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Non-Native Plants
October 14, 2025
This section is intented to show a sampling of the non-native plants that we attempt to control in the prairie.
Foxtail
This is an annual grass considered a weed.
Common Flax (Linum usitatissimum) Gather the seed, get your omega-3's
Ox-eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
June 11, 2015
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
June 10, 2015
Invasive - Crown Vetch (Coronilla varia)
June 10, 2015
Invasive - Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
June 11, 2015
Invasive - Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis)
June 12, 2015
Aslike Clover (Trifolium hybridum)
June 12, 2015
Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa)
May 27, 2015
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
June 13, 2015
Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)
June 13, 2015 | July 27, 2015
Squirrel-tail Grass (Hordeum jubatum) Native out west.
June 18, 2015
White Clover (Trifolium repens)
June 16, 2015
Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense)
June 16, 2015
Curlyleaf Pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
June 16, 2015
Invasive - Birdfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
June 18, 2015
Curly Dock (Rumex crispus)
June 18, 2015
Rough-fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)
June 18, 2015
Wild Madder or White Bedstraw (Galium mollugo)
June 19, 2015
Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea)
June 22, 2015
Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans)
June 24, 2015
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
June 26, 2015
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
June 26, 2015
Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides)
June 26, 2015
Timothy (Phleum pratense)
June 29, 2015
July 1, 2015
White Campion (Lychnis alba)
June 29, 2015
Horse Nettle (Solanum carolinense) - Native of southern states
June 30, 2015
Quack Grass (Agropyron repens)
July 3, 2015
Invasive - Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)
July 3, 2015
Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
7-5-2015
Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
7-8-2015
Spearmint (Mentha spicata)
7-8-2015
Common St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
July 14, 2015
Invasive - Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
July 14, 2015
Spiny Sow Thistle (Sonchus asper)
July 16, 2015
Common Sow Thistle (Sonchus uliginosus)
July 18, 2015
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota)
July 18, 2015
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
7-20-2015
Annual Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia amplexicaulis)
July 23, 2015
Introduced from farther west or south.
Invasive - Cut-leaved Teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus)
July 27, 2015
Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria)
July 27, 2015
Invasive - Common Teasel (Dipsacus sylvestris)
July 27, 2015
Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
July 30, 2015
Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis)
August 6, 2015
I'm not certain I have the correct name here amongst the Foxtails. There are several species in the Alopecurus and Setaria genuses., but this seems to be the likely choice. It is in seed and would have helped with ID to get it when it was still in bloom. Any botany experts are welcome to chime in.
Invasive - Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
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