Flora of FCSNA

The Franklin Creek State Natural Area covers 922 acres in Lee County, Illinois. There are a wide variety of habitats here, ranging from woodlands to riparian forests, prairie to sandstone cliffs, wetlands to savanna. As such, there is a rich variety of plant life to be found. This guide will be ...more ↓

prickly lettuce 1
Lactuca serriola
meadow salsify 2
Tragopogon pratensis
false boneset 3
Brickellia eupatorioides
late boneset 4
Eupatorium serotinum
spotted Joe-Pye weed 5
Eutrochium maculatum
Sweet Joe-Pye-weed 6
Eutrochium purpureum
rough blazing star 7
Liatris aspera
prairie blazing star 8
Liatris pycnostachya
white snakeroot 9
Ageratina altissima
Field Pussytoes 10
Antennaria neglecta
woman's tobacco 11
Antennaria plantaginifolia
oxeye daisy 12
Leucanthemum vulgare
beach wormwood
Artemisia campestris caudata
common yarrow 13
Achillea millefolium
pineapple-weed 14
Matricaria discoidea
Canada goldenrod 15
Solidago canadensis
broad-leaved goldenrod 16
Solidago flexicaulis
field goldenrod 17
Solidago nemoralis
showy goldenrod 18
Solidago speciosa
elm-leaved goldenrod 3
Solidago ulmifolia
stiff-leaved goldenrod 18
Solidago rigida
annual fleabane 19
Erigeron annuus
horseweed 20
Erigeron canadensis
daisy fleabane 21
Erigeron strigosus
Forked Aster 22
Eurybia furcata
Common Blue Wood Aster 23
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Drummond's aster 24
Symphyotrichum drummondii
white heath aster 25
Symphyotrichum ericoides
smooth blue aster 3
Symphyotrichum laeve
panicled aster 16
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
calico aster 26
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
New England aster 27
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Aromatic Aster 28
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Ontario Aster 29
Symphyotrichum ontarionis
sky blue aster 27
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
hairy white oldfield aster 30
Symphyotrichum pilosum
Short's aster 31
Symphyotrichum shortii
Arrow-leaved Aster 32
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
flat-topped goldenrod 33
Euthamia graminifolia
fireweed 34
Erechtites hieraciifolius
balsam ragwort 3
Packera paupercula
Prairie Groundsel
Packera plattensis
pale Indian plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
Nodding Beggarticks 35
Bidens cernua
devil's beggarticks 36
Bidens frondosa
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 37
Coreopsis lanceolata
tall coreopsis 3
Coreopsis tripteris
false sunflower 8
Heliopsis helianthoides
pale purple coneflower 8
Echinacea pallida
purple coneflower 38
Echinacea purpurea
prairie rosinweed 39
Silphium integrifolium
compass plant 40
Silphium laciniatum
cup plant 16
Silphium perfoliatum
prairie dock 40
Silphium terebinthinaceum
woodland sunflower 41
Helianthus divaricatus
sawtooth sunflower 27
Helianthus grosseserratus
Fewleaf Sunflower 3
Helianthus occidentalis
Jerusalem artichoke 42
Helianthus tuberosus
common ragweed 43
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
giant ragweed 44
Ambrosia trifida
wingstem 45
Verbesina alternifolia
wild quinine 16
Parthenium integrifolium
cutleaf coneflower 46
Rudbeckia laciniata
black-eyed Susan 47
Rudbeckia hirta
sweet black-eyed Susan 48
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Brown-eyed Susan 5
Rudbeckia triloba
grey-headed coneflower 40
Ratibida pinnata
Indian tobacco 49
Lobelia inflata
great blue lobelia 3
Lobelia siphilitica
pale-spiked lobelia 40
Lobelia spicata
tall bellflower 50
Campanulastrum americanum
Creeping Bellflower 51
Campanula rapunculoides
clasping Venus's looking glass 25
Triodanis perfoliata
wild geranium 52
Geranium maculatum
poison ivy 53
Toxicodendron radicans
smooth sumac 54
Rhus glabra
common hoptree
Ptelea trifoliata
prickly ash 16
Zanthoxylum americanum
boxelder maple 55
Acer negundo
red maple 56
Acer rubrum
silver maple 47
Acer saccharinum
sugar maple 27
Acer saccharum
broadleaf enchanter's nightshade 39
Circaea canadensis
biennial beeblossom 57
Oenothera gaura
common evening-primrose 58
Oenothera biennis
white oak 59
Quercus alba
swamp white oak 60
Quercus bicolor
bur oak 61
Quercus macrocarpa
chinkapin oak 62
Quercus muehlenbergii
pin oak 63
Quercus palustris
northern red oak 64
Quercus rubra
black oak 39
Quercus velutina
American hazelnut 65
Corylus americana
American hornbeam 66
Carpinus caroliniana
American hophornbeam 67
Ostrya virginiana
eastern black walnut 68
Juglans nigra
bitternut hickory 69
Carya cordiformis
shagbark hickory 70
Carya ovata
great mullein 71
Verbascum thapsus
large-flowered false foxglove 72
Aureolaria grandiflora

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