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 ↓

Slim-leaf Witchgrass 1
Dichanthelium linearifolium
White-hair Witchgrass 2
Dichanthelium villosissimum
White-hair Witchgrass 3
Dichanthelium villosissimum praecocius
Scribner's Panicgrass 4
Dichanthelium oligosanthes scribnerianum
barnyardgrass 5
Echinochloa crus-galli
switchgrass 6
Panicum virgatum
Tapered Rosette Grass 7
Panicum acuminatum lindheimeri
giant foxtail 8
Setaria faberi
Setaria helvola
Setaria pumila

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