Bunker Hill Forest Preserve Field Guide
eastern shooting-star
Dodecatheon meadia, known as shooting star, is a species of wildflower found in the Southeastern United States, from Southeastern Minnesota and Southern Wisconsin to Oklahoma and Texas, and Maryland to Georgia and Alabama. Grows in moist or dry woods and prairies. It blooms in the spring and goes dormant in summer.
Creeping-Jenny
Lysimachia nummularia (syn. Lysimachia zawadzkii Wiesner) is a low, creeping plant of the genus Lysimachia. It is commonly called Creeping Jenny, Moneywort, Herb Twopence and Twopenny grass.
Spotted Touch-me-not
Impatiens capensis, the Orange Jewelweed, Common Jewelweed, Spotted Jewelweed or Orange Balsam, is an annual plant native to North America. It is common in bottomland soils, ditches, and along creeks, often growing side-by-side with its less common relative, Yellow Jewelweed (I. pallida).
Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata (Wild Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox, Wild Sweet William) is a herbaceous perennial valued for its lavender-blue flowers, native to forests and fields in eastern North America.
