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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 ↓

giant ragweed 1
Ambrosia trifida
common ragweed 2
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Prairie Coreopsis 3
Coreopsis palmata
tall boneset 4
Eupatorium altissimum
tall coreopsis 3
Coreopsis tripteris
late boneset 5
Eupatorium serotinum
Sweet Joe-Pye-weed 6
Eutrochium purpureum
sawtooth sunflower 7
Helianthus grosseserratus
Fewleaf Sunflower 3
Helianthus occidentalis
ashy sunflower 8
Helianthus mollis
prairie rosinweed 9
Silphium integrifolium
cup plant 10
Silphium perfoliatum
pale Indian plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
beach wormwood
Artemisia campestris caudata
field thistle 11
Cirsium discolor
pale purple coneflower 12
Echinacea pallida
purple coneflower 13
Echinacea purpurea
flat-topped goldenrod 14
Euthamia graminifolia
large-leaved aster 1
Eurybia macrophylla
Riddell's goldenrod 7
Solidago riddellii
stiff goldenrod
Solidago rigida humile
wild quinine 10
Parthenium integrifolium
grey-headed coneflower 15
Ratibida pinnata
black-eyed Susan 16
Rudbeckia hirta
cutleaf coneflower 17
Rudbeckia laciniata
Brown-eyed Susan 18
Rudbeckia triloba
late goldenrod 19
Solidago altissima altissima
broad-leaved goldenrod 10
Solidago flexicaulis
bluestem goldenrod 10
Solidago caesia
early goldenrod 7
Solidago juncea
giant goldenrod 20
Solidago gigantea
field goldenrod 21
Solidago nemoralis
white heath aster 22
Symphyotrichum ericoides
elm-leaved goldenrod 3
Solidago ulmifolia
smooth blue aster 3
Symphyotrichum laeve
Smooth Ironweed 12
Vernonia fasciculata
wingstem 23
Verbesina alternifolia
prairie dock 11
Silphium terebinthinaceum
compass plant 11
Silphium laciniatum

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