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Wildflowers & Grasses

Rowe Sanctuary is located in what was historically a mixed-grass prairie.  Listed below are species that were representative of a mixed-grass prairie and are still present on the sanctuary.

Wildflowers
Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe involucrata)
Leadplant (Amorpha canescens)
White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida)
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
Illinois Bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis)
Snow on the mountain (Euphorbia marginata)
Prairie Gentian (Eustoma exaltatum)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)
Lanceleaf Fogfruit (Phyla lanceolata)
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)
Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii)
False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
Rosinweed (Silphium integrifolium)
Wild Four-o'clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea)
Thick-spike Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya)
Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Prairie Goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis)
Rigid Goldenrod (Solidago rigida)
Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)

Grasses
Western Wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii)
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)
Little Bluestem (Andropogon scoparius)
Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis)
Sand Lovegrass (Eragrostis trichodes)
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Indian Grass (Sorgastrum avenaceum)
Prairie Cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
Needle and Thread Grass (Stipa comata)