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 ↓

arrowleaf violet 1
Viola sagittata
common blue violet 2
Viola sororia
flowering spurge 3
Euphorbia corollata
common copperleaf 4
Acalypha rhomboidea
common St. John's-wort 5
Hypericum perforatum
Aunt Lucy 6
Ellisia nyctelea
great waterleaf 7
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
Virginia waterleaf 3
Hydrophyllum virginianum
hoary puccoon 8
Lithospermum canescens
stickseed 9
Hackelia virginiana
Virginia bluebells 10
Mertensia virginica
Virginia Snakeroot 8
Endodeca serpentaria
Canadian wild ginger 11
Asarum canadense
American sycamore 12
Platanus occidentalis
violet woodsorrel 13
Oxalis violacea
upright yellow woodsorrel 14
Oxalis stricta
field mustard 15
Brassica rapa
Common Whitlowgrass 16
Draba verna
Virginia pepperweed 17
Lepidium virginicum
bulbous cress 18
Cardamine bulbosa
cut-leaved toothwort 19
Cardamine concatenata
Pennsylvania Bittercress 20
Cardamine pensylvanica
watercress 21
Nasturtium officinale
garlic mustard 22
Alliaria petiolata
field penny-cress 23
Thlaspi arvense
Smooth Rockcress 24
Boechera laevigata
dame's rocket 25
Hesperis matronalis
false mermaidweed 26
Floerkea proserpinacoides
American bladdernut 27
Staphylea trifolia
wild cucumber 28
Echinocystis lobata
American Black Currant 29
Ribes americanum
prickly gooseberry 30
Ribes cynosbati
Missouri Gooseberry 31
Ribes missouriense
prairie alumroot 32
Heuchera richardsonii
Twoleaf Bishop's-cap 32
Mitella diphylla
thicket creeper 33
Parthenocissus inserta
Virginia creeper 34
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
summer grape 35
Vitis aestivalis
graybark grape 36
Vitis cinerea
riverbank grape 37
Vitis riparia

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