RTACA Plant List	"updated August 4, 2005"
PRAIRIE			SEDGE MEADOW
PLANTS CONFIRMED AT RTACA			PLANTS CONFIRMED AT RTACA
Common Name	Botanical Name		Common Name	Botanical Name
prairie onion	Allium stellatum		Jack-in-the-pulipit	Arisaema triphyllum
leadplant	Amorpha canescens		marsh aster	Aster simplex
Thimbleweed	Anemone cylindrica		marsh marigold	Caltha palustris
paque flower	Anemone patens		scouring rush	Equisetum sp.
prairie sage	Artemisia ludoviciana		Joe Pye weed	Eupatorium maculatum
common milkweed	Asclepias syriaca		boneset	Eupatorium perfoliatum
kitten tails	Bessya bullii		jewel weed	Impatiens canadensis
prairie coreopsis	Coreopsis palmata		sensitive fern	Onoclea sensibilis
purple prairie clover	Dalea purpurea		cup plant	Siphium perfoliatum
prairie larkspur	Delphinium virescens		false Solomon's seal	Smilicina racemosa
prairie gentian	Gentiana puberulenta		giant goldenrod	Solidago gigantea
priaire smoke	Geum triflorum
rough blazingstar	Liatris aspera		Grasses
hoary puccoon	Lithospermum canescens		Common Name	Botanical Name
large-flowered penstemon	Penstemon grandiflorus		lake sedge	Carex lacustris
prairie turnip	Psoralea esculentum		a species of sedge	Carex sp.
black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta
goldenrod	Solidago spp.
spiderwort	Tradescandentia spp.		BIG WOODS
hoary vervain	Verbena stricta		PLANTS CONFIRMED AT RTACA
			Flowers and Grasses
Grasses			Common Name	Botanical Name
Common Name	Botanical Name		red baneberry	Acataea rubra
sideoats grama	Bouteloua curtipendula		maidenhair fern	Adiantum pedatum
Canada wild rye	Elymus canadensis		wild leek	Allium tricoccum
June grass	Koeleria macrantha		anemone	Anemone canadensis
little bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium		Jack-in-the-puplit	Arisaema triphyllum
Indian grass	Sorghastrum nutans		wild ginger	Asarum canadense
porcupine grass	Stipa spartea		lady fern	Athyrium angustum
			oak sedge	Carex blanda
BOTTOMLAND FOREST			long-stalked sedge	Carex pedunculata
PLANTS CONFIRMED AT RTACA			Dutchman's breeches	Dicentra cucullaria
Herbs			woodland sunflower	Helianthus hirsutus
Common Name	Botanical Name		sharp-lobed hepatica	Hepatica acutiloba
Jack-in-the-pulpit	Arisaema triphyllum		Virginia waterfleaf	Hydrophyllum virginianum
Virginia waterleaf	Hydrophyllum virginianum		ostrich fern	Matteuccia struthiopteris
jewelweed	Impatiens capensis		Solomon's seal	Polygonatum biflorum
wood nettle	Laportea canadensis		bloodroot	Sanguinaria canadensis
wild grape	Vitis riparia		nodding trillium	Trillium cernuum
			yellow bellwort	Uvularia grandiflora
Trees			yellow violet	Viola pubescens
Common Name	Botanical Name
boxelder	Acer negundo		Trees and Shrubs
silver maple	Acer saccharinum		Common Name	Botanical Name
cottonwood	Populus deltoides		sugar maple	Acer saccharum
			blue beech	Carpinus caroliniana
			pagoda dogwood	Cornus alternifolia
OAK SAVANNA			redosier dogwood	Cornus sericea
PLANTS CONFIRMED AT RTACA			green ash	Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Herbs			black walnut	Juglans nigra
Common Name	Botanical Name		ironwood	Ostrya virginiana
Thimbleweed	Anemone cylindrica		bur oak	Quercus macrocarpa
bell flower	Campanula sp.		red oak	Quercus rubra
twisted stalk	Streptopus amplexifolius		willow	Salix sp.
*See prairrie species			common elderberry	Sambucus pubens
			basswood	Tilia americana
Trees
Common Name	Botanical Name
eastern red cedar	Juniperus virginiana		MINNESOTA RIVER
quaking aspen	Populus tremuloides	PLANTS CONFIRMED AT RTACA
Northern pin oak	Quercus ellipsiodales	Herbs
bur oak	Quercus macrocarpa	Common Name	Botanical Name
smooth sumac	Rhus glabra	marsh marigold	Caltha palustris
		jewel weed	Impatiens canadensis
		broad-leaved arrowhead	Saggitaria lattifolia
		bulrush	Scirpus spp.
		giant bur-reed	Sparganium eurycarpum
		Trees
		Common Name	Botanical Name
		box elder	Acer negundo
		silver maple	Acer saccharum
		green ash	Fraxinus pennsylvanica
		cottonwood	Populus deltoides
		willow	Salix sp.
		American elm	Ulmus americana

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