Rickert Nature Preserve Plants
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| Genus & Species | Common Name | Color | Date Planted | Date Detected |
| Abutilon Theophrasti |
Velvet Leaf | Yellow | ||
| Acer Negundo |
Box Elder | |||
| Acer Nigrum |
Black Maple | |||
| Acer saccharinum | Soft Maple | |||
| Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple | |||
| Achillea Filipendulina | Gold Yarrow | Gold | 000526 | |
| Achillea Millefolium |
White Yarrow / Alaskan Yarrow | White | 000526 | |
| Achillea Millefolium Rubrum | Red Yarrow | |||
| Acorus Calamus | Sweetflag | |||
| Adonis Aestivalis | Pheasant's Eye | Red | 000526 | |
| Adoxa Moschatellina |
Little Musk | |||
| Agastache
Foeniculum |
Anise Hyssop | Purple | 000526 | |
| Alcea ficifolia | Fig Hollyhock | |||
| Alliaria officinalis |
Garlic mustard | |||
| Althea Rosa |
Rosa Red HollyHock | |||
| Ambrosa Artemisiifolia | Ragweed Common | |||
| Ambrosia
Trifida |
Ragweed Great | |||
| Amelanchier alnifolia |
Alder-leaved Juneberry | |||
| Amelanchier arborea |
Tree Juneberry | |||
| Ammannia coccinea |
Scarlet Ammannia | |||
| Ammi Majus | Bishop's Flower | White | 000526 | |
| Amorpha Canescens | Leadplant | |||
| Amorpha Fruticosa | False Indigo | 000526 | ||
| Amorpha Nana | Fragrant False Indigo | 000526 | ||
| Anagallis Monelii | Blue Pimpernell | Blue | 000526 | |
| Andropogon Gerardi | Big Bluestem | |||
| Anemone patens var. Wolfgangiana | Pasque Flower | |||
| Angelica Atropurpurea |
Angelica | |||
| Aplectrum hyemale |
Putty Root | |||
| Apocynum Cannabinum |
Indian Hemp | |||
| Aquilegia Canadensis |
Wild Columbine | Red | 000526 | 0005 |
| Aralia hispida |
Bristly Sarsasparilla | |||
| Arctium Minus |
Common Burdock | |||
| Arenaria dawsonensis |
Rock Sandwort | |||
| Arisaema Dracontium |
Green Dragon | |||
| Arisaema Triphyllum | Jack In The Pulpit | |||
| Artemisia Ludoviciana | White Sage | White | ||
| Asclepias Speciosa | Showy Milkweed | |||
| Asclepias
Syriaca |
Common Milkweed | 000526 | ||
| Asclepias Tuberosa |
Butterfly Weed / Butterfly Plant | Orange | 000526 | |
| Asclepias Verticillata | Whorled Milkweed | |||
| Asclepias Viridiflora | Green Milkweed | |||
| Asplenium Trichomanes |
Maidenhair Spleenwort | |||
| Aster Novae-Angliae | New England Aster | 000526 | ||
| Aster prenanthoides |
Meadow Aster | |||
| Aster sericeus | Silky Aster | |||
| Astragalus Canadensis | Canada Milk Vetch | Yellow | 000526 | |
| Astragalus lotiflorus |
Low Milk Vetch | |||
| Atropa belladonna L. | Belladonna | |||
| Baptisia Australis | Blue Wild Indigo | Blue | 000526 | |
| Baptisia Leucantha | White Wild Indigo / Wild False Indigo | 000526 | ||
| Baptisia Tinctoria | Wild Indigo | |||
| Besseya Bullii |
Kittentails | |||
| Betula papyrifera | Paper Birch | |||
| Boehmeria cylindrica | Wood Nettle | |||
| Botrychium dissectum |
Dissected Grape Fern | |||
| Cacalia Muhlenbergii |
Great Indian-plantain | |||
| Calendula Officinalis | Calendula | Yellow / Orange | 000526 | |
| Calopogon pulchellus |
Pretty Grass Pink | |||
| Caltha Palustris |
Marsh Marigold / Cowslip | Yellow | ||
| Campanula Americana |
Tall Bellflower | Purple | ||
| Cannabis Sativa | Hemp | |||
| Carex cephaloidea |
Head-like Sedge | |||
| Carex crus coryi |
Crow-spur Sedge | |||
| Carex Muhlenbergii |
Stiff Sedge | |||
| Carya cordiformis | Bitternut | |||
| Cassia Fasciculata | Partridge Pea | |||
| Celastrus scandens | Bittersweet | |||
| Celtis occidentalis | Hackberry | |||
| Centaurea Cyanus |
Cornflower / Dwarf Mixed / Jubilee Gem | Blue / Mixed | 000526 | |
| Centaurea sp. |
Knapweeds | |||
| Cephalanthus occidentalis |
Buttonbush | |||
| Cerastium arvense var. villosum |
Mouse-ear Chickweed | |||
| Cheilanthes Feei |
Slender Hip Fern | |||
| Cheiranthus Allionii | Wallflower | 000526 | ||
| Chrysanthemum Maximum | Shasta Daisy / Dwarf Shasta Daisy | White / Yellow | 000526 | |
| Chrysanthemum Segetum | Annual Chrysanthemum | White / Yellow | 000526 | |
| Cicuta Maculata | Water Hemlock | |||
| Cirsium Arvense | Canada Thistle | 0004 | ||
| Cirsium Muticum | Swamp Thistle | |||
| Cirsium Vulgare |
Bull Thistle | Purple | 000526 | |
| Clarkia Amoena | Farewell-to-Spring / Godetia | Pink / Red | 000526 | |
| Clarkia Unguiculata | Mountain Garland / Clarkia | Rose / White | 000526 | |
| Comandra Richardsiana | Bastard Toadflax | |||
| Conium Maculatum | Poison Hemlock | |||
| Corallorhiza maculata |
Spotted Coral Root | |||
| Coreopsis Lanceolata | Lance Leaf Coreopsis / Tickseed | Yellow | 000526 | |
| Coreopsis Tinctoria |
Garden Coreopsis / Plains Coreopsis / Dwarf Plains Coreopsis / Red Plains Coreopsis | Yellow / Gold / Red | 000526 | |
| Cornus stolonifera | Red Osier Dogwood | |||
| Coronilla varia |
Crown vetch | |||
| Cosmos Bipinnatus | Cosmos | 000526 | ||
| Cosmos Sulphureus | Yellow Cosmos | Yellow | 000526 | |
| Crinum americanum | Bog Lily | |||
| Crystopteris fragilis var. laurentiana |
Fragile Fern | |||
| Cyperus Esculentus |
Yellow Nutsedge / Chufa Flatsedge / Nut Grass | |||
| Cypripedium Calceolus var
pubescens |
Large Yellow Lady's Slipper | Yellow | ||
| Cypripedium candidum |
Small White Lady's Slipper | |||
| Dalea purpureum | Purple Prairie Clover | |||
| Dalea villosa | Silky Prairie Clover | |||
| Datura stramonium | Jimsonweed | |||
| Daucus
Carota L. |
Queen Ann's Lace / Wild Carrot | White | ||
| Delphinium Ajacis | Rocket Larkspur | 000526 | ||
| Delphinium Consolida | Rocket Larkspur | Purple | 000526 | |
| Desmodium illinoense |
Tick Clover | |||
| Dianthus Barbatus | Sweet William / Wild Sweet William | 000526 | ||
| Digitalis Purpurea | Foxglove | 000526 | ||
| Dracocephalum Parviflorum | American Dragonhead | |||
| Echinacea Angustifolia | ||||
| Echinacea Pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower | 000526 | ||
| Echinacea Purpurea |
Purple Coneflower | Purple | 000526 | |
| Erythronium americanum | Yellow Trout Lily | |||
| Erythronium
Propullans |
Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily | |||
| Eschscholzia Californica | California Poppy | Orange | 000526 | |
| Equisetum Arvense L. | Horsetail | |||
| Eupatorium Fistulosum | ||||
| Eupatorium Maculatum | Joe Pye Weed | |||
| Eupatorium Perfoliatum |
Boneset | White | ||
| Eupatorium Purpureum | Sweet Joe Pye Weed | 000526 | ||
| Eupatorium Rugosum |
White Snakeroot | White | ||
| Euphorbia corollata | Flowering Spurge | |||
| Euphorbia esula |
Leafy spurge | |||
| Euphorbia hexagona |
Six-angled Spurge | |||
| Festuca paradoxa |
Fescue Grass | |||
| Filipendula Rubra | Queen of the Prairie | |||
| Fragaria Ovalis |
Wild Strawberry | White | ||
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. subintegerrima | Green Ash | |||
| Gailardia Aristata |
Indian Blanket / Blanket Flower | Red / Yellow | 000526 | |
| Gaillardia Pulchella | Indian Blanket / Gaillardia | Red / Yellow | 000526 | |
| Gentiana Andrewsii var. Andrewsii |
Closed Gentian | |||
| Gentiana Andrewsii var. dokatica |
Closed Gentian | |||
| Gentiana crinita |
Fringed Gentian | |||
| Gentiana flavida |
White Gentian | |||
| Gentiana quinquefolia var. occidentalis |
Stiff Gentian | |||
| Gilia Capitata | Globe Gilia | Blue | 000526 | |
| Glycyrrhiza lepidota | Wild Licorice | |||
| Gnaphalium Macounii |
Cudweed | |||
| Godetia Amoena |
Farewell-to-spring | White / Pink | ||
| Goodyera pubescens |
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain | |||
| Gypsophila Muralis | Baby's Breath | 000526 | ||
| Gypsophila Elegans | Annual Baby's Breath | White | 000526 | |
| Habernaria virides var. bracteata |
Prarie White Fringed Orchid | |||
| Helianthus Annuus | Sunflower | Yellow | 000526 | |
| Helianthus Tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke | |||
| Hemerocallis
Fulva |
Day Lily | Orange | ||
| Heracleum Lanatum | Cow Parsnip | |||
| Hesperis Matronalis | Dame's Rocket | 000526 | ||
| Hieracium Pilosella |
Mouse-ear Hawkweed | Yellow | ||
| Hypericum Perforatum * | St. John's Wort | |||
| Iberis Umbellata | Annual Candytuft | Pink | 000526 | |
| Impatiens
Capensis |
Jewel Weed | Orange | ||
| Iodanthus pinnatifidus |
Purple Rocket | |||
| Ipomopsis Rubra | Standing Cypress | 000526 | ||
| Iris Pseudacorus | Yellow Flag Iris | Yellow | ||
| Iris Versicolor | Wild Iris | |||
| Juniperus virginiana | Red Cedar | |||
| Juglans cinerea | Black Walnut | |||
| Lactuca Canadensis
|
Canada lettuce / Tall lettuce / Tall wild lettuce / Wild lettuce / Trumpet Weed | |||
| Laportea Canadensis
|
Wood Nettle | Green | ||
| Lavendula Angustifolia | English Lavender | |||
| Lemna Minor | Common Duckweed | |||
| Leonurus Cardiaca |
Motherwort / Herb of Life | Pink | ||
| Lespedeza leptostachys |
Prarie Bush-clover | |||
| Lesquerella argentea |
Lesquerella | |||
| Liatris
Ligulistylis |
Meadow Blazing Star | Pink | ||
| Liatris Pycnostacha |
Gayfeather | |||
| Liatris Spicata | Marsh Blazing Star / Dense Blazing Star / Spiked Gayfeather | Purple | 000526 | |
| Lilium Lancifolium |
Devil Lily / Tiger Lily | Orange | ||
| Lilium Michiganense |
Turk's Cap Lily / Michigan lily | 000526 | ||
| Lilium Philadelphicum | Wild Lily | |||
| Lilium Superbum * | Turk's Cap Lily | |||
| Linaria Maroccana |
Toadflax / Spurred Snapdragon | Mix | 000526 | |
| Linum Grandiflorum Rubrum | Scarlet Flax | Red | 000526 | |
| Linum Perenne Lewisii | Blue Flax | Blue | 000526 | |
| Linum Rubrum | Scarlet Flax | 000526 | ||
| Liparis lilifolia |
Lily-leaved Twayblade | |||
| Lobelia Cardinalis |
Cardinal Flower | Red | 000526 | |
| Lobelia inflata | Indian Tobacco | |||
| Lobelia Siphilitica |
Great Blue Lobelia | Blue | 000526 | |
| Lobelia Siphilitica Alba | White Great Blue Lobelia | |||
| Lobelia spicata | Pale-Spike Lobelia | |||
| Lobularia Maritima | Sweet Alyssum | 000526 | ||
| Lonicera prolifera |
Grape Honeysuckle | |||
| Lonicera Sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle | |||
| Lonicera sp.- Morrowi, tatarica, japonica |
Exotic Bush honeysuckles | |||
| Lotus corniculatus |
Birdsfoot trefoil | |||
| Lupinus Perennis |
Lupine / Wild Lupine / Perennial Lupine | Blue / Pink / Purple | 000526 | |
| Lupinus Succulentus | Arroyo Lupine | Blue | 000526 | |
| Lychnis Alba |
Evening Lychnis / White Campion | White | ||
| Lycopodium complanatum var. flabelliforme |
Ground Pine | |||
| Lycopodium lucidulum var. occidentale |
Shining Club Moss | |||
| Lythrum salicaria |
Purple loosestrife | |||
| Machaeranthera Tanacetifolia | Prairie Aster | 000526 | ||
| Mandragora officinarum L. | Old World Mandrake | |||
| Melilotus Alba | White Sweet Clover | White | ||
| Melilotus Officinalis | Yellow Sweet Clover | Yellow | ||
| Melilotus, sp. |
Sweet clovers | |||
| Mentha piperita | Peppermint | |||
| Mentha pulegium | Pennyroyal | |||
| Mentha spicata | Spearmint | |||
| Mimulus Ringens | Monkey Flower | 000526 | ||
| Monarda Citriodora | Lemon Mint | Lavender / White | 000526 | |
| Monarda Didyma | Beebalm | |||
| Monarda
Fistulosa |
Wild Bergamot | |||
| Monarda
Punctata |
Spotted Beebalm / Horsemint | |||
| Narcissus #1 |
Daffodil | |||
| Narcissus #2 |
Daffodil | |||
| Narcissus #3 |
Daffodil | |||
| Narcissus #4 |
Daffodil | |||
| Nelumbo Lutea | American Lotus | |||
| Nelumbo Nucifera | Sacred Water Lily | |||
| Nelumbo pentapetala |
Water Chinquapin | |||
| Nelumbo Speciosum | ||||
| Nemophila Menziesii | Baby Blue Eyes | 000526 | ||
| Nepeta cataria | Catnip | |||
| Nuphar lutea (L.)Sm. | Yellow Water Lily | |||
| Nymphaea Odorata | Pond Lily | |||
| Nymphaea Tuberosa | Water Lily | |||
| Oenothera Biennis |
Evening Primrose | Yellow | ||
| Oenothera Lamarckiana | Evening Primrose | Yellow | 000526 | |
| Orchis spectabilis |
Showy Orchis | |||
| Osmorhiza longistylis | Sweet Anise | |||
| Osmunde regalis | Royal Fern | |||
| Ostrya virginiana | Ironwood | |||
| Oxytropis Lambertii | Purple Locoweed | Purple | 000526 | |
| Oxytropis Sericea | White Point Crazy Weed | White | 000526 | |
| Panax
Quinquefolius |
American Ginseng | 0004 | ||
| Panicum columbianum |
District of Columbia panic grass | |||
| Papaver Rhoeas |
Shirley Poppy | Red / Mix | 000526 | |
| Parthenocissus inserta | Virginia Creeper | |||
| Parthenocissus
Quinquefolia |
Five-leaved Virginia Creeper | 0004 | ||
| Pastinaca sativa | Wild Parsnip | |||
| Penstemon Cobaea | Foxglove | |||
| Penstemon Digitalis | Foxgloxe Beardstongue | |||
| Penstemon Grandiflorus | Large-flowered Beardtongue | 000526 | ||
| Petalostemum candidum | White Prarie Clover | |||
| Petalostemum Purpureum | Purple Prairie Clover | Purple | 000526 | |
| Phacelia Campanularia | California Blue Bell | Blue | 000526 | |
| Phlox Drummondii | Drummond Phlox | 000526 | ||
| Phragmites Communis |
Common Reed | |||
| Plantago aristata |
Bracted Plantain | |||
| Plantago Major | Common Plantain | |||
| Poa Compressa | Canadan Bluegrass | |||
| Poa nemoralis var. interior |
Woodland Speargrass | |||
| Podophyllum peltatum |
May-apple | |||
| Polanisia Dodecandra |
Clammyweed | White / Pink | ||
| Polygonum erectum |
Erect Knotweed | |||
| Polygonum Persicaria | Ladysthumb Smartweed | |||
| Pontederia cordata L. | Pickerelweed | |||
| Populus Deltoides |
Eastern Cottonwood | |||
| Populus tremuloides | Quaking Aspen | |||
| Potentilla Nicolletii |
Nicollet's cinquefoil | |||
| Primula veris | Cowslip | |||
| Prunus Americana |
Wild Plum | |||
| Pycnanthemum spp. | Mountain Mint | |||
| Quercus macrocarpa | Burr Oak | |||
| Quercus rubra | Red Oak | |||
| Ratibida Columnaris | Yellow Prairie Coneflower / Yellow Coneflower / Mexican Hat / Mexican Red Hat | Yellow / Red | 000526 | |
| Ratibida Pinnata |
Grey Headed Coneflower / Prairie Coneflower | |||
| Rhamnus cathartica |
European buckthorn | |||
| Rhododendron viscosum | White Swamp Azalea | |||
| Rhus Glabra |
Smooth Sumac | |||
| Rhus Radicans | Poison Ivy | 0004 | ||
| Rhus Typhina |
Staghorn Sumac | |||
| Rhus Vernix |
Poison Sumac | |||
| Ribes americanum | Wild Black Currant | |||
| Ribes hirtellum | Gooseberry | |||
| Robinia pseudoacacia |
Black locust | |||
| Rorippa sessiliflora |
Sissile-flowered Yellow Cress | |||
| Rosa Arkansana | Prairie Wild Rose | |||
| Rosa blanda f. carpohispida |
Mild Rose | |||
| Rubus strigosus | red raspberry | |||
| Rudbeckia Hirta |
Black-eyed Susan | Yellow / Orange | 000526 | |
| Rudbeckia Hirta Gloriosa | Gloriosa Daisy | Yellow / Mar. | 000526 | |
| Rumex Crispus |
Curly dock | |||
| Sagittaria_Latifolia_Willd.
|
Broad-Leaved Arrowhead / Duck Potato / Wapato | |||
| Salvia Coccinea | Scarlet Sage | 000526 | ||
| Sanguinaria
Canadensis
|
Bloodroot | |||
| Saponaria Officinalis | Bouncing Bet / Soapwort | |||
| Scorphularia marilandica |
Carpenter's Square | |||
| Scutellaria epilobiifolia | Marsh Skullcap | |||
| Scutellaria ovata var. versicolor |
Many Colored Skullcap | |||
| Setaria Faberi | Giant Foxtail | |||
| Setaria Italica |
Foxtail / Millet / Italian Millet | |||
| Silene Armeria |
Catchfly | Pink | 000526 | |
| Silene nivea |
Snowy Campion | |||
| Silene Regia |
Royal Catchfly | Red | ||
| Silphium Laciniatum | Compass Plant | |||
| Silphium Perfoliatum | Cup Plant | 000526 | ||
| Solanum Dulcamara |
Woody Nightshade / Climbing Nightshade / Bittersweet | |||
| Solidago Canadensis | Canada Goldenrod | |||
| Solidago Missouriensis | Prairie Goldenrod | |||
| Solidago Rigida |
Stiff Goldenrod / Hard-leaved Goldenrod | |||
| Sorghastrum
Nutans |
Indian Grass | 000526 | ||
| Sparganium Eurycarpum | Giant Bur-Reed | |||
| Spiranthes cernua |
Nodding Ladies Tress | |||
| Stellaria crassifolia |
Fleshy Chickweed | |||
| Symphytum officinale | Comfrey | |||
| Syringa Vulgaris |
Common Purple Lilac | Purple | ||
| Taraxacum Officinale |
Dandelion | Yellow | 0004 | |
| Teucrium Canadense |
Canada Germander | Pink / Purple | ||
| Thelypteris Phegopteris |
Long Beech Fern | |||
| Thymus pulegioides | Thyme / Wild Thyme | |||
| Tilia americana | Basswood | |||
| Tragopogon Pratensis |
Goats Beard / Meadow Salsifify / Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon | Yellow | ||
| Trifolium
Pratense |
Red Clover | Purple / Red | ||
| Trifolium Repens | White Clover | White | ||
| Trillium cernuum |
Nodding Trillium | |||
| Trillium flexipes |
Declining Trillium | |||
| Trillium nivale |
Snow Trillium | |||
| Typha
Lalifolia |
Cattail | Brown | ||
| Ulmus americana | American elm | |||
| Ulmus pumila |
Siberian elm | |||
| Ulmus rubra | Slippery Elm | |||
| Urtica Dioica | Stinging Nettle / Itch Weed | |||
| Valeriana officinalis | Valerian / Phew Plant | |||
| Verbascum blattaria | Moth Mullein | |||
| Verbascum
Thapsus |
Common Mullein | Yellow | 000526 | |
| Verbena
Hastata |
Blue Vervain | Purple | ||
| Verbena Rigida | Tuber Vervain | 000526 | ||
| Veronicastrun Virginicum
|
Culver's Root | |||
| Viburnum Americanum Mill | American Cranberrybush | |||
| Vitis Riparia |
Riverbank Grape | |||
| Xanthium Strumarium |
Cocklebur / Clotbur | |||
| Xanthoxylum Americanum | Prickly Ash | |||
| Zanthoxylum Americanum | Northern Prickly Ash | |||
| Zizia Aptera | Golden Alexander | |||
| Blade Grass |
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| Double Yellow Iris |
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| Perennial Gaillardia | 000526 | |||
| Siberian Wallflower | 000526 | |||
| Sulphur Cosmos | 000526 | |||
| Wild Cosmos | 000526 |
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