Plants

=Plants in the Ames High Prairie=

Here are a couple of historical records of the species that existed on Ames High Prairie:

This is the most recent survey done by Norris in 1995.

Here is a nice Excel file that Erv Klaas put together comparing the Norris survey in 1995 to the Freckman survey in 1965. Here is that same file as a picture: = =

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=A couple of years ago I had my biology students try to identify a species in the prairie and do some research on it. Some of these are good, but others are not. We may be able to come up with a list like this for species that actually exist in the prairie with pictures of the plants, maps of where they are on the prairie, and when they are sighted. If you have other thoughts email me: michael.todd@ames.k12.ia.us=

Species pages for plants that exist in the Ames High Prairie:

Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya) Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum) Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) Downy Gentian (Gentiana puberula) Grey-Headed Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) (same as Yellow Coneflower) Ground Plum (Astragalus caryocarpus) Hairy Grama ( Bouteloua hirsuta) Heath Aster (Aster ericoides) Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) Ironweed (Vernonia altissima) June Grass (Koeleria macrantha) Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Mayweed Chamomile (Anthemis cotula) Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) New England Aster (Aster Novae Angliae) Old Field Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) Pale Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) Porcupine Grass (Heterostipa spartea) Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) Prairie Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum plantagineum) Prairie Rose (Rosa arkansana) Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea) Raspberry (Rubus idaeus or Rubus occidentalis) Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) Rosette Panicgrass (Panicum sp.) Sawtooth Sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus) Showy Sunflower (Helianthus laetiflorus) Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) Silky Aster (Aster sericeus) Sky Blue Aster (Aster oolentangiensis) Smooth Blue Aster (Aster laevis) Stiff Goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum) Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Tall Dropseed (Sporobolus asper) Tall Thistle (Cirsium altissimum) Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida) Wild Rye (Elymus villosus)

=Here is a link to a bunch of pictures my students have taken on the prairie over the past few years:= http://picasaweb.google.com/miketodd00