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 ↓

red clover 1
Trifolium pratense
white clover 2
Trifolium repens
alfalfa 3
Medicago sativa
white sweetclover 4
Melilotus albus
yellow sweetclover 4
Melilotus officinalis
purple crownvetch 5
Securigera varia
bird's-foot trefoil 6
Lotus corniculatus
round-headed bush clover 7
Lespedeza capitata
pointed-leaved tick-trefoil 8
Hylodesmum glutinosum
showy tick-trefoil 9
Desmodium canadense
Illinois tick-trefoil 10
Desmodium illinoense
Canadian milkvetch 11
Astragalus canadensis
false indigo 12
Amorpha fruticosa
white wild indigo
Baptisia alba
black locust 13
Robinia pseudoacacia

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