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The Natural World of Southern Illinois

This is a growing guide of all the wildlife and plant species that one might find in Southern Illinois.

dwarf larkspur 1
Delphinium tricorne
cursed crowfoot 2
Ranunculus sceleratus
mayapple 3
Podophyllum peltatum
field bindweed 4
Convolvulus arvensis
hedge bindweed 5
Calystegia sepium
Japanese honeysuckle 6
Lonicera japonica
Amur honeysuckle 7
Lonicera maackii
American black elderberry 8
Sambucus canadensis
clustered black snakeroot 9
Sanicula odorata
rattlesnake master 10
Eryngium yuccifolium
harbinger of spring 11
Erigenia bulbosa
wild carrot 12
Daucus carota
heart-leaf golden Alexanders 13
Zizia aptera
golden Alexander 14
Zizia aurea
poison hemlock 15
Conium maculatum
swamp rose mallow 16
Hibiscus moscheutos
northern spicebush 17
Lindera benzoin
sassafras 18
Sassafras albidum
common pawpaw 19
Asimina triloba
tulip tree 20
Liriodendron tulipifera
eastern cottonwood 21
Populus deltoides
common blue violet 22
Viola sororia
Carolina leaf-flower 23
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
Carolina leafflower
Phyllanthus caroliniensis caroliniensis
shrubby St. John's-wort 24
Hypericum prolificum
Canadian wild ginger 25
Asarum canadense
American sycamore 26
Platanus occidentalis
upright yellow woodsorrel 27
Oxalis stricta
dame's rocket 28
Hesperis matronalis
cut-leaved toothwort 29
Cardamine concatenata
Rocky Mountain bee plant 30
Peritoma serrulata
American sweetgum 31
Liquidambar styraciflua
Virginia creeper 32
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Porcelain Berry 12
Ampelopsis glandulosa
porcelain berry 33
Ampelopsis glandulosa brevipedunculata
Indiangrass 34
Sorghastrum nutans
river cane 35
Arundinaria gigantea
switchgrass 36
Panicum virgatum
prairie dropseed 37
Sporobolus heterolepis
common reed 38
Phragmites australis
bulrush 39
Typha latifolia
putty root 40
Aplectrum hyemale
Spiranthes cernua
Spiranthes incurva
false Solomon's seal 41
Maianthemum racemosum
common star-of-Bethlehem 42
Ornithogalum umbellatum
wild garlic 43
Allium vineale
orange day-lily 44
Hemerocallis fulva
white fawnlily 45
Erythronium albidum
prairie trillium 46
Trillium recurvatum
Illinois Greenbrier 47
Smilax illinoensis
bristly greenbrier 48
Smilax tamnoides
largeflower bellwort 21
Uvularia grandiflora
Jack-in-the-pulpit 49
Arisaema triphyllum
Asiatic dayflower 50
Commelina communis

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