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 ↓

Black Snakeroot 1
Sanicula canadensis
Maryland Black-snakeroot 2
Sanicula marilandica
clustered black snakeroot 3
Sanicula odorata
rattlesnake master 4
Eryngium yuccifolium
honewort 1
Cryptotaenia canadensis
water hemlock 5
Cicuta maculata
hairy sweet cicely 6
Osmorhiza claytonii
aniseroot 1
Osmorhiza longistylis
wild carrot 7
Daucus carota
purple-stemmed angelica 8
Angelica atropurpurea
golden Alexander 9
Zizia aurea
poison hemlock 10
Conium maculatum
wild parsnip 11
Pastinaca sativa
American spikenard 12
Aralia racemosa

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  • 1. (c) Dan Mullen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 2. (c) Superior National Forest, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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  • 4. (c) Kevin Metcalf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kevin Metcalf
  • 5. (c) Jerry Oldenettel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 6. (c) Jeff Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jeff Chapman
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  • 11. (c) Mark Nenadov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Nenadov
  • 12. (c) Charlotte Bill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Charlotte Bill

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