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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 ↓

Michigan lily 1
Lilium michiganense
Jack-in-the-pulpit 2
Arisaema triphyllum
Solomon's seal 3
Polygonatum biflorum
false Solomon's-seal 4
Maianthemum racemosum
bluejacket 5
Tradescantia ohiensis
largeflower bellwort 6
Uvularia grandiflora
nodding onion 7
Allium cernuum
Wild Garlic 8
Allium canadense
small white leek 9
Allium tricoccum
white fawnlily 10
Erythronium albidum
broadleaf arrowhead 11
Sagittaria latifolia
pickerelweed 12
Pontederia cordata
American beachgrass 13
Ammophila breviligulata
eastern skunk cabbage 14
Symplocarpus foetidus
big bluestem 15
Andropogon gerardii
Canada wild rye 15
Elymus canadensis
sideoats grama 15
Bouteloua curtipendula
Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
Blue-joint Reedgrass
Calamagrostis canadensis langsdorfii
Fowl Mannagrass 2
Glyceria striata
rice cutgrass 16
Leersia oryzoides
switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Indiangrass 17
Sorghastrum nutans
little bluestem 18
Schizachyrium scoparium
hairy sedge 8
Carex hirtifolia
tussock sedge 1
Carex stricta
prairie dropseed 17
Sporobolus heterolepis
Pennsylvania sedge 19
Carex pensylvanica
Soft Rush 20
Juncus effusus
Baltic Rush 21
Juncus balticus
Torrey's rush 22
Juncus torreyi

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