Seven Sisters Prairie

 

 

     
 
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Overview

 
 

 

 
     
 

History

 
 

This land was purchased by The Nature Conservancy in July 1978 to protect the gravel prairie.

 
     
 

Management

 
 

There have been prescribed burns on the site since 1993, and sumac was removed in 2016 and 2017.

 
     
 

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Location
 
 

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Size

 
 

136 acres

 
         
 

Parking

 
 

There is a small parking spot with room for just two cars on the north side of Minnesota Hwy 78. This is a popular site. Expect to see other visitors, even on weekdays. When parking, pull to one side of the parking spot, leaving room for another.

N46 6.370, W95 44.746

 
         
 

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          Douglas and Otter Tail Counties  
          Northwest Minnesota  
     
 
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Hunting

 
 

No hunting

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

   
  Ecological Section    

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

   
  Ecological Subsection    

Hardwood Hills

   
  Land Type Association    

Underwood Moraine

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)

Sedge Meadow

   
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Natural Features

     
 

Wet, mesic and dry prairie; oak savanna

 

 

 

 

 

           
 
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  Seven Sisters Prairie Minnesota
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May 30, 2021

0:00 Start of Video
1:21 Entering the Prairie
3:26 Which way?
5:00 Halfway Up
5:59 Sit and Relax
6:59 Arriving at the Top
11:52 Continue or Go Back
13:28 One Last Look from the Top
15:45 Almost Down
16:37 Down

 
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Plants

 
 

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

showy goldenrod species complex (Solidago speciosa complex)

silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

  smooth sumac  
           
 
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Visits

8/16/2010

  8/19/2013   6/26/2018        
 
 

Bacteria, Viruses, and Other Pathogens

 
  apical chlorosis of Canada thistle (Pst) (Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis)   Pst  
 

Birds

 
 

Six bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special Concern

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

 
 

eBird Field Checklist

 
 

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Veery (Catharus fuscescens)

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

 

American Goldfinch

Canada Goose

Great Egret

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

 
 

Fungi and Lichens

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Lichens List

 
         
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
 

One insect and arachnid species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:

Special Concern

Texas ornamented jumping spider (Habronattus texanus)

 
 

American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

cabbage white (Pieris rapae)

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

clay-colored leaf beetle (Anomoea laticlavia)

clouded sulphur (Colias philodice)

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala)

dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)

eastern tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma americanum)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

goldenrod spindle-gall moth (Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis)

Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

regal fritillary (Argynnis idalia)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

willow pinecone gall midge (Rabdophaga strobiloides)

 

Carolina grasshopper

clay-colored leaf beetle

goldenrod gall fly

monarch

willow pinecone gall midge

 
 

Mammals

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Mammals List

 
 

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

  plains pocket gopher  
 

Plants

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

 
 

Plants frequently found in:

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) UPs13b

Sedge Meadow WMn82b

     
 

 

absinthe wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana)

American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)

American common reed (Phragmites australis ssp. americanus)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American hazelnut (Corylus americana)

American pasqueflower (Anemone patens var. multifida)

American plum (Prunus americana)

American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

Amur maple (Acer ginnala)

arctic brome (Bromus kalmii)

aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)

Balkan catchfly (Silene csereii)

bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata)

bearded wheatgrass (Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus)

Bebb’s willow (Salix bebbiana)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)

black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis)

blue lettuce (Lactuca pulchella)

bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)

bulbet-bearing water hemlock (Cicuta bulbifera)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis)

Canadian milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common blue violet (Viola sororia)

common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common duckweed (Lemna minor)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

dark green bulrush (Scirpus atrovirens)

dodder (Cuscuta sp.)

dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata)

downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta)

downy painted cup (Castilleja sessiliflora)

downy Parlin’s pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax)

downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida)

downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens)

early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)

eggleaf rosette grass (Dichanthelium ovale)

false boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides var. corymbulosa)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

field pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta)

field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata)

flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata)

Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii)

fowl mannagrass (Glyceria striata)

giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)

giant green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. major)

golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)

gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)

great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

green milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora)

grooved yellow flax (Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum)

ground plum (Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus)

hairy false goldenaster (Heterotheca villosa)

hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta var. hirsuta)

harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

heart-leaved four o’clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea)

heavy sedge (Carex gravida)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)

hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

inland sedge (Carex interior)

June grass (Koeleria macrantha)

Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis)

large yellow lady’s slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens)

large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)

late goldenrod (Solidago altissima)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

limestone meadow sedge (Carex granularis)

little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

marsh vetchling (Lathyrus palustris)

meadow horsetail (Equisetum pratense)

Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis)

nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

narrow-leaved four o’clock (Mirabilis linearis)

needleleaf sedge (Carex duriuscula)

needle-and-thread (Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern bog violet (Viola nephrophylla)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

northern plains blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis)

northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)

northern reed grass (Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa)

Pennsylvania cinquefoil (Potentilla pensylvanica)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

plains muhly (Muhlenbergia cuspidata)

plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides)

poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)

porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea)

prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii)

prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya)

prairie cordgrass (Sporobolus michauxianus)

prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

prairie milkvetch (Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior)

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

prairie sagewort (Artemisia frigida)

prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum)

prairie turnip (Pediomelum esculentum)

prairie violet (Viola pedatifida var. pedatifida)

purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

purple-stem aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum)

quackgrass (Elymus repens)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

Riddell’s goldenrod (Solidago riddellii)

rough bentgrass (Agrostis scabra)

sandbar willow (Salix interior)

Sartwell’s sedge (Carex sartwellii)

sawtooth sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine)

Scribner’s panic grass (Dichanthelium oligosanthes ssp. scribnerianum)

showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa var. speciosa)

Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)

sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula)

silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum)

sleepy catchfly (Silene antirrhina)

slender beardtongue (Penstemon gracilis var. gracilis)

slender wheatgrass (Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus)

slender willow (Salix petiolaris)

smooth brome (Bromus inermis)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

spikerush (Eleocharis sp.)

spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)

spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata)

spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida)

sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)

swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata)

tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)

tall cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. angustifolium)

tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus)

threadleaf sedge (Carex filifolia var. filifolia)

timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense)

toothed evening primrose (Oenothera serrulata)

tussock sedge (Carex stricta)

Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Virginia groundcherry (Physalis virginiana var. virginiana)

water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)

water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia)

western marbleseed (Lithospermum occidentale)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)

Wilcox’s panic grass (Dichanthelium wilcoxianum)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)

wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)

wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

woolly sedge (Carex pellita)

yellow avens (Geum aleppicum)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

 

Acer ginnala (Amur maple)

Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder)

Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)

Agrostis scabra (rough bentgrass)

Allium stellatum (prairie onion)

Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)

Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed)

Amorpha canescens (leadplant)

Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem)

Anemone cylindrica (candle anemone)

Anemone patens var. multifida (American pasqueflower)

Antennaria neglecta (field pussytoes)

Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax (downy Parlin’s pussytoes)

Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane)

Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp)

Artemisia absinthium (absinthe wormwood)

Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (field sagewort)

Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon)

Artemisia frigida (prairie sagewort)

Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage)

Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed)

Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed)

Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)

Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed)

Asclepias viridiflora (green milkweed)

Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis (Canadian milkvetch)

Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus (ground plum)

Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior (prairie milkvetch)

Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum)

Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula (sideoats grama)

Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama)

Bouteloua hirsuta var. hirsuta (hairy grama)

Brickellia eupatorioides var. corymbulosa (false boneset)

Bromus inermis (smooth brome)

Bromus kalmii (arctic brome)

Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa (northern reed grass)

Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)

Campanula rotundifolia (harebell)

Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle)

Carex duriuscula (needleleaf sedge)

Carex filifolia var. filifolia (threadleaf sedge)

Carex granularis (limestone meadow sedge)

Carex gravida (heavy sedge)

Carex interior (inland sedge)

Carex pellita (woolly sedge)

Carex sartwellii (Sartwell’s sedge)

Carex stricta (tussock sedge)

Castilleja sessiliflora (downy painted cup)

Celastrus scandens (American bittersweet)

Cicuta bulbifera (bulbet-bearing water hemlock)

Cicuta maculata (spotted water hemlock)

Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)

Cirsium flodmanii (Flodman’s thistle)

Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata (bastard toadflax)

Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood)

Corylus americana (American hazelnut)

Cuscuta sp. (dodder)

Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (large yellow lady’s slipper)

Dalea candida var. candida (white prairie clover)

Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover)

Dichanthelium oligosanthes ssp. scribnerianum (Scribner’s panic grass)

Dichanthelium ovale (eggleaf rosette grass)

Dichanthelium wilcoxianum (Wilcox’s panic grass)

Doellingeria umbellata (flat-topped aster)

Drymocallis arguta (tall cinquefoil)

Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber)

Eleocharis sp. (spikerush)

Elymus repens (quackgrass)

Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus (bearded wheatgrass)

Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus (slender wheatgrass)

Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)

Equisetum fluviatile (water horsetail)

Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine (scouring rush horsetail)

Equisetum laevigatum (smooth scouring rush)

Equisetum pratense (meadow horsetail)

Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed)

Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane)

Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. angustifolium (tall cottongrass)

Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (common boneset)

Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod)

Eutrochium maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash)

Galium aparine (cleavers)

Galium boreale (northern bedstraw)

Gentiana puberulenta (downy gentian)

Geum aleppicum (yellow avens)

Geum triflorum var. triflorum (prairie smoke)

Glyceria striata (fowl mannagrass)

Glycyrrhiza lepidota (wild licorice)

Helenium autumnale (common sneezeweed)

Helianthus grosseserratus (sawtooth sunflower)

Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata (needle-and-thread)

Hesperostipa spartea (porcupine grass)

Heterotheca villosa (hairy false goldenaster)

Heuchera richardsonii (prairie alumroot)

Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not)

Koeleria macrantha (June grass)

Lactuca pulchella (blue lettuce)

Lathyrus palustris (marsh vetchling)

Lemna minor (common duckweed)

Liatris ligulistylis (northern plains blazing star)

Liatris punctata var. punctata (dotted blazing star)

Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya (prairie blazing star)

Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum (grooved yellow flax)

Lithospermum occidentale (western marbleseed)

Lobelia siphilitica (great blue lobelia)

Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal)

Medicago lupulina (black medick)

Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa)

Melilotus albus (white sweet clover)

Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover)

Mirabilis linearis (narrow-leaved four o’clock)

Mirabilis nyctaginea (heart-leaved four o’clock)

Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot)

Muhlenbergia cuspidata (plains muhly)

Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)

Oenothera serrulata (toothed evening primrose)

Solidago riddellii (Riddell’s goldenrod)

Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel)

Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)

Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine)

Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip)

Pediomelum esculentum (prairie turnip)

Penstemon gracilis var. gracilis (slender beardtongue)

Penstemon grandiflorus (large-flowered beardtongue)

Persicaria amphibia (water smartweed)

Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)

Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy)

Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida (downy phlox)

Phragmites australis ssp. americanus (American common reed)

Physalis virginiana var. virginiana (Virginia groundcherry)

Poa compressa (Canada bluegrass)

Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass)

Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood)

Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)

Potentilla pensylvanica (Pennsylvania cinquefoil)

Potentilla recta (sulphur cinquefoil)

Prunus americana (American plum)

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry)

Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak)

Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak)

Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)

Rhus glabra (smooth sumac)

Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)

Rosa arkansana (prairie rose)

Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry)

Salix bebbiana (Bebb’s willow)

Salix interior (sandbar willow)

Salix petiolaris (slender willow)

Saponaria officinalis (bouncing bet)

Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)

Scirpus atrovirens (dark green bulrush)

Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort)

Setaria viridis var. major (giant green foxtail)

Silene antirrhina (sleepy catchfly)

Silene csereii (Balkan catchfly)

Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion)

Solidago altissima (late goldenrod)

Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod)

Solidago missouriensis (Missouri goldenrod)

Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod)

Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod)

Solidago speciosa var. speciosa (showy goldenrod)

Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass)

Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed)

Sporobolus michauxianus (prairie cordgrass)

Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry)

Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides (white heath aster)

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (aromatic aster)

Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum (purple-stem aster)

Symphyotrichum sericeum (silky aster)

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion)

Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue)

Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood)

Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy)

Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard)

Trifolium pratense (red clover)

Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail)

Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail)

Ulmus americana (American elm)

Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm)

Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein)

Verbena stricta (hoary vervain)

Viburnum lentago (nannyberry)

Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch)

Viola nephrophylla (northern bog violet)

Viola pedatifida var. pedatifida (prairie violet)

Viola pubescens (downy yellow violet)

Viola sororia (common blue violet)

Vitis riparia (wild grape)

Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash)

Zizia aurea (golden alexanders)

 

absinthe wormwood

alfalfa

American pasqueflower

American plum

American red raspberry

American vetch

bouncing bet

bur oak (var. macrocarpa)

Canadian milkvetch

common blue violet

common boneset

common evening primrose

common mullein

common sneezeweed

dotted blazing star

false boneset

Flodman’s thistle

grass-leaved goldenrod

great blue lobelia (var. siphilitica)

hairy false goldenaster

heart-leaved four o’clock

harebell

hedge bindweed

large yellow lady’s slipper

large-flowered beardtongue

leadplant

nannyberry

northern bedstraw

northern prickly ash

plumeless thistle

poke milkweed

prairie fleabane (var. strigosus)

prairie onion

prairie rose

prairie smoke

purple prairie clover

sulphur cinquefoil

showy goldenrod (var. speciosa)

silky aster

spotted Joe Pye weed

spotted touch-me-not

spreading dogbane

swamp milkweed

tall cinquefoil

toothed evening primrose

swamp smartweed

white campion

white prairie clover

whorled milkweed

wild bergamot

yellow avens

 

 

 

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Western plants

Several plants common in states to the west are found at the easternmost edge of their range here.

 

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