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 ↓

redtop 1
Agrostis gigantea
Perennial Bentgrass 2
Agrostis perennans
Flattened Meadow-grass 3
Poa compressa
Smooth Meadow-grass 4
Poa pratensis
smooth brome 5
Bromus inermis
Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
Canada wild rye 6
Elymus canadensis
bottlebrush grass 7
Elymus hystrix
Quack Grass
Elymus repens
silky wild rye 1
Elymus villosus
Virginia wildrye 8
Elymus virginicus
porcupine needlegrass 9
Hesperostipa spartea
cock's-foot 10
Dactylis glomerata
black-fruit mountain-ricegrass 11
Patis racemosa
Nodding Fescue 12
Festuca subverticillata
reed canary grass 13
Phalaris arundinacea
Timothy 14
Phleum pratense
Fowl Mannagrass 15
Glyceria striata
stout wood reed 16
Cinna arundinacea
Slender Wedgescale 17
Sphenopholis intermedia
prairie wedge grass
Sphenopholis obtusata

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