Plant ID: Prairie, Bog, Beach
Created by John Ghost Trick
Cup plant
Sandpaper leaves, perfoliate, holds water, big leaves on either side, glaborous square stem, flowers like a daisy

| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Cup plant | Sandpaper leaves, perfoliate, holds water, big leaves on either side, glaborous square stem, flowers like a daisy ![]() |
Compass plant | Sandpaper, round pubescent stem, intricate big leaf, identical flowers to cup plant ![]() |
Rosinweed | Sandpaper, round stem with sides, gently pubescent, opposite clasping leaves ![]() |
Prairie dock | Sandpaper, giant leaves ![]() |
Yellow coneflower | Ridged pubescent stalk, compound, toothed, grape shaped center with yellow petals, thin stalks ![]() |
Purple coneflower | Much bigger flowers than yellow, leaves aren't compound ![]() |
Bergamot | Blue-purple flower, square glaborous stem, mint family, stem often purple, fuzzy leaves, dome shaped flower cluster, short petiol, hemispherical flower clusters ![]() |
Big bluestem | Clump growing, turkey foot inflorescence, stalk gets purple, some leaves ![]() |
Switch grass | Wide inflorescence ![]() |
Indian grass | Compact inflorescence, brass goldenish ![]() |
Rattlesnake master | Waxy leaf with teeth, looks like aloe vera, seed pods are round, only 1-2 stalks ![]() |
Baptisia spp. | All glaborous, purple or white flowers, soft and fleshy leaves, fast growing, legume seed pod ![]() |
Crown vetch | Glaborous grooved stem, compound leaf, hollow stem, small leaves, typically pink/purple flowers, "pea flowers," can grab onto plants ![]() |
Broad-leaved arrowhead | White flower, spongy stem ![]() |
Bog bean | Fleshy and glaborous, thick stem, seed looks like a narrow soybean ![]() |
Pitcher plant | Carnivorous, red and green flower ![]() |
Huckleberry | Textured leaf, glaborous, 3-4 feet, blue-purple berries ![]() |
Blueberry | Similar to huckleberry, smaller ![]() |
Black spruce | Very small needles ![]() |
Leather leaf | Very durable, woody, tiny leaves, small resin dots on leaf ![]() |
Cranberry | Very tiny, woody, bright red berries ![]() |
Sphagnum moss | Yarn-like, red flower, bunch of stems ![]() |
Cottongrass spp. | Inflorescence at top, blooms into cotton ![]() |
Roundleaf sundew | Carnivorous, very tiny ![]() |
Common juniper | Conifer, grows upright ![]() |
Creeping juniper | Grows flat on ground, scaly leaves ![]() |
Beach pea | Flower into pea pods, fleshy leaves with a point on top, sensitive, no petiol ![]() |
Wormwood | Whorls of thin leaves, pubescent stem ![]() |
Liatris spp. | Clean margin, fleshy, grows like a star on top, flower spike ![]() |
American beachgrass | Giant inflorescence, similar to reed canary grass, leaves waxy and tough ![]() |
Canada wild rye | Wheat-like, can grow in other places?????????? ![]() |
Baltic rush | Grows in moisture, inflorescence 1/3 from top ![]() |
Cinquefoil spp. | Compound pubescent , iridescent underside, toothed ![]() |































