Plant species

Bluestem farm plant species (in progress)


Trees

Red elm
Ulmus rubra
Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Mulberry
Morus rubra
Osage orange
Maclura pomifera
Honey locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Easter red cedar
Juniperus virginiana
Rough-leafed dogwood
Cornus drumondii




Grasses

Big bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
Little bluesten
Schizachyrium scoparium
Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans
Switch grass
Panicum virgatum
Prairie cord grass
Spartina pectinata
Eastern gammagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
Smooth brome
Bromus inermis
Red fescue
Festuca rubra




Sedges, cattails, and rushes
Broom sedge
Carex scoparia
Cattail
Typha latifolia




Forbs

Western yarrow
Achillea millefolium
False indigo
Amorpha fruticosa
Butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
White wild indigo
Baptisia lactea
Round-head lespedeza
Lespedeza capitata
Yellow sweet clover
Melilotus officinalis
White sweet clover
Melilotus alba
Prairie parsley
Polytaenia nuttallii
Canada goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
Red clover
Trifolium pratense
Corralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Cockle burr
Xanthum sp.
Giant ragweed
Ambrosia trifida
Common ragweed
Ambrosia artimisiifolia
Annual sunflower
Helianthus anuus
Devil's claw
Proboscidea louisianica
Snow on the mountain
Euphorbia marginata
Blackeyed susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Leadplant
Amorpha canescens
Smooth sumac
Rhus glabra
Wild blackberry
Rubus sp.




Vines

Wild grape
Vutis riparia
Bristly greenbrier
Smilax hispida
Poison ivy
Toxicodentron radicans
Wild prairie rose
Rosa arkansana
Climbing rose
Rosa setigera




Invasives under management
Musk thistle
Carduus nutans
Garlic-mustard
Alliaria officinalis