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 ↓

Dutchman's breeches 1
Dicentra cucullaria
bloodroot 2
Sanguinaria canadensis
red columbine 3
Aquilegia canadensis
purple meadow-rue 4
Thalictrum dasycarpum
Waxy Meadow-rue 5
Thalictrum revolutum
Anemonella thalictroides 3
Thalictrum thalictroides
false rue anemone 6
Enemion biternatum
small-flowered buttercup 7
Ranunculus abortivus
Early Buttercup 8
Ranunculus fascicularis
bristly buttercup 9
Ranunculus hispidus
Hooked buttercup 10
Ranunculus recurvatus
cursed crowfoot 11
Ranunculus sceleratus
wood anemone
Anemone quinquefolia
sharp-lobed hepatica 12
Hepatica acutiloba
round-lobed hepatica 13
Hepatica americana
meadow anemone 14
Anemonastrum canadense
Cylindrical Thimbleweed 12
Anemone cylindrica
tall thimbleweed 15
Anemone virginiana
white baneberry 16
Actaea pachypoda
red baneberry 17
Actaea rubra
blue cohosh 18
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Japanese barberry 19
Berberis thunbergii
mayapple 20
Podophyllum peltatum
moonseed 21
Menispermum canadense

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