Spence Restoration Nursery

Dry Prairie

Leadplant - Amorpha canescens

  • Communities): Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna
  • Plant Type(s): Woody Plant
  • Plant Height(s): 1-3 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 06 - June, 07 - July
  • Sun Sun-psun
  • Color Purple
  • Seed Cost/oz. $12.5
  • Seed Cost/lb. $187.5

Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca

  • Communities): Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Forb
  • Plant Height(s): 2-6 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 06 - June, 07 - July, 08 - August
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Pink - Purple Red
  • Seed Cost/oz. $20
  • Seed Cost/lb. $300

Butterflyweed - Asclepias tuberosa

  • Communities): Dry Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Forb
  • Plant Height(s): 1-2 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 06 - June, 07 - July
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Orange
  • Seed Cost/oz. $38
  • Seed Cost/lb. $570

White False Indigo - Baptisia alba (Baptisia leucantha)

  • Communities): Dry Prairie, Dry Savanna, Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Forb
  • Plant Height(s): 3-4 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 06 - June, 07 - July
  • Sun Sun-psun
  • Color White
  • Seed Cost/oz. $21
  • Seed Cost/lb. $315

Cream False Indigo - Baptisia bracteata (Baptisia leucophaea)

  • Communities): Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Forb
  • Plant Height(s): 1 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 05 - May
  • Sun Sun-Psun
  • Color Cream
  • Seed Cost/oz. $100
  • Seed Cost/lb. $1500

Side-Oats Grama - Bouteloua curtipendula

  • Communities): Dry Prairie, Dry Savanna
  • Plant Type(s): Graminoid
  • Plant Height(s): 1-3 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 07 - July, 08 - August
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Medium
  • Seed Cost/oz. $1.63
  • Seed Cost/lb. $26

Sand Reed - Calamovilfa longifolia var magna

  • Communities): Dry Prairie, Dry Savanna, Dry Woods
  • Plant Type(s): Graminoid
  • Plant Height(s): 4-6 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 07 - July, 08 - August
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Coarse
  • Seed Cost/oz. $16.5
  • Seed Cost/lb. $247.5

Prairie Oval Sedge - Carex bicknellii

  • Communities): Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Graminoid
  • Plant Height(s): 1-2 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 05 - May
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Fine
  • Seed Cost/oz. $22
  • Seed Cost/lb. $330

Plains Oval Sedge - Carex brevior

  • Communities): Dry Prairie
  • Plant Type(s): Graminoid
  • Plant Height(s): 1-2 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 05 - May, 06 - June
  • Sun Sun
  • Color Medium
  • Seed Cost/oz. $13
  • Seed Cost/lb. $195

Sand Bracted Sedge - Carex muhlenbergii

  • Communities): Dry Prairie, Dry Savanna
  • Plant Type(s): Graminoid
  • Plant Height(s): 1-2 ft
  • Flower Season(s): 05 - May, 06 - June
  • Sun Sun-psun
  • Color Fine
  • Seed Cost/oz. $30
  • Seed Cost/lb. $450