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 ↓

American beachgrass ¹
Ammophila breviligulata

big bluestem ²
Andropogon gerardii

Canada wild rye ²
Elymus canadensis

sideoats grama ²
Bouteloua curtipendula

Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens

Blue-joint Reedgrass
Calamagrostis canadensis langsdorfii

Fowl Mannagrass ³
Glyceria striata

rice cutgrass ⁴
Leersia oryzoides

switchgrass
Panicum virgatum

Indiangrass ⁵
Sorghastrum nutans

little bluestem ⁶
Schizachyrium scoparium

hairy sedge ⁷
Carex hirtifolia

tussock sedge ⁸
Carex stricta

prairie dropseed ⁵
Sporobolus heterolepis

Pennsylvania sedge ⁹
Carex pensylvanica

Soft Rush ¹⁰
Juncus effusus

Baltic Rush ¹¹
Juncus balticus

Torrey's rush ¹²
Juncus torreyi

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DRAFT DO NOT USE: Chicago Park District Rapid Assessment Species

American beachgrass 1 Ammophila breviligulata

big bluestem 2 Andropogon gerardii

Canada wild rye 2 Elymus canadensis

sideoats grama 2 Bouteloua curtipendula

Hairy Woodland Brome Bromus pubescens

Blue-joint Reedgrass Calamagrostis canadensis langsdorfii

Fowl Mannagrass 3 Glyceria striata

rice cutgrass 4 Leersia oryzoides

switchgrass Panicum virgatum

Indiangrass 5 Sorghastrum nutans

little bluestem 6 Schizachyrium scoparium

hairy sedge 7 Carex hirtifolia

tussock sedge 8 Carex stricta

prairie dropseed 5 Sporobolus heterolepis

Pennsylvania sedge 9 Carex pensylvanica

Soft Rush 10 Juncus effusus

Baltic Rush 11 Juncus balticus

Torrey's rush 12 Juncus torreyi