Plants of Welles Cemetery Prairie

Scientific name	Common name	Plant family	Origin	CC
Allium canadense	Wild Onion	Liliaceae	Native	2
Amorpha canescens	Lead Plant	Fabaceae	Native	8
Andropogon gerardii	Big Bluestem	Poaceae	Native	5
Andropogon scoparius	Little Bluestem	Poaceae	Native	5
Antennaria neglecta	Pussytoes	Asteraceae	Native	4
Aster novae-angliae	New England Aster	Asteraceae	Native	4
Bouteloua curtipendula	Side-oats Grama	Poaceae	Native	7
Ceanothus americanus	New Jersey Tea	Rhamnaceae	Native	6
Desmodium canadense	Showy Tick Trefoil	Fabaceae	Native	4
Dodecatheon media	Shooting Star	Primulaceae	Native	6
Echinacea purpurea	Purple Coneflower	Asteraceae	Native	8
Euphorbia corollata	Flowering Spruge	Euphorbiaceae	Native	2
Fragaria virginiana	Wild Strawberry	Rosaceae	Native	1
Gaura biennis	Biennial Gaura	Onagraceae	Native	2
Helianthus sp.	Sunflower	Asteraceae	Native
Lactuca canadensis	Wild Lettuce	Asteraceae	Native	2
Lespedeza capitata	Round-headed Bush Clover	Fabaceae	Native	4
Liatris aspera	Rough Blazing Star	Asteraceae	Native	7
Lithospermum canescens	Hoary Puccoon	Boraginaceae	Native	8
Lysimachia ciliata	Fringed Loosestrife	Primulaceae	Native	4
Monarda fistulosa	Wild Bergamot	Lamiaceae	Native	4
Oxalis violacea	Violet Wood Sorrel	Oxalidaceae	Native	9
Panicum oligosanthes var scribnerianum	Scribner's Panic Grass	Poaceae	Native	1
Petalostemum purpureum	Purple Prairie Clover	Fabaceae	Native	9
Ratibida pinnata	Drooping Coneflower	Asteraceae	Native	4
Rosa carolina	Pasture Rose	Rosaceae	Native	4
Ruellia humilis	Wild Petunia	Acanthaceae	Native	7
Schizachyrium scoparium	Little Bluestem	Poaceae	Native	5
Silphium integrifolium	Rosinweed	Asteraceae	Native	5
Silphium laciniatum	Compass Plant	Asteraceae	Native	5
Silphium terebinthinaceum	Prairie Dock	Asteraceae	Native	5
Sisyrinchium campestre	Blue-eyed Grass	Iridaceae	Native	6
Solidago rigida	Rigid Goldenrod	Asteraceae	Native	4
Sorghastrum nutans	Indian Grass	Poaceae	Native	5
Viola sp.	Violet	Violaceae	Native
Zizia aurea	Golden Alexanders	Apiaceae	Native	7

This list was taken from an unpublished list of native plants of Welles Cemetery Prairie on file with the Illinois Natural History Survey. Common and Latin names follow Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1986. Guide to the Vascular Flora of Illinois. Coefficients of conservatism (CC values) were taken from J. B. Taft, et al. 1997. Floristic Quality Assesment for Vegetation in Illinois: A Method for Assessing Vegetation Integrity. Erigenia, 15:3-95.

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