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Native plants for Jerauld County, South Dakota

74 native plants recorded in Jerauld County, South Dakota

USDA has only 125 plant records of any kind for Jerauld County, against 1,516 natives statewide. That is a gap in who has collected here, not a shortage of plants, so treat the 74 below as a floor.

By type: 40 wildflowers and herbs, 22 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 8 low woody plants, 1 trees. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 29 of them (39%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) and 1 more are also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Jerauld County

SpotRated to fitRated not toUnrated
Sun all day28046
Half shade26246
Under trees19946
Heavy clay171245
Sandy, drains fast20945
Never watered191045
Stays soggy131645

Sun all day in Jerauld County: 28 rated natives

12 grasses and sedges, 10 wildflowers and herbs, 5 low woody plants, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Downy paintedcup (Castilleja sessiliflora) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  2. Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  3. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  4. Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  5. Spreading yellowcress (Rorippa sinuata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  6. Tall cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  7. Textile onion (Allium textile) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  8. Purple locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: severe

Half shade in Jerauld County: 26 rated natives

10 wildflowers and herbs, 10 grasses and sedges, 5 low woody plants, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Downy paintedcup (Castilleja sessiliflora) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
  2. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
  3. Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
  4. Spreading yellowcress (Rorippa sinuata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
  5. Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  6. Tall cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  7. Textile onion (Allium textile) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  8. Purple locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance · toxicity: severe

Under trees in Jerauld County: 19 rated natives

9 grasses and sedges, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 4 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Downy paintedcup (Castilleja sessiliflora) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  2. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  3. Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  4. Spreading yellowcress (Rorippa sinuata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  5. Purple locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: severe
  6. Valley redstem (Ammannia coccinea) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth
  7. Fragrant flatsedge (Cyperus odoratus) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  8. Green needlegrass (Nassella viridula) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial

Heavy clay in Jerauld County: 17 rated natives

9 grasses and sedges, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 1 shrubs, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  2. Textile onion (Allium textile) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  3. American black currant (Ribes americanum) shrubs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial
  4. Valley redstem (Ammannia coccinea) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth
  5. Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  6. Clustered field sedge (Carex praegracilis) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  7. Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  8. Marsh muhly (Muhlenbergia racemosa) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Jerauld County: 20 rated natives

9 grasses and sedges, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 3 low woody plants, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Downy paintedcup (Castilleja sessiliflora) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  2. Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  3. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  4. Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  5. Spreading yellowcress (Rorippa sinuata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  6. Textile onion (Allium textile) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  7. American black currant (Ribes americanum) shrubs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial
  8. Purple locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: severe

Never watered in Jerauld County: 19 rated natives

7 grasses and sedges, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 4 low woody plants, 2 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Downy paintedcup (Castilleja sessiliflora) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
  2. Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
  3. Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
  4. Textile onion (Allium textile) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
  5. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  6. American black currant (Ribes americanum) shrubs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
  7. Green needlegrass (Nassella viridula) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
  8. Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance

Stays soggy in Jerauld County: 13 rated natives

7 grasses and sedges, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 2 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Tall cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  2. Disk waterhyssop (Bacopa rotundifolia) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.1 ft mature · perennial · takes saturated soil
  3. Clustered field sedge (Carex praegracilis) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
  4. Water knotweed (Polygonum amphibium) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
  5. Valley redstem (Ammannia coccinea) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth
  6. Prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
  7. Fragrant flatsedge (Cyperus odoratus) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  8. Nodding beggartick (Bidens cernua) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · rapid growth

Natives Jerauld County has that most of South Dakota does not

1 natives here are on file in no more than 3 of South Dakota's 65 counties. A few of them:

Where to start in Jerauld County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Jerauld County gives you the most rated choice (28 plants), and Downy paintedcup (Castilleja sessiliflora) is the easiest start on that list. Stays soggy is the hard one here: 13 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 45 unrated natives too.