Plant List
The following list of plants found on the Refuge was compiled in 1993. The list of 179 plants, while useful, is not intended to be comprehensive.
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Abronia fragrans | Heart's-delight |
| Agropyron cristatum | Crested Wheatgrass |
| Agropyron elongatum | Tall Wheatgrass |
| Agropyron smithii | Western Wheatgrass |
| Allium canadense | Wild Onion |
| Althaea | Hollyhock |
| Ambrosia tomentosa | Perennial Bursage |
| Ambrosia trifida | Giant Ragweed |
| Andropogon gerardi | Sand Bluestem |
| Apocynum cannabinum | Indian Hemp Dogbane |
| Arenaria hookeri | Sandwort |
| Argemone polyanthemos | Prickly Poppy |
| Artemisia frigida | Fringed Sage |
| Asclepias incarnate | Swamp Milkweed |
| Asclepias pumila | Low Milkweed |
| Asclepias speciosa | Showy Milkweed |
| Asparagus officinalis | Garden Asparagus-fern |
| Aster ericoides | White Aster |
| Aster praealtus v.nebraska | Willowleaf Aster |
| Aster simplex | Panicled Aster |
| Aster tanacetifolius | Tansyleaf Aster |
| Astragalus adsurgens | Prairie Milk-vetch |
| Astragalus crassicarpus | Ground Plum |
| Astragalus mollissimus | Woolly Locoweed |
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama |
| Bromus inermis | Smooth Brome |
| Bromus tectorum | Downy Brome |
| Calamovilfa longifolia | Prairie sandreed |
| Calvatia cyathiformis | Puff Ball |
| Calylophus serrulatus | Tooth-Leaved Evening Primrose |
| Cardamine | Bitter Cress |
| Carduus nutans | Musk Thistle |
| Carex helnoshemsis | Nebraska Sedge |
| Carex lanuginosa | Wooly Sedge |
| Carex scoparia | Broom Sedge |
| Carex stricta | Strict Sedge |
| Carex vesicaria | Inflated Sedge |
| Carex vulpinoidea | Fox Sedge |
| Cenchrus incertus | Field Sandbur |
| Chenpodium gigantospermum | Maple Leaf Goosefoot |
| Chorispora tenella | Blue Mustard |
| Chrysopsis villosa | Golden Aster |
| Cirsium arvense | Canada Thistle |
| Cirsium canescens | Platte Thistle |
| Cirsium flodmanii | Flodman's Thistle |
| Cirsium ochrocentrum | Yellow Spine Thistle |
| Cirsium vulgare | Bull Thistle |
| Cleome serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee Plant |
| Conium maculatum | Poison Hemlock |
| Convolvulus arvensis | Field Bindweed |
| Conyza canadensis | Horseweed |
| Coryphantha vivipara | Pincushion cactus |
| Crepis rundinata | Dandelion Hawksbeard |
| Croton texensis | Texas Croton |
| Cryptantha thyrsiflora | Miner's Candle |
| Dactylis glomerata | Orchardgrass |
| Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover |
| Dalea cylindriceps | Massive Spike Prairie Clover |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover |
| Delphinium virescens | Plains Larkspur |
| Descurainia pinnata | Tansy Mustard |
| Descurainia sophia | Flixweed |
| Dyssodia papposa | Fetid Marigold |
| Echinocystis lobata | Wild Cucumber |
| Elaeagnus angustifolia | Russian olive |
| Eleocharis erythropoda | Red-Stemmed Spike Sedge |
| Elymus canadenis | Canada Wildrye |
| Equisetum hyemale | Scouring Rush |
| Eragrostis trichodes | Sand Lovegrass |
| Erigeron pumilus | Low Fleabane |
| Eriogonum annuum | Umbrella Plant |
| Erysimum asperum | Western Wall Flower |
| Euphorbia dentata | Wild Poinsettia |
| Euthamia graminifolia | Grassleaf Goldenrod |
| Franseria discolor | Skeleton-leaf Bursage |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash |
| Gaura coccinea | Scarlet Gaura |
| Gaura parviflora | Velvety Gaura |
| Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey Locust |
| Glycyrrhiza lepidota | Wild Licorice |
| Grindelia squarrosa | Curly-top Gumweed |
| Gutierrezia sarothrae | Broom Snakeweed |
| Haplopappus spinulosus | Cutleaf Goldenweed |
| Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower |
| Helianthus petiolaris | Plains Sunflower |
| Hesperis matronalis | Dames Rocket |
| Hordeum jubatum | Foxtail Barley |
| Ipomoea leptophylla | Bush morning-glory |
| Iva axillaris | Marsh Elder |
| Juncus balticus | Baltic Rush |
| Juncus torreyi | Torrey's Rush |
| Koeleria pyramidata | Prairie Junegrass |
| Kuhnia eupatorioides | False Boneset |
| Lactuca pulchella | Blue Lettuce |
| Lactuca serriola | Prickly Lettuce |
| Lathyrus polymorphus | Hoary Vetchling |
| Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Pepperweed |
| Lesqterella ludoviciana | Silvery Bladderpod |
| Liatris punctata | Dotted Gayfeather |
| Linum suloatum | Grooved Flax |
| Lippia cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf Fog-fruit |
| Lithospermum | Puccoon |
| Lithospermum carolinense | Hairy Puccoon |
| Lupinus argenteus | Silvery Lupine |
| Lycopus americanus | Water Horehound |
| Lycopus uniflorus | Northern Bugleweed |
| Lygodesmia juncea | Skeletonweed |
| Medicago sativa | Alfalfa (cultivated) |
| Melilotus officinalis | Yellow Sweet Clover |
| Mentha arvensis | Wild Mint |
| Mentzelia decapetala | Ten-petaled |
| Mentzelia Mirabilis hirsuta | Hairy Four-o'clock |
| Mirabilis linearis | Narrowleaf Four-o'clock |
| Mirabilis nyctaginea | Wild Four-o'clock |
| Monarda pectinate | Plains Beebalm |
| Muhlenbergia asperifolia | Alkali Muhly |
| Myriophyllum verticillatu | Whorled Water-milfoil |
| Nepeta cataria | Catnip |
| Oenothera biennis | Common Evening Primrose |
| Oenothera coronapifolia | Combleaf Evening Primrose |
| Oenothera nuttallii | White-Stemmed Evening Primrose |
| Oenothera speciosa | Showy Evening Primrose |
| Onopordum acanthium | Scotch Thistle |
| Opuntia | Prickly Pear Cactus |
| Oryzopsis hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass |
| Oxytropis lambertii | Lambert Crazyweed |
| Panicum capillare | Witchgrass |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass |
| Penstemon albidus | White Penstemon |
| Penstemon angustifolius | Narrowleaf Penstemon |
| Penstemon canescens | Gray Beardstongue |
| Physalis subglabrata | Smooth Ground Cherry |
| Plantago major | Broadleaf Plantain |
| Plantago purshii | Woolly Plaintain |
| Poa compressa | Canada Blue Grass |
| Polanisia trachysperma | Roughseed Clammyweed |
| Polygonum | Smartweed |
| Polygonum ramosissimum | Tall Knotweed |
| Populas deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood |
| Potentilla argentea | Silvery Cinquefoil |
| Psoralea argophylla | Silver-leaf Scurf Pea |
| Psoralea tenuiflora | Wild Alfalfa |
| Ranunculus | Buttercup |
| Ratibida columnifera | Prairie Coneflower |
| Ratibida pinnata | Grayhead Prairie Coneflower |
| Rorippa sinuata | Yellow Cress |
| Rosa woodsii | Western Wild Rose |
| Rumex crispus | Curly Dock |
| Rumex venosus | Wild Begonia |
| Russula variata | Mushroom |
| Salidago missouriensis | Prairie Goldenrod |
| Salix amygdaloides | Peach-leaf Willow |
| Saponaria officinalis | Bouncing Bet |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem |
| Scirpus pungens | Three-square Bulrush |
| Scutellaria galericulata | Marsh Skullcap |
| Senecio plattensis | Prairie Ragwort |
| Sisymbrium altissimum | Tumble Mustard |
| Sisyrinchium montanum | Blue-eyed Grass |
| Smilacina stellata | False Solomon's Seal |
| Solanum americanum | Common Nightshade |
| Solanum dulcomara | Bittersweet Nightshade |
| Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur |
| Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod |
| Sonchus asper | Spiny Sow Thistle |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass |
| Spartina pectinate | Prairie Cordgrass |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea | Red False Mallow |
| Stipa comata | Needle and Thread |
| Tamarix ramosissima | Saltcedar |
| Teucrium canadense | American Germander |
| Thlaspi arvense | Field Pennycress |
| Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie Spiderwort |
| Tragopogon dubius | Western Salsify |
| Tribulus terrestris | Puncturevine |
| Typha angustifolia | Narrow-leaf Cattail |
| Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail |
| Verbascum thapsus | Common Mullein |
| Verbena bracteata | Prostrate Vervain |
| Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain |
| Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain |
| Xanthium strumarium | Common Cocklebur |
Last updated:
March 21, 2011
