DRAFT DO NOT USE: Chicago Park District Rapid Assessment Species

This list of Plants of Concern was created by Jason Miller, MacConnell Wilson, Rachel Goad of the Chicago Botanic Garden for Chicago Park District and Nature Conservancy Park Stewardship program. These native plants are being identified and tracked as part of an initiative to protect ...more ↓

Silvery Cinquefoil
Potentilla argentea argentea

showy tick-trefoil ¹
Desmodium canadense

pale purple coneflower ²
Echinacea pallida

purple coneflower ³
Echinacea purpurea

false rue anemone ⁴
Enemion biternatum

rattlesnake master ⁵
Eryngium yuccifolium

Aunt Lucy ⁶
Ellisia nyctelea

flat-topped goldenrod ⁷
Euthamia graminifolia

large-leaved aster ⁸
Eurybia macrophylla

flowering spurge ⁹
Euphorbia corollata

white avens ¹⁰
Geum canadense

stickseed ¹¹
Hackelia virginiana

Canadian wood nettle ¹²
Laportea canadensis

common jewelweed ¹³
Impatiens capensis

common cowparsnip
Heracleum maximum

round-headed bush clover ¹⁴
Lespedeza capitata

pale-spiked lobelia ¹⁵
Lobelia spicata

Virginia bluebells ¹⁶
Mertensia virginica

common evening-primrose ¹⁵
Oenothera biennis

common yellow woodsorrel ¹⁷
Oxalis stricta

Riddell's goldenrod ⁴
Solidago riddellii

stiff goldenrod
Solidago rigida humile

wild quinine ¹⁰
Parthenium integrifolium

American pokeweed ¹⁸
Phytolacca americana

Jacob's ladder ¹⁹
Polemonium reptans

common cinquefoil ²⁰
Potentilla simplex

rough cinquefoil ²¹
Potentilla norvegica

grey-headed coneflower ²²
Ratibida pinnata

black-eyed Susan ²³
Rudbeckia hirta

cutleaf coneflower ²⁴
Rudbeckia laciniata

Brown-eyed Susan ²⁵
Rudbeckia triloba

late goldenrod ²⁶
Solidago altissima altissima

broad-leaved goldenrod ¹⁰
Solidago flexicaulis

bluestem goldenrod ¹⁰
Solidago caesia

eastern black nightshade ²⁷
Solanum ptychanthum

early goldenrod ⁴
Solidago juncea

giant goldenrod ²⁸
Solidago gigantea

field goldenrod ²⁹
Solidago nemoralis

white heath aster ³⁰
Symphyotrichum ericoides

elm-leaved goldenrod ¹⁴
Solidago ulmifolia

smooth blue aster ¹⁴
Symphyotrichum laeve

goat's rue ³¹
Tephrosia virginiana

purple meadow-rue ²
Thalictrum dasycarpum

Waxy Meadow-rue ³²
Thalictrum revolutum

early meadow-rue ³³
Thalictrum dioicum

Smooth Ironweed ²
Vernonia fasciculata

wingstem ³⁴
Verbesina alternifolia

golden Alexander ¹⁴
Zizia aurea

wild sarsaparilla ³⁵
Aralia nudicaulis

Silverweed ³⁶
Potentilla anserinoides

Canadian wild ginger ³⁷
Asarum canadense

marsh marigold ³⁸
Caltha palustris

shooting stars ³⁹
Dodecatheon

prairie alumroot ¹⁴
Heuchera richardsonii

Virginia strawberry ⁴⁰
Fragaria virginiana

Virginia waterleaf ⁹
Hydrophyllum virginianum

Canadian wood betony ¹⁰
Pedicularis canadensis

American Plantain ⁴¹
Plantago rugelii

small-flowered buttercup ⁴²
Ranunculus abortivus

bloodroot ⁴³
Sanguinaria canadensis

prairie dock ¹⁵
Silphium terebinthinaceum

compass plant ¹⁵
Silphium laciniatum

bird's foot violet ⁴⁴
Viola pedata

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DRAFT DO NOT USE: Chicago Park District Rapid Assessment Species

Silvery Cinquefoil Potentilla argentea argentea

showy tick-trefoil 1 Desmodium canadense

pale purple coneflower 2 Echinacea pallida

purple coneflower 3 Echinacea purpurea

false rue anemone 4 Enemion biternatum

rattlesnake master 5 Eryngium yuccifolium

Aunt Lucy 6 Ellisia nyctelea

flat-topped goldenrod 7 Euthamia graminifolia

large-leaved aster 8 Eurybia macrophylla

flowering spurge 9 Euphorbia corollata

white avens 10 Geum canadense

stickseed 11 Hackelia virginiana

Canadian wood nettle 12 Laportea canadensis

common jewelweed 13 Impatiens capensis

common cowparsnip Heracleum maximum

round-headed bush clover 14 Lespedeza capitata

pale-spiked lobelia 15 Lobelia spicata

Virginia bluebells 16 Mertensia virginica

common evening-primrose 15 Oenothera biennis

common yellow woodsorrel 17 Oxalis stricta

Riddell's goldenrod 4 Solidago riddellii

stiff goldenrod Solidago rigida humile

wild quinine 10 Parthenium integrifolium

American pokeweed 18 Phytolacca americana

Jacob's ladder 19 Polemonium reptans

common cinquefoil 20 Potentilla simplex

rough cinquefoil 21 Potentilla norvegica

grey-headed coneflower 22 Ratibida pinnata

black-eyed Susan 23 Rudbeckia hirta

cutleaf coneflower 24 Rudbeckia laciniata

Brown-eyed Susan 25 Rudbeckia triloba

late goldenrod 26 Solidago altissima altissima

broad-leaved goldenrod 10 Solidago flexicaulis

bluestem goldenrod 10 Solidago caesia

eastern black nightshade 27 Solanum ptychanthum

early goldenrod 4 Solidago juncea

giant goldenrod 28 Solidago gigantea

field goldenrod 29 Solidago nemoralis

white heath aster 30 Symphyotrichum ericoides

elm-leaved goldenrod 14 Solidago ulmifolia

smooth blue aster 14 Symphyotrichum laeve

goat's rue 31 Tephrosia virginiana

purple meadow-rue 2 Thalictrum dasycarpum

Waxy Meadow-rue 32 Thalictrum revolutum

early meadow-rue 33 Thalictrum dioicum

Smooth Ironweed 2 Vernonia fasciculata

wingstem 34 Verbesina alternifolia

golden Alexander 14 Zizia aurea

wild sarsaparilla 35 Aralia nudicaulis

Silverweed 36 Potentilla anserinoides

Canadian wild ginger 37 Asarum canadense

marsh marigold 38 Caltha palustris

shooting stars 39 Dodecatheon

prairie alumroot 14 Heuchera richardsonii

Virginia strawberry 40 Fragaria virginiana

Virginia waterleaf 9 Hydrophyllum virginianum

Canadian wood betony 10 Pedicularis canadensis

American Plantain 41 Plantago rugelii

small-flowered buttercup 42 Ranunculus abortivus

bloodroot 43 Sanguinaria canadensis

prairie dock 15 Silphium terebinthinaceum

compass plant 15 Silphium laciniatum

bird's foot violet 44 Viola pedata