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 ↓

silver maple 1
Acer saccharinum
sugar maple 2
Acer saccharum
broadleaf enchanter's nightshade 3
Circaea canadensis
biennial beeblossom 4
Oenothera gaura
common evening-primrose 5
Oenothera biennis
white oak 6
Quercus alba
swamp white oak 7
Quercus bicolor
bur oak 8
Quercus macrocarpa
chinkapin oak 9
Quercus muehlenbergii
pin oak 10
Quercus palustris
northern red oak 11
Quercus rubra
black oak 3
Quercus velutina
American hazelnut 12
Corylus americana
American hornbeam 13
Carpinus caroliniana
American hophornbeam 14
Ostrya virginiana
eastern black walnut 15
Juglans nigra
bitternut hickory 16
Carya cordiformis
shagbark hickory 17
Carya ovata
great mullein 18
Verbascum thapsus
large-flowered false foxglove 19
Aureolaria grandiflora
mullein foxglove 3
Dasistoma macrophylla
white ash 20
Fraxinus americana
black ash 21
Fraxinus nigra
green ash 22
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
blue ash 23
Fraxinus quadrangulata
wild bergamot 24
Monarda fistulosa
American cornmint 25
Mentha canadensis
Virginia mountain mint 26
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Catnip 3
Nepeta cataria
Glecoma hederacea 27
Glechoma hederacea
common selfheal 28
Prunella vulgaris
side-flowering skullcap 29
Scutellaria lateriflora
Heart-leaved Skullcap
Scutellaria ovata
small skullcap 30
Scutellaria parvula
Scutellaria elliptica hirsuta 31
common motherwort 32
Leonurus cardiaca
obedient plant 33
Physostegia virginiana
American germander 34
Teucrium canadense
blue vervain 35
Verbena hastata
hoary vervain 36
Verbena stricta
white vervain 37
Verbena urticifolia
hairy ruellia 38
Ruellia humilis
Culver's root 39
Veronicastrum virginicum
blue water-speedwell 40
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
bracted plantain 41
Plantago aristata
ribwort plantain 42
Plantago lanceolata
greater plantain 43
Plantago major
woolly plantain 44
Plantago patagonica
American Plantain 45
Plantago rugelii
Dwarf Plantain 46
Plantago virginica
foxglove beardtongue 47
Penstemon digitalis
hairy beardtongue 48
Penstemon hirsutus
American lopseed 14
Phryma leptostachya
Dutchman's breeches 49
Dicentra cucullaria
bloodroot 50
Sanguinaria canadensis
red columbine 51
Aquilegia canadensis
purple meadow-rue 52
Thalictrum dasycarpum
Waxy Meadow-rue 53
Thalictrum revolutum
Anemonella thalictroides 51
Thalictrum thalictroides
false rue anemone 54
Enemion biternatum
small-flowered buttercup 55
Ranunculus abortivus
Early Buttercup 56
Ranunculus fascicularis
bristly buttercup 57
Ranunculus hispidus
Hooked buttercup 58
Ranunculus recurvatus
cursed crowfoot 59
Ranunculus sceleratus
wood anemone
Anemone quinquefolia
sharp-lobed hepatica 3
Hepatica acutiloba
round-lobed hepatica 60
Hepatica americana
meadow anemone 61
Anemonastrum canadense
Cylindrical Thimbleweed 3
Anemone cylindrica
tall thimbleweed 62
Anemone virginiana
white baneberry 63
Actaea pachypoda
red baneberry 64
Actaea rubra
blue cohosh 65
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Japanese barberry 66
Berberis thunbergii
mayapple 67
Podophyllum peltatum
moonseed 68
Menispermum canadense
clammy groundcherry 51
Physalis heterophylla
long-leaved groundcherry 30
Physalis longifolia
Carolina horsenettle 69
Solanum carolinense
bittersweet nightshade 70
Solanum dulcamara
wild potato vine 71
Ipomoea pandurata
hedge bindweed 72
Calystegia sepium
Scaldweed 73
Cuscuta gronovii
Orange-fruited Horse Gentian 74
Triosteum aurantiacum
Perfoliate Tinker's-weed 75
Triosteum perfoliatum
coralberry 76
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Japanese honeysuckle 77
Lonicera japonica
Amur honeysuckle 78
Lonicera maackii
Grape Honeysuckle 2
Lonicera reticulata
Lonicera xbella 79
Fuller's teasel 80
Dipsacus fullonum
American black elderberry 81
Sambucus canadensis
southern arrowwood 82
Viburnum dentatum
nannyberry 83
Viburnum lentago
guelder-rose 84
Viburnum opulus
Blackhaw 67
Viburnum prunifolium
downy arrowwood 85
Viburnum rafinesquianum
Black Snakeroot 57
Sanicula canadensis
Maryland Black-snakeroot 85
Sanicula marilandica

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