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 ↓

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clustered black snakeroot ¹
Sanicula odorata

rattlesnake master ²
Eryngium yuccifolium

honewort ³
Cryptotaenia canadensis

water hemlock ⁴
Cicuta maculata

hairy sweet cicely ⁵
Osmorhiza claytonii

aniseroot ³
Osmorhiza longistylis

wild carrot ⁶
Daucus carota

purple-stemmed angelica ⁷
Angelica atropurpurea

golden Alexander ⁸
Zizia aurea

poison hemlock ⁹
Conium maculatum

wild parsnip ¹⁰
Pastinaca sativa

American spikenard ¹¹
Aralia racemosa

velvetleaf ¹²
Abutilon theophrasti

basswood ¹³
Tilia americana

eastern leatherwood ¹⁴
Dirca palustris

Northern Comandra
Geocaulon lividum

common pawpaw ¹⁵
Asimina triloba

eastern cottonwood ¹⁶
Populus deltoides

black willow ³
Salix nigra

downy yellow violet ¹⁷
Viola pubescens

arrowleaf violet ¹⁸
Viola sagittata

common blue violet ¹⁹
Viola sororia

flowering spurge ²⁰
Euphorbia corollata

common copperleaf ²¹
Acalypha rhomboidea

common St. John's-wort ²²
Hypericum perforatum

Aunt Lucy ²³
Ellisia nyctelea

great waterleaf ²⁴
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum

Virginia waterleaf ²⁰
Hydrophyllum virginianum

hoary puccoon ²⁵
Lithospermum canescens

stickseed ²⁶
Hackelia virginiana

Virginia bluebells ²⁷
Mertensia virginica

Virginia Snakeroot ²⁵
Endodeca serpentaria

Canadian wild ginger ²⁸
Asarum canadense

American sycamore ²⁹
Platanus occidentalis

violet woodsorrel ³⁰
Oxalis violacea

upright yellow woodsorrel ³¹
Oxalis stricta

field mustard ³²
Brassica rapa

Common Whitlowgrass ³³
Draba verna

Virginia pepperweed ³⁴
Lepidium virginicum

bulbous cress ³⁵
Cardamine bulbosa

cut-leaved toothwort ³⁶
Cardamine concatenata

Pennsylvania Bittercress ³⁷
Cardamine pensylvanica

watercress ⁴
Nasturtium officinale

garlic mustard ³⁸
Alliaria petiolata

field penny-cress ³⁹
Thlaspi arvense

Smooth Rockcress ⁴⁰
Boechera laevigata

dame's rocket ⁴¹
Hesperis matronalis

false mermaidweed ⁴²
Floerkea proserpinacoides

American bladdernut ⁴³
Staphylea trifolia

wild cucumber ⁴⁴
Echinocystis lobata

American Black Currant ⁴⁵
Ribes americanum

prickly gooseberry ⁴⁶
Ribes cynosbati

Missouri Gooseberry ⁴⁷
Ribes missouriense

prairie alumroot ⁸
Heuchera richardsonii

Twoleaf Bishop's-cap ⁸
Mitella diphylla

thicket creeper ⁴⁸
Parthenocissus inserta

Virginia creeper ⁴⁹
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

summer grape ⁵⁰
Vitis aestivalis

graybark grape ⁵¹
Vitis cinerea

riverbank grape ⁵²
Vitis riparia

white-tinged sedge ⁵³
Carex albicans

Pennsylvania sedge ⁵⁴
Carex pensylvanica

James' Sedge ⁵⁵
Carex jamesii

fox sedge ⁵⁶
Carex vulpinoidea

oval-headed sedge ⁵⁷
Carex cephalophora

Leavenworth's sedge ⁴⁸
Carex leavenworthii

Muhlenberg's Sedge ⁵⁸
Carex muehlenbergii

bracted sedge ¹⁵
Carex radiata

rosy sedge ⁵⁹
Carex rosea

bur reed sedge ⁴²
Carex sparganioides

Carey's sedge ⁵⁰
Carex careyana

Eastern Narrowleaf Sedge ⁶⁰
Carex amphibola

Inflated Narrow-leaved Sedge ⁶¹
Carex grisea

hairy sedge ¹⁵
Carex hirtifolia

graceful sedge ⁶²
Carex gracillima

longbeak sedge ²³
Carex sprengelii

White Bear Sedge ¹⁵
Carex albursina

eastern woodland sedge ⁵⁷
Carex blanda

lake sedge ⁶³
Carex lacustris

Bicknell's Sedge ⁷
Carex bicknellii

Shortbeak Sedge ¹
Carex brevior

crested sedge ⁶⁴
Carex cristatella

fescue sedge ⁵³
Carex festucacea

Globe Flatsedge ⁶⁵
Cyperus echinatus

dark green bulrush ⁸
Scirpus atrovirens

little bluestem ⁶⁶
Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass ⁵⁷
Sorghastrum nutans

Slim-leaf Witchgrass ⁶⁷
Dichanthelium linearifolium

White-hair Witchgrass ⁵⁸
Dichanthelium villosissimum

White-hair Witchgrass ⁵⁹
Dichanthelium villosissimum praecocius

Scribner's Panicgrass ⁶⁸
Dichanthelium oligosanthes scribnerianum

barnyardgrass ¹⁵
Echinochloa crus-galli

switchgrass ⁷
Panicum virgatum

Tapered Rosette Grass ⁶⁹
Panicum acuminatum lindheimeri

big bluestem ¹⁴
Andropogon gerardii

giant foxtail ⁷⁰
Setaria faberi

Setaria helvola
Setaria pumila

redtop ⁴²
Agrostis gigantea

Perennial Bentgrass ⁷¹
Agrostis perennans

Flattened Meadow-grass ⁷²
Poa compressa

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Flora of FCSNA

clustered black snakeroot 1 Sanicula odorata

rattlesnake master 2 Eryngium yuccifolium

honewort 3 Cryptotaenia canadensis

water hemlock 4 Cicuta maculata

hairy sweet cicely 5 Osmorhiza claytonii

aniseroot 3 Osmorhiza longistylis

wild carrot 6 Daucus carota

purple-stemmed angelica 7 Angelica atropurpurea

golden Alexander 8 Zizia aurea

poison hemlock 9 Conium maculatum

wild parsnip 10 Pastinaca sativa

American spikenard 11 Aralia racemosa

velvetleaf 12 Abutilon theophrasti

basswood 13 Tilia americana

eastern leatherwood 14 Dirca palustris

Northern Comandra Geocaulon lividum

common pawpaw 15 Asimina triloba

eastern cottonwood 16 Populus deltoides

black willow 3 Salix nigra

downy yellow violet 17 Viola pubescens

arrowleaf violet 18 Viola sagittata

common blue violet 19 Viola sororia

flowering spurge 20 Euphorbia corollata

common copperleaf 21 Acalypha rhomboidea

common St. John's-wort 22 Hypericum perforatum

Aunt Lucy 23 Ellisia nyctelea

great waterleaf 24 Hydrophyllum appendiculatum

Virginia waterleaf 20 Hydrophyllum virginianum

hoary puccoon 25 Lithospermum canescens

stickseed 26 Hackelia virginiana

Virginia bluebells 27 Mertensia virginica

Virginia Snakeroot 25 Endodeca serpentaria

Canadian wild ginger 28 Asarum canadense

American sycamore 29 Platanus occidentalis

violet woodsorrel 30 Oxalis violacea

upright yellow woodsorrel 31 Oxalis stricta

field mustard 32 Brassica rapa

Common Whitlowgrass 33 Draba verna

Virginia pepperweed 34 Lepidium virginicum

bulbous cress 35 Cardamine bulbosa

cut-leaved toothwort 36 Cardamine concatenata

Pennsylvania Bittercress 37 Cardamine pensylvanica

watercress 4 Nasturtium officinale

garlic mustard 38 Alliaria petiolata

field penny-cress 39 Thlaspi arvense

Smooth Rockcress 40 Boechera laevigata

dame's rocket 41 Hesperis matronalis

false mermaidweed 42 Floerkea proserpinacoides

American bladdernut 43 Staphylea trifolia

wild cucumber 44 Echinocystis lobata

American Black Currant 45 Ribes americanum

prickly gooseberry 46 Ribes cynosbati

Missouri Gooseberry 47 Ribes missouriense

prairie alumroot 8 Heuchera richardsonii

Twoleaf Bishop's-cap 8 Mitella diphylla

thicket creeper 48 Parthenocissus inserta

Virginia creeper 49 Parthenocissus quinquefolia

summer grape 50 Vitis aestivalis

graybark grape 51 Vitis cinerea

riverbank grape 52 Vitis riparia

white-tinged sedge 53 Carex albicans

Pennsylvania sedge 54 Carex pensylvanica

James' Sedge 55 Carex jamesii

fox sedge 56 Carex vulpinoidea

oval-headed sedge 57 Carex cephalophora

Leavenworth's sedge 48 Carex leavenworthii

Muhlenberg's Sedge 58 Carex muehlenbergii

bracted sedge 15 Carex radiata

rosy sedge 59 Carex rosea

bur reed sedge 42 Carex sparganioides

Carey's sedge 50 Carex careyana

Eastern Narrowleaf Sedge 60 Carex amphibola

Inflated Narrow-leaved Sedge 61 Carex grisea

hairy sedge 15 Carex hirtifolia

graceful sedge 62 Carex gracillima

longbeak sedge 23 Carex sprengelii

White Bear Sedge 15 Carex albursina

eastern woodland sedge 57 Carex blanda

lake sedge 63 Carex lacustris