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 ↓

clammy groundcherry 1
Physalis heterophylla
long-leaved groundcherry 2
Physalis longifolia
Carolina horsenettle 3
Solanum carolinense
bittersweet nightshade 4
Solanum dulcamara
wild potato vine 5
Ipomoea pandurata
hedge bindweed 6
Calystegia sepium
Scaldweed 7
Cuscuta gronovii

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