Common Name | Scientific Name | Physiognomy | *KY COC | *OH COC | |
Forbs / Herbaceous Plants | |||||
Acorus americanus | Sweet Flag | Forb | OBL | 3 | 6 |
Actaea pachypoda | Doll's Eyes | Forb | UPL | 8 | 7 |
Agrimonia parviflora | Many-flowered Agrimony | Forb | FACW | 4 | 2 |
Alisma subcordatum | Southern Water-plantain | Forb | OBL | 3 | 2 |
Allium cernuum | Nodding Wild Onion | Forb | FAC- | 9 | 5 |
Forb | FACU | 5 | 3 | ||
Aquilegia canadensis | Wild Columbine | Forb | FAC | 7 | 6 |
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium | Pale Indian-plantain | Forb | UPL | 5 | 6 |
Arnoglossum muhlenbergii | Great Indian-plantain | Forb | UPL | 7 | 6 |
Asarum canadense | Wild Ginger | Forb | FACU- | 6 | 6 |
Forb | OBL | 5 | 4 | ||
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | Forb | FACU- | 1 | 1 |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly-weed | Forb | UPL | 4 | 4 |
Aster lateriflorus | Calico Aster | Forb | FACW- | 3 | 2 |
Aster marophyllus | Large-leaved Aster | Forb | UPL | 7 | 5 |
Forb | FACW- | 4 | 2 | ||
Aster oblongifolius | Aromatic Aster | Forb | UPL | 6 | 7 |
Forb | FACW | 0 | 4 | ||
Blephilia ciliata | Downy Woodmint | Forb | UPL | 6 | 4 |
Blephilia hirsuta | Hairy Woodmint | Forb | FAC | 7 | 4 |
Forb | FACW+ | 5 | 4 | ||
Campanula americana | Tall Bellflower | Forb | FACU | 3 | 4 |
Forb | FAC | 5 | 5 | ||
Dalea candida | White Prairie-clover | Forb | UPL | 10 | N/A |
Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie-clover | Forb | UPL | 10 | 9 |
Dasistoma macrophylla | Mullein Foxglove | Forb | FACU | 6 | 5 |
Desmanthus illinoensis | Prairie Mimosa | Forb | FAC | 3 | 3 |
Dodecatheon meadia | Shooting Star | Forb | FACU | 7 | 7 |
Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower | Forb | UPL | 8 | 6 |
Echinacea simulata | Pale-purple Coneflower | Forb | UPL | 9 | N/A |
Epilobium coloratum | Eastern Willow-herb | Forb | OBL | 4 | 1 |
Forb | FAC | 9 | 7 | ||
Eupatorium album | White Thoroughwort | Forb | UPL | 6 | 8 |
Forb | FACW | 5 | 6 | ||
Forb | FACW+ | 3 | 3 | ||
Eupatorium purpureum | Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed | Forb | FAC | 5 | 5 |
Eupatorium rugosum | White Snakeroot | Forb | FACU | 3 | 3 |
Frasera caroliniensis | American Columbo | Forb | UPL | 6 | 7 |
Geranium maculatum | Wild Geranium | Forb | FACU | 5 | 4 |
Forb | FAC+ | 6 | 2 | ||
Forb | FACW+ | 4 | 4 | ||
Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke | Forb | FAC | 3 | 3 |
Forb | OBL | 3 | 4 | ||
Hibiscus laevis | Smooth Rose-mallow | Forb | OBL | 4 | 7 |
Hydrastis canadensis | Golden-seal | Forb | UPL | 6 | 7 |
Iris versicolor | Blue Flag Iris | Forb | OBL | 7 | 6 |
Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf | Forb | UPL | 7 | 6 |
Liatris aspera | Lacerate Blazing Star | Forb | UPL | 9 | 6 |
Liatris cylindracea | Cylindrical Blazing Star | Forb | UPL | 10 | 8 |
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star | Forb | FAC+ | 8 | 7 |
Forb | FACW+ | 5 | 5 | ||
Forb | FACW+ | 4 | 3 | ||
Forb | FACW+ | 3 | 3 | ||
Forb | OBL | 4 | 4 | ||
Monarda clinopodia | Basal Balm | Forb | UPL | 6 | 4 |
Forb | UPL | 4 | 3 | ||
Forb | FACW | N/A | 4 | ||
Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern | Fern | FACW | 4 | 2 |
Osmorhiza longistylis | Anise-root | Forb | FACU | 5 | 4 |
Parthenium integrifolium | Wild quinine | Forb | UPL | 7 | N/A |
Pedicularis lanceolata | Swamp Lousewort | Forb | FACW | 10 | 8 |
Forb | FAC | 3 | 2 | ||
Forb | OBL | 2 | 2 | ||
Physostegia virginiana | Obedient Plant | Forb | FAC+ | 5 | 5 |
Polemonium reptans | Jacob's Ladder | Forb | FACU | 5 | 5 |
Polymnia uvedalia | Bear's Foot | Forb | UPL | N/A | 7 |
Forb | FACW | 3 | 4 | ||
Forb | UPL | 7 | 5 | ||
Forb | FAC | 4 | 6 | ||
Forb | FACU- | 4 | 1 | ||
Rudbeckia laciniata | Cutleaf-coneflower | Forb | FACW | 5 | 6 |
Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Coneflower | Forb | FAC | 10 | N/A |
Forb | FACU | 3 | 5 | ||
Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | Forb | UPL | 8 | 5 |
Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail | Forb | OBL | 6 | 8 |
Forb | FAC+ | 3 | 4 | ||
Silene stellata | Starry Campion | Forb | UPL | 6 | 6 |
Forb | UPL | 9 | 8 | ||
Forb | FACU | 6 | 6 | ||
Forb | UPL | 8 | 8 | ||
Silphium pinnatifidum | Tansy Rosin-weed | Forb | UPL | 7 | N/A |
Whorled Rosin-weed | Forb | UPL | 5 | 5 | |
Solidago flexicaulis | Zig-zag Goldenrod | Forb | FACU | 6 | 5 |
Solidago juncea | Early Goldenrod | Forb | UPL | 4 | 2 |
Forb | UPL | 2 | 2 | ||
Solidago riddellii | Riddell's Goldenrod | Forb | OBL | N/A | 8 |
Solidago rigida | Stiff Goldenrod | Forb | UPL | 7 | 8 |
Forb | FAC | 4 | 2 | ||
Stylophorum diphyllum | Celandine Poppy | Forb | UPL | 6 | 6 |
Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia Spiderwort | Forb | FACU | 6 | 5 |
Forb | FACW+ | 3 | 4 | ||
Forb | FAC | 2 | 5 | ||
Forb | UPL | 3 | N/A | ||
Forb | FAC | 2 | 2 | ||
Grasses / Sedges / Rushes | |||||
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem | Grass | FAC- | 6 | 5 |
Andropogon gyrans | Elliot's Bluestem | Grass | UPL | 4 | 3 |
Arundinaria gigantea | River Cane | Grass | FACW- | 5 | 7 |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Side-oats Grama Grass | Grass | UPL | 9 | 8 |
Carex cristatella | Crested Sedge | Sedge | FACW | 6 | 3 |
Carex frankii | Frank's Sedge | Sedge | OBL | 3 | 2 |
Carex grayi | Asa Gray's Sedge | Sedge | FACW+ | 6 | 5 |
Carex lurida | Shallow Sedge | Sedge | OBL | 4 | 3 |
Carex squarrosa | Squarrose Sedge | Sedge | FACW | 5 | 4 |
Carex vulpinoidea | Fox Sedge | Sedge | OBL | 3 | 1 |
Chasmanthium latifolium | Wild oats | Grass | FACU | 4 | 7 |
Diarrhena americana | American Beak-grass | Grass | FAC+ | 7 | 7 |
Erianthus alopecuroides | Wooly Bear-grass | Grass | FAC | 3 | 6 |
Elymus hystrix | Bottlebrush grass | Grass | UPL | 5 | 4 |
Elymus riparius | Riverbank Wild Rye | Grass | FACW | 5 | 5 |
Elymus villosus | Hairy Wild Rye | Grass | FACU- | 4 | 4 |
Elymus virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye | Grass | FACW- | 4 | 3 |
Juncus torreyi | Torry's Rush | Rush | FACW | 6 | 3 |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem | Grass | UPL | 4 | 5 |
Scirpus atrovirens | Black Bulrush | Rush | OBL | 3 | 1 |
Scirpus cyperinus | Wool-grass | Rush | FACW+ | 4 | 1 |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indian Grass | Grass | UPL | 4 | 5 |
Shrubs | |||||
Amorpha fruticosa | False Indigo Bush | Shrub | FACW | 5 | 3 |
Aralia spinosa | Devil's Walking Stick | Shrub | FAC | 4 | 5 |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonbush | Shrub | OBL | 3 | 6 |
Cornus drummondii | Rough-leaved Dogwood | Shrub | FAC | 4 | 3 |
Hypericum prolificum | Shrubby St. John's Wort | Shrub | FACU | 4 | 3 |
Ilex decidua | Deciduous Holly | Shrub | FACW | 5 | N/A |
Lindera benzoin | Spicebush | Shrub | FACW- | 5 | 5 |
Physocarpus opulifolius | Ninebark | Shrub | FACW- | 5 | 4 |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac | Shrub | UPL | 3 | 3 |
Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac | Shrub | UPL | 2 | 2 |
Spiraea tomentosa | Steeple-bush | Shrub | FACW- | 4 | 4 |
Viburnum dentatum | Arrow-wood Viburnum | Shrub | FAC | 7 | 2 |
Viburnum prunifolium | Black-haw Viburnum | Shrub | FACU | 4 | 4 |
Viburnum rufidulum | Southern Black-haw | Shrub | UPL | 4 | 6 |
Small Trees | |||||
Asimina triloba | Pawpaw | Tree | FACU+ | 7 | 6 |
Carpinus caroliniana | Musclewood | Tree | FAC | 6 | 5 |
Celtis tenuifolia | Dwarf Hackberry | Tree | UPL | 7 | 8 |
Cercis canadensis | Redbud | Tree | FACU- | 3 | 3 |
Fraxinus quadrangulata | Blue Ash | Tree | UPL | 7 | 7 |
Gymnocladus dioica | Kentucky Coffee-tree | Tree | UPL | 6 | 3 |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar | Tree | UPL | 1 | 3 |
Ostrya virginiana | American Hop-hornbeam | Tree | FACU- | 6 | 5 |