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 ↓

false sunflower 1
Heliopsis helianthoides
pale purple coneflower 1
Echinacea pallida
purple coneflower 2
Echinacea purpurea
prairie rosinweed 3
Silphium integrifolium
compass plant 4
Silphium laciniatum
cup plant 5
Silphium perfoliatum
prairie dock 4
Silphium terebinthinaceum
woodland sunflower 6
Helianthus divaricatus
sawtooth sunflower 7
Helianthus grosseserratus
Fewleaf Sunflower 8
Helianthus occidentalis
Jerusalem artichoke 9
Helianthus tuberosus
common ragweed 10
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
giant ragweed 11
Ambrosia trifida
wingstem 12
Verbesina alternifolia
wild quinine 5
Parthenium integrifolium
cutleaf coneflower 13
Rudbeckia laciniata
black-eyed Susan 14
Rudbeckia hirta
sweet black-eyed Susan 15
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Brown-eyed Susan 16
Rudbeckia triloba
grey-headed coneflower 4
Ratibida pinnata

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