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 ↓

balsam ragwort 1
Packera paupercula
Tall Thistle 2
Cirsium altissimum
creeping thistle 3
Cirsium arvense
field thistle 4
Cirsium discolor
lesser burdock 5
Arctium minus
chicory 6
Cichorium intybus
white rattlesnakeroot 7
Nabalus albus
nodding rattlesnakeroot 8
Nabalus crepidineus
common dandelion 9
Taraxacum officinale
Canada wild lettuce 10
Lactuca canadensis
prickly lettuce 11
Lactuca serriola
meadow salsify 12
Tragopogon pratensis
false boneset 1
Brickellia eupatorioides
late boneset 13
Eupatorium serotinum
spotted Joe-Pye weed 14
Eutrochium maculatum
Sweet Joe-Pye-weed 15
Eutrochium purpureum
rough blazing star 16
Liatris aspera
prairie blazing star 17
Liatris pycnostachya
white snakeroot 18
Ageratina altissima
Field Pussytoes 19
Antennaria neglecta
woman's tobacco 20
Antennaria plantaginifolia
oxeye daisy 21
Leucanthemum vulgare
beach wormwood
Artemisia campestris caudata
common yarrow 22
Achillea millefolium
pineapple-weed 23
Matricaria discoidea
Canada goldenrod 24
Solidago canadensis
broad-leaved goldenrod 25
Solidago flexicaulis
field goldenrod 26
Solidago nemoralis
showy goldenrod 27
Solidago speciosa
elm-leaved goldenrod 1
Solidago ulmifolia
stiff-leaved goldenrod 27
Solidago rigida
annual fleabane 28
Erigeron annuus
horseweed 29
Erigeron canadensis
daisy fleabane 30
Erigeron strigosus
Forked Aster 31
Eurybia furcata
Common Blue Wood Aster 32
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Drummond's aster 33
Symphyotrichum drummondii
white heath aster 34
Symphyotrichum ericoides
smooth blue aster 1
Symphyotrichum laeve
panicled aster 25
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
calico aster 35
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
New England aster 4
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Aromatic Aster 36
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Ontario Aster 37
Symphyotrichum ontarionis
sky blue aster 4
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
hairy white oldfield aster 38
Symphyotrichum pilosum
Short's aster 39
Symphyotrichum shortii
Arrow-leaved Aster 40
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
flat-topped goldenrod 41
Euthamia graminifolia
fireweed 42
Erechtites hieraciifolius
balsam ragwort 1
Packera paupercula
Prairie Groundsel
Packera plattensis
pale Indian plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
Nodding Beggarticks 43
Bidens cernua
devil's beggarticks 44
Bidens frondosa
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 45
Coreopsis lanceolata
tall coreopsis 1
Coreopsis tripteris
false sunflower 17
Heliopsis helianthoides
pale purple coneflower 17
Echinacea pallida
purple coneflower 46
Echinacea purpurea
prairie rosinweed 47
Silphium integrifolium
compass plant 48
Silphium laciniatum
cup plant 25
Silphium perfoliatum
prairie dock 48
Silphium terebinthinaceum
woodland sunflower 49
Helianthus divaricatus
sawtooth sunflower 4
Helianthus grosseserratus
Fewleaf Sunflower 1
Helianthus occidentalis
Jerusalem artichoke 50
Helianthus tuberosus
common ragweed 51
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
giant ragweed 52
Ambrosia trifida
wingstem 53
Verbesina alternifolia
wild quinine 25
Parthenium integrifolium
cutleaf coneflower 54
Rudbeckia laciniata
black-eyed Susan 55
Rudbeckia hirta
sweet black-eyed Susan 56
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Brown-eyed Susan 14
Rudbeckia triloba
grey-headed coneflower 48
Ratibida pinnata
Indian tobacco 57
Lobelia inflata
great blue lobelia 1
Lobelia siphilitica
pale-spiked lobelia 48
Lobelia spicata
tall bellflower 58
Campanulastrum americanum
Creeping Bellflower 59
Campanula rapunculoides
clasping Venus's looking glass 34
Triodanis perfoliata

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