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 ↓

honey locust 1
Gleditsia triacanthos
Kentucky coffeetree 2
Gymnocladus dioicus
red clover 3
Trifolium pratense
white clover 4
Trifolium repens
alfalfa 5
Medicago sativa
white sweetclover 6
Melilotus albus
yellow sweetclover 6
Melilotus officinalis
purple crownvetch 7
Securigera varia
bird's-foot trefoil 8
Lotus corniculatus
round-headed bush clover 9
Lespedeza capitata
pointed-leaved tick-trefoil 10
Hylodesmum glutinosum
showy tick-trefoil 11
Desmodium canadense
Illinois tick-trefoil 12
Desmodium illinoense
Canadian milkvetch 13
Astragalus canadensis
false indigo 14
Amorpha fruticosa
white wild indigo
Baptisia alba
black locust 15
Robinia pseudoacacia
sulphur cinquefoil 16
Potentilla recta
Silvery Cinquefoil
Potentilla argentea argentea
Tall Cinquefoil 17
Drymocallis arguta
common agrimony 18
Agrimonia gryposepala
swamp agrimony 19
Agrimonia parviflora
downy agrimony 20
Agrimonia pubescens
white avens 21
Geum canadense
American blackberry 22
Rubus allegheniensis
black raspberry 12
Rubus occidentalis
Carolina rose 23
Rosa carolina
multiflora rose 21
Rosa multiflora
swamp rose 24
Rosa palustris
common serviceberry 25
Amelanchier arborea
smooth shadbush 26
Amelanchier laevis
downy hawthorn 21
Crataegus mollis
American plum 27
Prunus americana
black cherry 28
Prunus serotina
chokecherry 29
Prunus virginiana
common buckthorn 30
Rhamnus cathartica
white mulberry 31
Morus alba
red mulberry 32
Morus rubra
Osage-orange 33
Maclura pomifera
Canadian wood nettle 34
Laportea canadensis
California Nettle 35
Urtica gracilis
Canada clearweed 36
Pilea pumila
false nettle 37
Boehmeria cylindrica
American elm 38
Ulmus americana
slippery elm 39
Ulmus rubra
common hackberry 30
Celtis occidentalis
Blue Ridge blueberry 40
Vaccinium pallidum
common jewelweed 41
Impatiens capensis
pale jewelweed 42
Impatiens pallida
creeping Jenny 43
Lysimachia nummularia
eastern shooting star 44
Primula meadia
Jacob's ladder 45
Polemonium reptans
blue phlox 46
Phlox divaricata
fall phlox 47
Phlox paniculata
alternate-leaved dogwood 21
Cornus alternifolia
gray dogwood 21
Cornus racemosa
poke milkweed 48
Asclepias exaltata
swamp milkweed 16
Asclepias incarnata
purple milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens
common milkweed 49
Asclepias syriaca
whorled milkweed 50
Asclepias verticillata
hemp dogbane 51
Apocynum cannabinum
catchweed bedstraw 52
Galium aparine
smooth wild licorice 53
Galium circaezans
shining bedstraw 54
Galium concinnum
fragrant bedstraw 55
Galium triflorum
pale gentian 9
Gentiana alba
waterpepper 44
Persicaria hydropiper
low smartweed 56
Persicaria longiseta
spotted lady's thumb 17
Persicaria maculosa
balsam ragwort 9
Packera paupercula
dotted knotweed 36
Persicaria punctata
American jumpseed 57
Persicaria virginiana
Slender Knotweed
Polygonum tenue
climbing false buckwheat 58
Fallopia scandens
Sheep's sorrel 59
Rumex acetosella
curled dock 60
Rumex crispus
Swamp Dock 61
Rumex verticillatus
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed 62
Cerastium fontanum
Little Mouse-ear 63
Cerastium semidecandrum
deptford pink 64
Dianthus armeria
sleepy catchfly 65
Silene antirrhina
white campion 66
Silene latifolia
royal catchfly 67
Silene regia
starry campion 68
Silene stellata
American pokeweed 69
Phytolacca americana
Common Lamb's-quarters 70
Chenopodium album
Virginia spring beauty 71
Claytonia virginica
winged euonymus 72
Euonymus alatus
wahoo 73
Euonymus atropurpureus
American bittersweet 11
Celastrus scandens
Tall Thistle 74
Cirsium altissimum
creeping thistle 75
Cirsium arvense
field thistle 76
Cirsium discolor
lesser burdock 77
Arctium minus
chicory 78
Cichorium intybus
white rattlesnakeroot 79
Nabalus albus
nodding rattlesnakeroot 2
Nabalus crepidineus
common dandelion 80
Taraxacum officinale
Canada wild lettuce 81
Lactuca canadensis

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