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Ontario Tallgrass Prairie Indicator Species

Tallgrass prairies and savannas are some of the most endangered ecological communities in Canada, with approximately 1 percent of their original extent remaining. Tallgrass communities once covered a significant part of southern Ontario's landscape. Owing to degradation and destruction through ...more ↓

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Big Bluestem ¹
Andropogon gerardii

Little Bluestem ²
Schizachyrium scoparium

Round-headed Bush Clover ³
Lespedeza capitata

Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum

Showy Tick-Trefoil ⁴
Desmodium canadense

Butterfly Milkweed ⁵
Asclepias tuberosa

New Jersey Tea ⁶
Ceanothus americanus

Black Oak ⁷
Quercus velutina

Cylindrical Blazing Star ⁴
Liatris cylindracea

Northern Bobwhite ⁸
Colinus virginianus

Mottled Duskywing ⁹
Erynnis martialis

Eastern Foxsnake ¹⁰
Pantherophis vulpinus

American Badger ¹¹
Taxidea taxus

Indiangrass ¹
Sorghastrum nutans

Black-eyed-Susan ¹²
Rudbeckia hirta

Bobolink ¹³
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Eastern Meadowlark ¹⁴
Sturnella magna

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Ontario Tallgrass Prairie Indicator Species

Big Bluestem 1 Andropogon gerardii

Little Bluestem 2 Schizachyrium scoparium

Round-headed Bush Clover 3 Lespedeza capitata

Switchgrass Panicum virgatum

Showy Tick-Trefoil 4 Desmodium canadense

Butterfly Milkweed 5 Asclepias tuberosa

New Jersey Tea 6 Ceanothus americanus

Black Oak 7 Quercus velutina

Cylindrical Blazing Star 4 Liatris cylindracea

Northern Bobwhite 8 Colinus virginianus

Mottled Duskywing 9 Erynnis martialis

Eastern Foxsnake 10 Pantherophis vulpinus

American Badger 11 Taxidea taxus

Indiangrass 1 Sorghastrum nutans

Black-eyed-Susan 12 Rudbeckia hirta

Bobolink 13 Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Eastern Meadowlark 14 Sturnella magna