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Common NameLatin NameCommunitiesPlant TypesSunSpacingHeightColorFlower SeasonSoilSeed Cost OunceSeed Cost Pound   AscDesc   of 3 Common Name Latin Name Image Communities Plant Types Sun Spacing Height Color Flower Season Soil Seed Cost / oz Seed Cost / lb Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea (Petalostemum purpureum) Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 1-2 Ft Purple July-Aug 8.00 128.00 Illinois Tick Trefoil Desmodium illinoiense Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 3-5 Ft Pink July-Sept 31.00 496.00 Beak Grass Diarrhena obovata (Diarrhena americana) Mesic Woods Graminoid Shade 1-2 Ft Medium Aug 18.00 288.00 Flat-Topped Aster Doellingeria umbellata (Aster umbellatus) Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Prairie Forb Sun 3-5 Ft White Sept-Oct 42.00 672.00 Prairie Cinquefoil Drymocallis arguta (Potentilla arguta) Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 2-3 Ft Sulphur July-Aug 19.00 304.00 Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Bioretention, Dry Woods, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Forb Sun-psun 3-4 Ft Pink June-Aug 8.00 128.00 Creeping Spike-Rush Eleocharis erythropoda Sedge Meadow, Shallow Water Graminoid Sun 1-2 Ft Fine May-July 35.00 560.00 Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Graminoid Sun-psun 3-4 Ft Coarse June-July NA 22.00 Bottlebrush Grass Elymus hystrix (Hystrix patula) Mesic Woods Graminoid Psun-shade 3-5 Ft Medium June-Aug 13.00 208.00 Riverbank Wild Rye Elymus riparius Mesic Woods, Wet Mesic Woods Graminoid Psun-shade 3-5 Ft Coarse July-August NA 36.00 Silky Wild Rye Elymus villosus Mesic Woods Graminoid Shade 1-2 Ft Medium June 13.00 195.00 Virginia Wild Rye Elymus virginicus Mesic Woods, Wet Mesic Woods Graminoid Sun-shade 2-3 Ft Coarse June-July NA 18.00 Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 3-4 Ft White July-Sept 23.00 368.00 Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Prairie Forb Sun 3-5 Ft White Aug-Sept 42.00 672.00 Grass Leaved Goldenrod Euthamia graminifolia (Solidago graminifolia) Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 3-4 Ft Yellow Sept-Oct 60.00 960.00 Hollow Joe-Pye Weed Eutrochium fistulosum (Eupatorium fistulosum) Bioretention, Sedge Meadow Forb Sun 7-10 Ft Pink Aug -Sept 35.00 560.00 Spotted Joe-Pye Weed Eutrochium maculatum (Eupatorium maculatum) Bioretention, Sedge Meadow Forb Sun 4-6 ft Pink August - September 35.00 560.00 Sweet Joe-Pye Weed Eutrochium purpureum (Eupatorium purpureum) Mesic Woods Forb Psun-shade 4-6 Ft Pink July-Aug 31.00 496.00 Queen of the Prairie Filipendula rubra Bioretention, Sedge Meadow Forb Sun 4-7 Ft Pink June-July 31.00 496.00 Bottle Gentain Gentiana andrewsii Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie, Wet Prairie Forb Sun 1-2 Ft Blue Sept-Oct 124.00 1984.00 Fowl Manna Grass Glyceria striata Sedge Meadow, Wet Woods Graminoid Sun-shade 2-4 Ft Medium May-June 27.00 432.00 Autumn Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Prairie Forb Sun-psun 3-5 Ft Yellow Sept-Oct 20.00 320.00 Sawtooth Sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus Wet Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 5-10 Ft yellow Aug-Sept 38.00 608.00 Downy Sunflower Helianthus mollis Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 2-4 Ft Yellow Aug-Sept 42.00 672.00 Western Sunflower Helianthus occidentalis Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 2-3 Ft Yellow Aug-Sept 47.00 752.00 Showy Sunflower Helianthus pauciflorus (Helianthus rigidus) Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna, Mesic Woods Forb Sun 3-5 Ft Yellow Aug-Sept 52.00 832.00 False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna, Mesic Woods Forb Sun-psun 3-5 Ft Yellow July-Sept 8.00 128.00 Swamp Rose Mallow Hibiscus moscheutos (Hibiscus palustris) Sedge Meadow Forb Sun 3-6 Ft White-Pink July-Sept 19.00 304.00 Great St. Johns Wort Hypericum pyramidatum Sedge Meadow Forb Sun 4-6 ft Yellow July-Aug 10.00 150.00 Wild Iris Iris versicolor Sedge Meadow Forb Sun-psun 2-3 Ft Blue May-June 20.00 300.00 Soft Rush Juncus effusus Shallow Water Graminoid Sun-psun 2-4 Ft Medium May-June 31.00 496.00 Torreys Rush Juncus torreyi Sedge Meadow Graminoid Sun 1-2 ft June 52.00 832.00 June Grass Koeleria cristata Dry Prairie, Dry Savanna Graminoid Sun-psun 1-2 Ft Fine May-June 16.00 256.00 Rice-Cut Grass Leersia oryzoides Sedge Meadow Graminoid Sun-psun 2-4 Ft Medium Aug-Sept 21.00 336.00 Round-Headed Bush Clover Lespedeza capitata Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 1-2 ft Yellow August - September 21.00 336.00 Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera Dry Prairie, Dry Savanna, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Forb Sun 1-3 Ft Purple Aug-Sept 42.00 672.00 Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 3-5 ft Purple July-Aug 31.00 496.00 Savanna Blazing Star Liatris scariosa nieuwlandii Dry Savanna, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Forb Sun-psun 2-3 Ft Purple Aug-Sept 52.00 832.00 Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata Bioretention, Mesic Prairie, Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 3-5 Ft Purple July-Aug 21.00 336.00 Cardnial Flower Lobelia cardinalis Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Woods Forb Sun-shade 1-3 Ft Red Aug-Sept 83.00 1328.00 Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Woods Forb Sun-shade 1-3 Ft Blue Aug-Sept 51.00 816.00 Common Water Horehound Lycopus americanus Sedge Meadow Forb Sun 1-2 Ft White July-Aug 21.00 336.00 Monkeyflower Mimulus ringens Bioretention, Sedge Meadow Forb Sun 2-4 Ft Lavender July- Sept 25.00 400.00 Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 2-4 Ft Lavender July-Aug 25.00 400.00 Prairie Sundrops Oenothera pilosella Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 1 ft June - July 94.00 1504.00 Ohio Goldenrod Oligoneuron ohioense (Solidago ohioensis) Sedge Meadow Forb Sun 2-3 Ft Yellow Sept 34.00 544.00 Riddells Goldenrod Oligoneuron riddellii (Solidago riddellii) Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 2-4 ft Yellow Sept-Oct 36.00 576.00 Stiff Goldenrod Oligoneuron rigida (Solidago rigida) Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 3-5 Ft Yellow Sept-Oct 21.00 336.00 Switch Grass Panicum virgatum Bioretention, Wet Mesic Prairie Graminoid Sun 3-5 Ft Medium July-Aug NA 16.00 Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium Dry Savanna, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Forb Sun-psun 2-3 Ft White July-Aug 16.00 256.00 of 3