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 ↓

little bluestem 1
Schizachyrium scoparium
Indiangrass 2
Sorghastrum nutans
Slim-leaf Witchgrass 3
Dichanthelium linearifolium
White-hair Witchgrass 4
Dichanthelium villosissimum
White-hair Witchgrass 5
Dichanthelium villosissimum praecocius
Scribner's Panicgrass 6
Dichanthelium oligosanthes scribnerianum
barnyardgrass 7
Echinochloa crus-galli
switchgrass 8
Panicum virgatum
Tapered Rosette Grass 9
Panicum acuminatum lindheimeri
big bluestem 10
Andropogon gerardii
giant foxtail 11
Setaria faberi
Setaria helvola
Setaria pumila
redtop 12
Agrostis gigantea
Perennial Bentgrass 13
Agrostis perennans
Flattened Meadow-grass 14
Poa compressa
Smooth Meadow-grass 15
Poa pratensis
smooth brome 3
Bromus inermis
Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
Canada wild rye 16
Elymus canadensis
bottlebrush grass 17
Elymus hystrix
Quack Grass
Elymus repens
silky wild rye 12
Elymus villosus
Virginia wildrye 18
Elymus virginicus
porcupine needlegrass 2
Hesperostipa spartea
cock's-foot 19
Dactylis glomerata
black-fruit mountain-ricegrass 20
Patis racemosa
tiny lovegrass 21
Eragrostis capillaris
Nodding Fescue 22
Festuca subverticillata
reed canary grass 23
Phalaris arundinacea
Timothy 24
Phleum pratense
Wirestem Muhly 25
Muhlenbergia frondosa
Cliff Muhly 26
Muhlenbergia sobolifera
Fowl Mannagrass 27
Glyceria striata
Catchfly grass 28
Leersia lenticularis
rice cutgrass 29
Leersia oryzoides
white grass 30
Leersia virginica
sideoats grama 16
Bouteloua curtipendula
stout wood reed 31
Cinna arundinacea
Slender Wedgescale 32
Sphenopholis intermedia
prairie wedge grass
Sphenopholis obtusata
Poverty oatgrass 22
Danthonia spicata

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