Miscellaneous Vascular Plants of Northeastern Wisconsin


The following vascular plants are listed here temporarily, to make them available to users until larger scale developments of the web pages are completed. It also affords an opportunity to create a temporary page to provide photos in response to specific questions posed by users.


Latin name Common name
Ambrosia artemisiifolia common ragweed
Ambrosia psilostachya perennial ragweed
Arabis lyrata (some recent authors have apparently placed this species in the genus Arabidopsis as Arabidopsis lyrata) lyrate rock cress
Asclepias syriaca common milkweed
Berteroa incana hoary alyssum
Draba nemorosa woodland whitlow-grass
Datura inoxia Jimsonweed
Dyssodia papposa foetid marigold
Elytrigia dasystachya thick-spike wheat grass
Erucastrum gallicum dog mustard
Gentiana andrewsii bottle gentian
Glyceria maxima tall manna grass
Helianthus gigantea giant sunflower
Linaria canadensis blue toadflax
Lobelia spicata pale-spike lobelia
Lysimachia ciliata inged loosestrife
Mitella nuda naked miterwort; small bishop's-cap
Saxifraga pensylvanica swamp saxifrage
Sclerochloa dura common hardgrass
Silene nivea snowy campion
Taraxacum officinale dandelion
Trifolium fragiferum strawberry clover. A recent addition to the flora of northeastern Wisconsin.
Triosteum aurantiacum horse-gentian
Tripsacum dactyloides eastern gama grass (also called gamma grass). This species was recently found growing in a prairie planting in Waushara County. It was probably introduced as a contaminant in the seeds of prairie species. This illustrates yet another danger of buying seed from outside the local area. It remains to be seen if this species will persist in Wisconsin..
Uvularia grandiflora large-flowered bellwort

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