The Prairie Patch

This collection of plant drawings, created by Wayne College students, shows the variety of plantlife in the "Prairie Section" of the Nature Trail.

Common Names

StoneBig Bluestem (Andropogen gerardi)
StoneBlackeyed Susan (Rudbachia hirta)
StoneBlue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium campestre)
StoneButterfly Weed (Aesclepias tuberosa)
StoneCompass Plant (Silphium laciniatum)
StoneCoreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
StoneFalse Dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana)
StoneFalse Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
StoneGrass Plant
StoneIndian Grass (Sorghastrum nutens)
StoneLeadplant (Amorpha canescens)
StoneLittle Bluestem (Andropogen scoparius)
StoneMountain Mint (Pyenanthemum virginianum)
StonePrairie Blazingstar (Liatria pyenostachya)
StonePrairie Cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
StonePrairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum)
StonePrairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heteropolis)
StoneRattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
StoneShowy Tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense)
StoneSideoats (Bouteloua curtipendula)
StoneSwitch Grass (Panicum virgatum)

Scientific Names

StoneAesclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
StoneAmorpha canescens (Leadplant)
StoneAndropogen gerardi (Big Bluestem)
StoneAndropogen scoparius (Little Bluestem)
StoneBouteloua curtipendula (Sideoats)
StoneCoreopsis palmata (Coreopsis)
StoneDesmodium canadense (Showy Tick-trefoil)
StoneEryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
StoneHeliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower)
StoneLiatris pyenostachya (Prairie Blazingstar)
StonePanicum virgatum (Switch Grass)
StonePhysostegia virginiana (False Dragonhead)
StonePyenanthemum virginianum (Mountain Mint)
StoneRudbachia hirta (Blackeyed Susan)
StoneSilphium laciniatum (Compass Plant)
StoneSilphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie Dock)
StoneSisyrinchium campestre (Blue-eyed Grass)
StoneSorghastrum nutens (Indian Grass)
StoneSpartina pectinata (Prairie Cordgrass)
StoneSporobolus heteropolis (Prairie Dropseed)