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
white-tinged sedge 38
Carex albicans
Pennsylvania sedge 39
Carex pensylvanica
James' Sedge 40
Carex jamesii
fox sedge 41
Carex vulpinoidea
oval-headed sedge 42
Carex cephalophora
Leavenworth's sedge 33
Carex leavenworthii
Muhlenberg's Sedge 43
Carex muehlenbergii
bracted sedge 44
Carex radiata
rosy sedge 45
Carex rosea
bur reed sedge 26
Carex sparganioides
Carey's sedge 35
Carex careyana
Eastern Narrowleaf Sedge 46
Carex amphibola
Inflated Narrow-leaved Sedge 47
Carex grisea
hairy sedge 44
Carex hirtifolia
graceful sedge 48
Carex gracillima
longbeak sedge 6
Carex sprengelii
White Bear Sedge 44
Carex albursina
eastern woodland sedge 42
Carex blanda
lake sedge 49
Carex lacustris
Bicknell's Sedge 50
Carex bicknellii
Shortbeak Sedge 51
Carex brevior
crested sedge 52
Carex cristatella
fescue sedge 38
Carex festucacea
Globe Flatsedge 53
Cyperus echinatus
dark green bulrush 32
Scirpus atrovirens
little bluestem 54
Schizachyrium scoparium
Indiangrass 42
Sorghastrum nutans
Slim-leaf Witchgrass 55
Dichanthelium linearifolium
White-hair Witchgrass 43
Dichanthelium villosissimum
White-hair Witchgrass 45
Dichanthelium villosissimum praecocius
Scribner's Panicgrass 56
Dichanthelium oligosanthes scribnerianum
barnyardgrass 44
Echinochloa crus-galli
switchgrass 50
Panicum virgatum
Tapered Rosette Grass 57
Panicum acuminatum lindheimeri
big bluestem 58
Andropogon gerardii
giant foxtail 59
Setaria faberi
Setaria helvola
Setaria pumila
redtop 26
Agrostis gigantea
Perennial Bentgrass 60
Agrostis perennans
Flattened Meadow-grass 61
Poa compressa
Smooth Meadow-grass 6
Poa pratensis
smooth brome 55
Bromus inermis
Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
Canada wild rye 62
Elymus canadensis
bottlebrush grass 63
Elymus hystrix
Quack Grass
Elymus repens
silky wild rye 26
Elymus villosus
Virginia wildrye 64
Elymus virginicus
porcupine needlegrass 42
Hesperostipa spartea
cock's-foot 65
Dactylis glomerata
black-fruit mountain-ricegrass 66
Patis racemosa
tiny lovegrass 67
Eragrostis capillaris
Nodding Fescue 68
Festuca subverticillata
reed canary grass 69
Phalaris arundinacea
Timothy 70
Phleum pratense
Wirestem Muhly 71
Muhlenbergia frondosa
Cliff Muhly 72
Muhlenbergia sobolifera
Fowl Mannagrass 73
Glyceria striata
Catchfly grass 74
Leersia lenticularis
rice cutgrass 75
Leersia oryzoides

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