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 ↓

great mullein 1
Verbascum thapsus
large-flowered false foxglove 2
Aureolaria grandiflora
mullein foxglove 3
Dasistoma macrophylla
white ash 4
Fraxinus americana
black ash 5
Fraxinus nigra
green ash 6
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
blue ash 7
Fraxinus quadrangulata
wild bergamot 8
Monarda fistulosa
American cornmint 9
Mentha canadensis
Virginia mountain mint 10
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Catnip 3
Nepeta cataria
Glecoma hederacea 11
Glechoma hederacea
common selfheal 12
Prunella vulgaris
side-flowering skullcap 13
Scutellaria lateriflora
Heart-leaved Skullcap
Scutellaria ovata
small skullcap 14
Scutellaria parvula
common motherwort 16
Leonurus cardiaca
obedient plant 17
Physostegia virginiana
American germander 18
Teucrium canadense
blue vervain 19
Verbena hastata
hoary vervain 20
Verbena stricta
white vervain 21
Verbena urticifolia
hairy ruellia 22
Ruellia humilis
Culver's root 23
Veronicastrum virginicum
blue water-speedwell 24
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
bracted plantain 25
Plantago aristata
ribwort plantain 26
Plantago lanceolata
greater plantain 27
Plantago major
woolly plantain 28
Plantago patagonica
American Plantain 29
Plantago rugelii
Dwarf Plantain 30
Plantago virginica
foxglove beardtongue 31
Penstemon digitalis
hairy beardtongue 32
Penstemon hirsutus
American lopseed 33
Phryma leptostachya

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