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 ↓

cinnamon fern 1
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
bulblet fern 2
Cystopteris bulbifera
brittle bladderfern 3
Cystopteris fragilis
lowland brittle fern 4
Cystopteris protrusa
lady fern 5
Athyrium filix-femina
Christmas fern 6
Polystichum acrostichoides
spinulose wood fern 7
Dryopteris carthusiana
intermediate wood fern 8
Dryopteris intermedia
smooth cliffbrake 9
Pellaea glabella
northern maidenhair fern 10
Adiantum pedatum
rock polypody 11
Polypodium virginianum
ebony spleenwort 6
Asplenium platyneuron
walking fern 2
Asplenium rhizophyllum
blunt woodsia 12
Woodsia obtusa
ostrich fern 13
Matteuccia struthiopteris

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