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 ↓

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white-tinged sedge ¹
Carex albicans

Pennsylvania sedge ²
Carex pensylvanica

James' Sedge ³
Carex jamesii

fox sedge ⁴
Carex vulpinoidea

oval-headed sedge ⁵
Carex cephalophora

Leavenworth's sedge ⁶
Carex leavenworthii

Muhlenberg's Sedge ⁷
Carex muehlenbergii

bracted sedge ⁸
Carex radiata

rosy sedge ⁹
Carex rosea

bur reed sedge ¹⁰
Carex sparganioides

Carey's sedge ¹¹
Carex careyana

Eastern Narrowleaf Sedge ¹²
Carex amphibola

Inflated Narrow-leaved Sedge ¹³
Carex grisea

hairy sedge ⁸
Carex hirtifolia

graceful sedge ¹⁴
Carex gracillima

longbeak sedge ¹⁵
Carex sprengelii

White Bear Sedge ⁸
Carex albursina

eastern woodland sedge ⁵
Carex blanda

lake sedge ¹⁶
Carex lacustris

Bicknell's Sedge ¹⁷
Carex bicknellii

Shortbeak Sedge ¹⁸
Carex brevior

crested sedge ¹⁹
Carex cristatella

fescue sedge ¹
Carex festucacea

Globe Flatsedge ²⁰
Cyperus echinatus

dark green bulrush ²¹
Scirpus atrovirens

little bluestem ²²
Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass ⁵
Sorghastrum nutans

Slim-leaf Witchgrass ²³
Dichanthelium linearifolium

White-hair Witchgrass ⁷
Dichanthelium villosissimum

White-hair Witchgrass ⁹
Dichanthelium villosissimum praecocius

Scribner's Panicgrass ²⁴
Dichanthelium oligosanthes scribnerianum

barnyardgrass ⁸
Echinochloa crus-galli

switchgrass ¹⁷
Panicum virgatum

Tapered Rosette Grass ²⁵
Panicum acuminatum lindheimeri

big bluestem ²⁶
Andropogon gerardii

giant foxtail ²⁷
Setaria faberi

Setaria helvola
Setaria pumila

redtop ¹⁰
Agrostis gigantea

Perennial Bentgrass ²⁸
Agrostis perennans

Flattened Meadow-grass ²⁹
Poa compressa

Smooth Meadow-grass ¹⁵
Poa pratensis

smooth brome ²³
Bromus inermis

Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens

Canada wild rye ³⁰
Elymus canadensis

bottlebrush grass ³¹
Elymus hystrix

Quack Grass
Elymus repens

silky wild rye ¹⁰
Elymus villosus

Virginia wildrye ³²
Elymus virginicus

porcupine needlegrass ⁵
Hesperostipa spartea

cock's-foot ³³
Dactylis glomerata

black-fruit mountain-ricegrass ³⁴
Patis racemosa

tiny lovegrass ³⁵
Eragrostis capillaris

Nodding Fescue ³⁶
Festuca subverticillata

reed canary grass ³⁷
Phalaris arundinacea

Timothy ³⁸
Phleum pratense

Wirestem Muhly ³⁹
Muhlenbergia frondosa

Cliff Muhly ⁴⁰
Muhlenbergia sobolifera

Fowl Mannagrass ⁴¹
Glyceria striata

Catchfly grass ⁴²
Leersia lenticularis

rice cutgrass ⁴³
Leersia oryzoides

white grass ¹⁶
Leersia virginica

sideoats grama ³⁰
Bouteloua curtipendula

stout wood reed ⁴⁴
Cinna arundinacea

Slender Wedgescale ⁴⁵
Sphenopholis intermedia

prairie wedge grass
Sphenopholis obtusata

Poverty oatgrass ³⁶
Danthonia spicata

Dudley's Rush ⁴⁶
Juncus dudleyi

Inland Rush
Juncus interior

Slender Path Rush ⁴⁷
Juncus tenuis

Siberian squill ⁴⁸
Othocallis siberica

common star-of-Bethlehem ⁴⁹
Ornithogalum umbellatum

false Solomon's seal ⁵⁰
Maianthemum racemosum

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley ⁵¹
Maianthemum stellatum

smooth Solomon's seal ⁵²
Polygonatum biflorum

wild asparagus ⁵³
Asparagus officinalis

northern blue flag ⁵⁴
Iris versicolor

white blue-eyed grass ⁵⁵
Sisyrinchium albidum

narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass ⁵⁶
Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Wild Garlic ⁸
Allium canadense

nodding onion ⁴
Allium cernuum

small white leek ⁵⁷
Allium tricoccum

narrowleaf wild leek ⁵⁸
Allium tricoccum burdickii

orange day-lily ⁵⁹
Hemerocallis fulva

white fawnlily ⁵¹
Erythronium albidum

yellow trout lily ⁶⁰
Erythronium americanum

prairie trillium ⁶¹
Trillium recurvatum

roundleaf greenbrier ⁶²
Smilax rotundifolia

bristly greenbrier ⁸
Smilax tamnoides

Upright Carrionflower ⁶³
Smilax ecirrhata

largeflower bellwort ⁶⁴
Uvularia grandiflora

American water plantain ⁶⁵
Alisma subcordatum

Green Dragon ⁶⁶
Arisaema dracontium

Jack-in-the-pulpit ⁴¹
Arisaema triphyllum

common duckweed ²⁹
Lemna minor

eastern skunk cabbage ⁶⁷
Symplocarpus foetidus

bluejacket ⁶⁸
Tradescantia ohiensis

Virginia spiderwort ⁶⁹
Tradescantia virginiana

Asiatic dayflower ⁷⁰
Commelina communis

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Flora of FCSNA

white-tinged sedge 1 Carex albicans

Pennsylvania sedge 2 Carex pensylvanica

James' Sedge 3 Carex jamesii

fox sedge 4 Carex vulpinoidea

oval-headed sedge 5 Carex cephalophora

Leavenworth's sedge 6 Carex leavenworthii

Muhlenberg's Sedge 7 Carex muehlenbergii

bracted sedge 8 Carex radiata

rosy sedge 9 Carex rosea

bur reed sedge 10 Carex sparganioides

Carey's sedge 11 Carex careyana

Eastern Narrowleaf Sedge 12 Carex amphibola

Inflated Narrow-leaved Sedge 13 Carex grisea

hairy sedge 8 Carex hirtifolia

graceful sedge 14 Carex gracillima

longbeak sedge 15 Carex sprengelii

White Bear Sedge 8 Carex albursina

eastern woodland sedge 5 Carex blanda

lake sedge 16 Carex lacustris

Bicknell's Sedge 17 Carex bicknellii

Shortbeak Sedge 18 Carex brevior

crested sedge 19 Carex cristatella

fescue sedge 1 Carex festucacea

Globe Flatsedge 20 Cyperus echinatus

dark green bulrush 21 Scirpus atrovirens

little bluestem 22 Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass 5 Sorghastrum nutans

Slim-leaf Witchgrass 23 Dichanthelium linearifolium

White-hair Witchgrass 7 Dichanthelium villosissimum

White-hair Witchgrass 9 Dichanthelium villosissimum praecocius

Scribner's Panicgrass 24 Dichanthelium oligosanthes scribnerianum

barnyardgrass 8 Echinochloa crus-galli

switchgrass 17 Panicum virgatum

Tapered Rosette Grass 25 Panicum acuminatum lindheimeri

big bluestem 26 Andropogon gerardii

giant foxtail 27 Setaria faberi

Setaria helvola Setaria pumila

redtop 10 Agrostis gigantea

Perennial Bentgrass 28 Agrostis perennans

Flattened Meadow-grass 29 Poa compressa

Smooth Meadow-grass 15 Poa pratensis

smooth brome 23 Bromus inermis

Hairy Woodland Brome Bromus pubescens

Canada wild rye 30 Elymus canadensis

bottlebrush grass 31 Elymus hystrix

Quack Grass Elymus repens

silky wild rye 10 Elymus villosus

Virginia wildrye 32 Elymus virginicus

porcupine needlegrass 5 Hesperostipa spartea

cock's-foot 33 Dactylis glomerata

black-fruit mountain-ricegrass 34 Patis racemosa

tiny lovegrass 35 Eragrostis capillaris

Nodding Fescue 36 Festuca subverticillata

reed canary grass 37 Phalaris arundinacea

Timothy 38 Phleum pratense

Wirestem Muhly 39 Muhlenbergia frondosa

Cliff Muhly 40 Muhlenbergia sobolifera

Fowl Mannagrass 41 Glyceria striata

Catchfly grass 42 Leersia lenticularis

rice cutgrass 43 Leersia oryzoides

white grass 16 Leersia virginica

sideoats grama 30 Bouteloua curtipendula

stout wood reed 44 Cinna arundinacea

Slender Wedgescale 45 Sphenopholis intermedia

prairie wedge grass Sphenopholis obtusata

Poverty oatgrass 36 Danthonia spicata

Dudley's Rush 46 Juncus dudleyi

Inland Rush Juncus interior

Slender Path Rush 47 Juncus tenuis

Siberian squill 48 Othocallis siberica

common star-of-Bethlehem 49 Ornithogalum umbellatum

false Solomon's seal 50 Maianthemum racemosum

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 51 Maianthemum stellatum

smooth Solomon's seal 52 Polygonatum biflorum

wild asparagus 53 Asparagus officinalis

northern blue flag 54 Iris versicolor

white blue-eyed grass 55 Sisyrinchium albidum

narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass 56 Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Wild Garlic 8 Allium canadense