Seed Study - Species Table

For information on seed collection and processing or seedling identification of a species, click on the symbol in the appropriate column. If there is no symbol, we do not have that information for that species. A description of our seed collection and processing effort, including definitions of terms used for individual species entries, can be found here.

 

Species	Common Name	Origin	Growth Form	Seed Collection and Processing	Seedling Identification
Achillea millefolium	common yarrow	native	forb	X	X
Amaranthus blitoides (Amaranthus graecizans)	prostrate pigweed	exotic	forb		X
Ambrosia psilostachya	western ragweed	native	forb		X
Amorpha canescens	lead plant	native	shrub	X	X
Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	native	grass	X	X
Anemone cylindrica	thimbleweed	native	forb	X	X
Aristida purpurea	red three-awn	native	grass	X	X
Artemisia frigida	fringed sagewort	native	subshrub	X	X
Artemisia ludoviciana	white sage; man sage	native	forb	X	X
Asclepias speciosa	showy milkweed	native	forb	X	X
Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	native	grass	X	X
Bouteloua gracilis	blue grama	native	grass	X	X
Bouteloua hirsuta	hairy grama	native	grass	X	X
Brickellia eupatorioides (Kuhnia eupatorioides)	false boneset	native	forb	X	X
Calylophus serrulatus	yellow evening primrose	native	forb	X
Chamaesyce glyptosperma (Euphorbia glyptosperma)	ribseed sandmat	native	forb		X
Chamaesyce stictospora (Euphorbia stictospora)	slimseed sandmat	native	forb		X
Chenopodium spp.	common lambsquarters; arid land goosefoot	exotic, native	forb		X
Cirsium undulatum	wavyleaf thistle	native	forb	X	X
Convolvulus arvensis	field bindweed	exotic	forb		X
Cynoglossum officinale	houndstongue	exotic	forb		X
Dalea purpurea (Petalostemon purpureus)	purple prairie clover	native	forb	X
Dichanthelium oligosanthes (Panicum oligosanthes)	Scribner dichanthelium	native	grass		X
Dyssodia papposa	fetid marigold	native	forb	X	X
Echinacea angustifolia	purple coneflower	native	forb	X	X
Elymus elymoides (Sitanion hystrix)	squirreltail	native	grass	X	X
Erysimum asperum	western wallflower	native	forb	X	X
Euphorbia dentata	toothed spurge	native	forb		X
Gaura coccinea	scarlet gaura	native	forb	X
Glycyrrhiza lepidota	wild licorice	native	forb	X
Grindelia squarrosa	curlycup gumweed	native	forb	X	X
Gutierrezia sarothrae	snakeweed	native	shrub	X	X
Helianthus annuus	common sunflower	native	forb	X	X
Hesperostipa comata (Stipa comata)	needle-and-thread	native	grass	X	X
Heterotheca villosa (Chrysopsis villosa)	hairy false golden-aster	native	forb	X	X
Ipomoea leptophylla	bush morning-glory	native	forb	X	X
Koeleria macrantha (Koeleria pyramidata)	Junegrass	native	grass	X	X
Leonurus cardiaca	motherwort	exotic	forb		X
Liatris punctata	dotted blazing star; dotted gayfeather	native	forb	X	X
Lithospermum incisum	narrowlead gromwell	native	forb	X	X
Marrubium vulgare	white horehound	exotic	forb		X
Mirabilis linearis	narrow leaf four o'clock	native	forb		X
Monarda fistulosa	wild bergamot, bee balm	native	forb	X	X
Nassella viridula (Stipa viridula)	green needlegrass	native	grass	X	X
Oligoneuron rigidum (Solidago rigida)	stiff goldenrod	native	forb	X
Onopordum acanthium	scotch thistle	exotic	forb		X
Onosmodium bejariense (Onosmodium molle)	false gromwell	native	forb	X	X
Opuntia sp.	prickly pear	native	cactus		X
Pascopyrum smithii (Agropyron smithii)	western wheatgrass	native	grass	X	X
Penstemon grandiflorus	large beardtongue	native	forb	X	X
Plantago patagonica	woolly plantain; Indian wheat	native	forb	X	X
Poa pratensis	Kentucky bluegrass	exotic	grass		X
Polygonum convolvulus	Black bindweed	exotic	forb		X
Potentilla pensylvanica	Pennsylvania cinquefoil; prairie cinquefoil	native	forb		X
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Psoralea tenuiflora)	slimflower scurfpea; wild alfalfa	native	forb	X	X
Ratibida columnifera	prairie coneflower	native	forb	X	X
Rosa arkansana	prairie wild rose	native	shrub	X	X

 

Species	Common Name	Origin	Growth Form	Seed Collection and Processing	Seedling Identification
Salvia reflexa	lance leaf sage	native	forb		X
Schedonnardus paniculatus	tumblegrass	native	grass		X
Schizachyrium scoparium(Andropogon scoparius)	little bluestem	native	grass	X	X
Sisymbrium altissimum	tumble mustard; Jim Hill mustard	exotic	forb		X
Solanum rostratum	buffalobur	native	forb		X
Solanum triflorum	cutleaf nightshade	native	forb		X
Solidago missouriensis	prairie goldenrod	native	forb	X
Solidago nemoralis	gray goldenrod	native	forb	X
Sphaeralcea coccinea	scarlet globemallow	native	forb		X
Sporobolus cryptandrus	sand dropseed	native	grass	X	X
Symphoricarpos occidentalis	western snowberry; buckbrush	native	shrub	X	X
Symphyotrichum ericoides (Aster ericoides)	heath aster	native	forb	X	X
Trifolium repens	white clover	exotic	forb		X
Verbascum thapsus	common mullein	exotic	forb		X
Verbena bracteata	prostrate vervain	native	forb	X	X
Verbene stricta	hoary vervain	native	forb	X	X