 | A wide variety of plants thrive on Wilson Prairie,
and so, as always, the plant list is an ongong project.
The primary compiler and contributor to the list shown below is Don Miller, Severson Dells.
Contributions have also come from others, including Gillian Moreland.
Below are listed the plants so far identified in the prairie section. At left is a favorite, Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum). | ||||||
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow |  | |||||
| Agastache scrophulariaefolia | Purple Giant Hissop | ||||||
| Amorpha canescens | Leadplant (at right) | ||||||
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Grass | ||||||
| Andropogon scoparius | Little Bluestem Grass | ||||||
| Anemone cylindrica | Thimbleweed | ||||||
 | Anemone patens | Pasque Flower (at left) | |||||
| Antennaria neglecta | Cat's Foot | ||||||
| Antennaria plantaginifolia | Pussy Toes | ||||||
| Arabis lyrata | Sand Cross | ||||||
| Arenaria stricta | Stiff Sandwort | ||||||
| Aster azureas | Sky-blue Aster | ||||||
| Aster ericoides | Heath Aster | ||||||
| Aster linarifolius | Flax-leaved Aster | ||||||
| Aster ptarmicoides | Stiff Aster | ||||||
| Aster sericeus | Silky Aster | ||||||
| Baptisia leucophaea | Cream Wild Indigo |  | |||||
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Side Oats Grama Grass | ||||||
| Bromus sp. | |||||||
| Carex sp. | |||||||
| Cirsium discolor | Pasture Thistle | ||||||
| Comandra richardsiani | Bastard Toadflax | ||||||
| Coreopsis palmata | Prairie Coreopsis | ||||||
| Dodecatheon media | Shooting Star (at right) | ||||||
 | Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower (at left) | |||||
| Equisetum sp. | Horsetail | ||||||
| Euphorbia corollata | Flowering Spurge | ||||||
| Helianthus laetiflorus rigidus | Prairie Sunflower | ||||||
| Heuchera richardsonii | Prairie Alumroot | ||||||
| Hieracium gronovii | Hairy Hawkweed | ||||||
| Kuhnia eupatorioides | False Boneset | ||||||
| Lespedeza capitata | Round-headed Bush Clover |  | |||||
| Liatris aspera | Rough Blazing Star | ||||||
| Liatris cylindracea | Cylindric Blazing Star | ||||||
| Lithospermum canescens | Hoary Puccoon (at right) | ||||||
| Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon | ||||||
 | Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot (at left) | |||||
| Oenothera biennis | Common Evening Primrose | ||||||
| Oxalis violacea | Violet Wood Sorrel | ||||||
| Panicum sp. | Panic Grass | ||||||
| Penstemon grandiflorus | Large-flowered Beard Tongue | ||||||
| Petalostemum purpureum | Purple Prairie Clover | ||||||
| Physalis subglabrata | Tall Ground Cherry | ||||||
| Poa compressa | Canada Bluegrass | ||||||
| Potentilla arguta | Prairie Cinquefoil | ||||||
| Pycnanthenum virginianum | Common Mountain Mint | ||||||
| Ranunculus abortivus | Small-flowered Buttercup | ||||||
| Ratiba pinnata | Gray-headed Coneflower | ||||||
| Rosa carolina | Pasture Rose | ||||||
| Senecio pauperculus balsamitae | Balsam Ragwort | ||||||
| Silphium integrifolium | Cup Plant | ||||||
| Sisyrinchium albidum | Common Blue-eyed Grass | ||||||
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indian Grass | ||||||
| Solidago nemoralis | Old-field Goldenrod | ||||||
| Sporobolus heterolepsis | Prairie Dropseed | ||||||
| Stipa spartea | Porcupine Grass | ||||||
| Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain | ||||||
| Viola pedata | Birdfoot Violet | ||||||
| Viola pedatifida | Prairie Violet | ||||||
| Vitus riparia | Riverbank Grape | ||||||
| Zizia aptera | Heart-leaved Alexander | ||||||
| Zizia aurea | Golden Alexander | ||||||