Prairie Island NC is home to over 70 species of indigenous plants, and a few climate-adapted guests.
Species PRESENT AT PRAIRIE ISLAND NC:
Achillea borealis
Agastache x Black Adder
Agastache “blue fortune”
Aquilegia canadensis “corbett”
Allium cernuum
Amsonia “blue ice”
Andropogon gerardii
Andropogon ternarius
Anemone caroliniana
Asclepias incarnata “ice ballet”
Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias varigaeta
Asclepias verticillata
Aster ericodes
Aster oblongfolium
Baptisia alba
Baptisia “purple smoke”
Carex brevior
Carex eburnea
Carex rosea
Carex texensis
Ceanothus americana
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
Chrysogonum viriginianum
Chrysopsis mariana
Claytonia virginica
Clematis ocholeuca (Mort)
Cynoglossum virginianum (Trial)
Dichanthelium spp.
Echinacea pallida
Echinacea purpurea “white swan”
Eragrostis spectablis
Erianthus brevibarbe (Trial)
Erigeron philadelphicus
Eryngium yuccifolium
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Fragaria virigianum
Hypericum stragulum (Trial)
Ionactis linarifollius
Iris verna (Mort)
Krigia dandelion (Trial proposed Mort)
Liatris spicata “floristan white”
Liatris spicata “kobold”
Melica mutica
Monarda bradburnia
Monarda fistulosa*
Oenothera frucitcosa
Oxalis stricta (Volunteer)
Oxalis violacea
Parthenium auriculatum
Parthenium integrifolium
Penstemon digitalis
Phlox nivalis
Physostegia virginiana “miss manners”
Potentilla sp. (Volunteer)
Pycnanthemum tenuifoilia
Ratibida pinnata
Salvia lyrata (Volunteer)
Schizachyrium scoparium
Scutellaria integrifolium
Sisyrhynchium angustifolium
Solidago altissima
Solidago bicolor
Solidago nemoralis
Solidago pinetorum
Solidago shortii “solar cascade”
Solidago sp.
Sorghastrum nutans
Sporobolus heterolepsis
Symphyotrichum concolor
Symphyotrichum georganium
Symphyotrichum patens
Symphyotrichum spp.
Tradescantia sp.
Triodanis perfoliata
Vicia caroliniana
Viola bicolor
Viola cucullata
Viola pedata
Zizia aurea