Species
Below is a partial listing by common name* of the many various species of grasses, forbs, fauna and more that can be found on the Cosgrove Prairie.

Growth-form GRAMINOIDS
Big Bluestem, Slender Wheatgrass, Sideoats Grama, Bluejoint, Sedge, Panic-grass, Canada Wild Rye, Timothy, Kentucky Bluegrass, Cordgrass, Porcupine Grass

Growth-form FORBS
Canada Anemone, Dogbane, White Sage, Butterfly Milkweed, Green Milkweed, Yarrow, Heath Aster, Smooth Aster, Milkvetch, False Boneset, Musk Thistle, Bastard Toadflax, White Prairie Clover, Purple Prairie Clover, Tick Trefoil, Pale Coneflower, Smooth Scouring Rush, Fleabane, Flowering Spurge, Wild Licorice, Prairie Sunflower, Ox-eye, Wild Lettuce, Rough Blazingstar, Prairie Blazingstar, Wild Flax, Spiked Lobelia, Yellow Wood Sorrel, Prairie Phlox, Ground Cherry, Smartweed, Cinquefoil, Silver Scurfpea, Yellow Coneflower, Golden Ragwort, Compass Plant, Cup Plant, Stiff Goldenrod, Meadow-rue, Goatsbeard, Red Clover, Vetch, Golden Alexanders,

Growth-form SHRUBS
Leadplant, New Jersey Tea, Meadow Rose

Growth-form TREE
Eastern Redcedar


* Scientific name is available on request