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 ↓

bulblet fern 1
Cystopteris bulbifera
brittle bladderfern 2
Cystopteris fragilis
lowland brittle fern 3
Cystopteris protrusa
lady fern 4
Athyrium filix-femina
Christmas fern 5
Polystichum acrostichoides
spinulose wood fern 6
Dryopteris carthusiana
intermediate wood fern 7
Dryopteris intermedia
smooth cliffbrake 8
Pellaea glabella
northern maidenhair fern 9
Adiantum pedatum
rock polypody 10
Polypodium virginianum
ebony spleenwort 5
Asplenium platyneuron
walking fern 1
Asplenium rhizophyllum
blunt woodsia 11
Woodsia obtusa
ostrich fern 12
Matteuccia struthiopteris

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