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September Blooms

The listed blooms can be found in many locations throughout the preserve.  Under each flower is a recommended trail where this plant has definitely been seen blooming in prior years. There are no bison along these trails, so everyone is welcome to explore. Feel free to walk along the "two–tracks" or off the trail, scanning the landscape for flowers blooming. Enjoy the prairie, savanna, and woodland beauty!

rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium 
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

compass plant
Silphium laciniatum  
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

big bluestem grass
Andropogon gerardii
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

field milkwort
Polygala sanguinea 
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum  
Visitor Center Roadside

common gaura
Gaura longiflora
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

rough blazing star
Liatris aspera   ​
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

prairie gentian
Gentiana purberulenta​
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

Western sunflower
Helianthus occidentalis
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

fringed gentian
Gentiana crinita
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

showy goldenrod
Solidago speciosa  ​
Trail: Clear Creek Knolls

pasture thistle
Cirsium discolor
Trail: Thelma Carpenter

yellowish gentian
Gentiana alba
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

common partridge pea
Cassia fasciculata
Trail: ​Clear Creek Knolls

UPDATED 03/2022