IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
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Composite. Composite Family. 
Vernonia fasciculata Michx. Ironweed. Open woods;, 
common. 
V. noveboracensis Willd. Same as above. 
Eupatorium foeniculaceum Willd. Dog-Fennel. Road- 
sides and waste places. Very common. 
E. ageratoides L. White Snakeroot. Not common;, 
woods. 
Liatris pijcnostachya Michx. Prairies; quite common. 
Solidago ulmifolia Muhl. Golden-rod. Woods; com- 
mon. 
S. rugosa Mill. Border of fields; common. 
S. peciosa Nutt. Prairies; not common. 
S. canadensis L. Open fields; common. 
S. rigida L. Prairies; frequent. 
S. lanceolata L. River banks; rich soils; common. 
Aster oblong if olius Nutt. Aster. 
A. novce-anglice L. Prairies and woods; common. 
A. novce-anglice var. roseus. Roadsides on prairies; 
common. 
A. sericeus Vent. Prairies; common. 
A. cordifolius L. Woods; frequent. 
A. turbinellus Lindl. Hills; common. 
A. Icevis L. Open woods. 
A. amethgstinus Nutt. Low grounds; not common. 
A. multi floras Ait. Prairies. 
A. dumosus L. Woods; common. 
A. diffusus Ait. Woods; common. 
A. tradescanti L. Low ground; quite common. 
A. salicif olius Ait. Open places; quite common. 
A. junceus Ait. Wet places: not common. 
Erigeron annuus Pers. Daisy Fleabane. Sweet Scabius. 
Field and meadows; common. 
E. strigosus Muhl. Daisy Fleabane. Same as above. 
Antennaria plantag ini folia Hook. Plantain-leaved Ever- 
lasting. Dry knolls and woods; common. 
S ilp hium lacinatum L. Rosinweed. Compass plant. 
Prairies and wild, unbroken meadows in bottoms; 
frequent. 
