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 ↓

sulphur cinquefoil 1
Potentilla recta
Silvery Cinquefoil
Potentilla argentea argentea
Tall Cinquefoil 2
Drymocallis arguta
common agrimony 3
Agrimonia gryposepala
swamp agrimony 4
Agrimonia parviflora
downy agrimony 5
Agrimonia pubescens
white avens 6
Geum canadense
American blackberry 7
Rubus allegheniensis
black raspberry 8
Rubus occidentalis
Carolina rose 9
Rosa carolina
multiflora rose 6
Rosa multiflora
swamp rose 10
Rosa palustris
common serviceberry 11
Amelanchier arborea
smooth shadbush 12
Amelanchier laevis
downy hawthorn 6
Crataegus mollis
American plum 13
Prunus americana
black cherry 14
Prunus serotina
chokecherry 15
Prunus virginiana
common buckthorn 16
Rhamnus cathartica
white mulberry 17
Morus alba
red mulberry 18
Morus rubra
Osage-orange 19
Maclura pomifera
Canadian wood nettle 20
Laportea canadensis
California Nettle 21
Urtica gracilis
Canada clearweed 22
Pilea pumila
false nettle 23
Boehmeria cylindrica
American elm 24
Ulmus americana
slippery elm 25
Ulmus rubra
common hackberry 16
Celtis occidentalis

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