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

sawtooth sunflower ³
Helianthus grosseserratus

Fewleaf Sunflower ⁴
Helianthus occidentalis

ashy sunflower ⁵
Helianthus mollis

prairie rosinweed ⁶
Silphium integrifolium

cup plant ⁷
Silphium perfoliatum

pale purple coneflower ⁸
Echinacea pallida

purple coneflower ⁹
Echinacea purpurea

wild quinine ⁷
Parthenium integrifolium

grey-headed coneflower ¹⁰
Ratibida pinnata

black-eyed Susan ¹¹
Rudbeckia hirta

cutleaf coneflower ¹²
Rudbeckia laciniata

Brown-eyed Susan ¹³
Rudbeckia triloba

wingstem ¹⁴
Verbesina alternifolia

prairie dock ¹⁵
Silphium terebinthinaceum

compass plant ¹⁵
Silphium laciniatum

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DRAFT DO NOT USE: Chicago Park District Rapid Assessment Species

giant ragweed 1 Ambrosia trifida

common ragweed 2 Ambrosia artemisiifolia

sawtooth sunflower 3 Helianthus grosseserratus

Fewleaf Sunflower 4 Helianthus occidentalis

ashy sunflower 5 Helianthus mollis

prairie rosinweed 6 Silphium integrifolium

cup plant 7 Silphium perfoliatum

pale purple coneflower 8 Echinacea pallida

purple coneflower 9 Echinacea purpurea

wild quinine 7 Parthenium integrifolium

grey-headed coneflower 10 Ratibida pinnata

black-eyed Susan 11 Rudbeckia hirta

cutleaf coneflower 12 Rudbeckia laciniata

Brown-eyed Susan 13 Rudbeckia triloba

wingstem 14 Verbesina alternifolia

prairie dock 15 Silphium terebinthinaceum

compass plant 15 Silphium laciniatum