Swamp Milkweed

Purple Coneflower

Big Bluestem

Black eyed Susan

Prairie Grass

Pasqueflower

Shooting Stars

Rattlesnake master

Stiff Goldenrod

Prairie Coneflower

Filipendula rubra VenustraQueen of the Prairie

Prairie White-Fringed Orchid

Characteristics of Prairie Plants

• Leaves of prairie plants tend to be long and narrow to prevent overheating

• Many prairie plants are adapted for a dry, windy, hot climate.

• Prairies need fire. Plants also have buds at or below the soil surface and a lot of root mass below ground--an adaptation to the natural fires.

• Without it, invading trees and shrubs gradually turn grasslands into woodlands.

• Prairie soil is rich soil.