Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Flowers late summer with large, vibrant blue flowers
Occurrence
Found in the prairie section
Downy Gentian – Gentiana puberulenta
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Prairie Onion – Allium stellatum
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES
Description
Flowers early summer with a pink ball-shaped flower cluster on a long thin stem.
Occurrence
Found in the prairie section
Common Boneset – Eupatorium perfoliatum
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES
Description
Flowers mid summer with fuzzy white flower clusters.
Occurrence
Found naturally throughout the property in the prairie and other grassy areas.
Blue Vervain – Verbena hastata
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES
Description
Flowers mid summer with blue spikes.
Occurrence
Found naturally throughout the property in the prairie and other grassy areas.
Grey-Headed Coneflower – Ratibida pinnata
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Yellow prairie wildflower
Occurrence
Well established in the prairie section
Fragile Fern – Cystopteris protrusa
Native To State: NO
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Small delicate fern
Occurrence
Found on outcropping on fern walk
Narrow Beach Fern – Hegopteris hexagonoptera
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Small fern with a single triangular frond.
Occurrence
Found along fern walk
Maidenhair Fern – Adiantum pedatum
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Very delicate fern with horizontal fronds on top of a narrow black stem which resembles a thick dark strand of hair.
Occurrence
Found near the crick and along the fern walk
Common Polypody – Polypodium virginianum
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Small fern with evergreen fronds.
Occurrence
Found in the rock outcropping on the fern walk.
Cinnamon Fern – Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO
Description
Moderate sized fern with silvery fiddle heads in the spring and a cinnamon colored fertile frond in the fall.
Occurrence
Several specimens found along fern walk as well as near creek and in the back 40 spring area.