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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 ↓

boxelder maple 1
Acer negundo
common hackberry 2
Celtis occidentalis
American bladdernut 3
Staphylea trifolia
sugar maple 4
Acer saccharum
silver maple 5
Acer saccharinum
red maple 6
Acer rubrum
green ash 7
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
eastern black walnut 8
Juglans nigra
eastern cottonwood 2
Populus deltoides
chokecherry 9
Prunus virginiana
American plum 10
Prunus americana
black cherry 11
Prunus serotina
white oak 12
Quercus alba
shingle oak 13
Quercus imbricaria
swamp white oak
Quercus bicolor
black oak 14
Quercus velutina
bur oak 7
Quercus macrocarpa
northern red oak 15
Quercus rubra
basswood 16
Tilia americana
American elm 17
Ulmus americana
honey locust 18
Gleditsia triacanthos
Wafer Ash 19
Ptelea trifoliata mollis
Kentucky coffeetree 20
Gymnocladus dioicus
Grape Honeysuckle 21
Lonicera reticulata
Prickly-ash 22
Zanthoxylum americanum
Virginia creeper 23
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
riverbank grape 24
Vitis riparia
poison ivy 25
Toxicodendron radicans
buttonbush 26
Cephalanthus occidentalis
gray dogwood 22
Cornus racemosa
red osier dogwood 27
Cornus sericea
Ribes americanum americanum
American Gooseberry
leadplant 28
Amorpha canescens
nannyberry 22
Viburnum lentago
American black elderberry 29
Sambucus canadensis
desert false indigo 30
Amorpha fruticosa
shrubby cinquefoil 31
Dasiphora fruticosa
fragrant sumac 9
Rhus aromatica
smooth sumac 32
Rhus glabra
Prairie Rose
Rosa setigera tomentosa
staghorn sumac 33
Rhus typhina
Carolina rose 34
Rosa carolina
black raspberry 35
Rubus occidentalis
American hornbeam 36
Carpinus caroliniana
American hazelnut 37
Corylus americana
witchhazel 38
Hamamelis virginiana
Prairie Willow 24
Salix humilis
American hophornbeam 39
Ostrya virginiana
interior sandbar willow 40
Salix interior
Blueleaf Willow 41
Salix myricoides
giant ragweed 42
Ambrosia trifida
black willow 22
Salix nigra
tall thimbleweed 43
Anemone virginiana
common ragweed 44
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
rue anemone 45
Thalictrum thalictroides
spreading dogbane 46
Apocynum androsaemifolium
common milkweed 47
Asclepias syriaca
whorled milkweed 28
Asclepias verticillata
hemp dogbane 48
Apocynum cannabinum
broadleaf enchanter's nightshade 49
Circaea canadensis
false nettle 50
Boehmeria cylindrica
Virginia spring beauty 51
Claytonia virginica
Prairie Coreopsis 52
Coreopsis palmata
tall boneset 53
Eupatorium altissimum
tall coreopsis 52
Coreopsis tripteris
late boneset 54
Eupatorium serotinum
Sweet Joe-Pye-weed 55
Eutrochium purpureum
sawtooth sunflower 56
Helianthus grosseserratus
Fewleaf Sunflower 52
Helianthus occidentalis
catchweed bedstraw 57
Galium aparine
ashy sunflower 58
Helianthus mollis
spotted St. John's wort 34
Hypericum punctatum
Michigan lily 28
Lilium michiganense
woodland phlox 59
Phlox divaricata laphamii
obedient plant 28
Physostegia virginiana
narrowleaf mountainmint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Virginia mountain mint 60
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Canada clearweed 61
Pilea pumila
clustered black snakeroot 62
Sanicula odorata
sleepy catchfly 63
Silene antirrhina
prairie rosinweed 59
Silphium integrifolium
American germander 49
Teucrium canadense
cup plant 22
Silphium perfoliatum
hoary vervain 52
Verbena stricta
white vervain 22
Verbena urticifolia
Culver's root 64
Veronicastrum virginicum
common copperleaf 65
Acalypha rhomboidea
common agrimony 66
Agrimonia gryposepala
American jumpseed 51
Persicaria virginiana
red columbine 67
Aquilegia canadensis
pale Indian plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
Jack-in-the-pulpit 68
Arisaema triphyllum
beach wormwood
Artemisia campestris caudata
partridge pea 69
Chamaecrista fasciculata
butterfly milkweed 28
Asclepias tuberosa
white wild indigo
Baptisia alba
field thistle 28
Cirsium discolor
water hemlock 49
Cicuta maculata
Winged Pigweed 62
Cycloloma atriplicifolium
purple prairie clover 70
Dalea purpurea

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