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 ↓

waterpepper 1
Persicaria hydropiper
low smartweed 2
Persicaria longiseta
spotted lady's thumb 3
Persicaria maculosa
dotted knotweed 4
Persicaria punctata
American jumpseed 5
Persicaria virginiana
Slender Knotweed
Polygonum tenue
climbing false buckwheat 6
Fallopia scandens
Sheep's sorrel 7
Rumex acetosella
curled dock 8
Rumex crispus
Swamp Dock 9
Rumex verticillatus
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed 10
Cerastium fontanum
Little Mouse-ear 11
Cerastium semidecandrum
deptford pink 12
Dianthus armeria
sleepy catchfly 13
Silene antirrhina
white campion 14
Silene latifolia
royal catchfly 15
Silene regia
starry campion 16
Silene stellata
American pokeweed 17
Phytolacca americana
Common Lamb's-quarters 18
Chenopodium album
Virginia spring beauty 19
Claytonia virginica

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