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.

All 500

Japanese Burrowing Cricket ¹
Velarifictorus micado

Two-spotted Tree Cricket ²
Neoxabea bipunctata

Red-headed Bush Cricket ³
Phyllopalpus pulchellus

Northern Mole Cricket ⁴
Neocurtilla hexadactyla

Green-striped Grasshopper ⁵
Chortophaga viridifasciata

Northern Green-striped Grasshopper ⁶
Chortophaga viridifasciata viridifasciata

Wrinkled Grasshopper ⁷
Hippiscus ocelote

Carolina Grasshopper ⁸
Dissosteira carolina

Admirable Grasshopper ⁹
Syrbula admirabilis

Differential Grasshopper ⁹
Melanoplus differentialis

Two-lined Spittlebug ¹⁰
Prosapia bicincta

Green Cone-headed Planthopper ¹¹
Acanalonia conica

Pale Green Assassin Bug ¹²
Zelus luridus

Wheel Bug ¹³
Arilus cristatus

Small Milkweed Bug ¹⁴
Lygaeus kalmii

Spined Soldier Bug ¹⁵
Podisus maculiventris

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug ¹⁶
Halyomorpha halys

Squash Bug ¹⁷
Anasa tristis

Leptoglossus oppositus ¹⁸

Widow Skimmer ¹⁹
Libellula luctuosa

Eastern Pondhawk ²⁰
Erythemis simplicicollis

Eastern Amberwing ²¹
Perithemis tenera

Common Whitetail ²²
Plathemis lydia

Goldenrod Gall Fly ²³
Eurosta solidaginis

Tabanus limbatinevris

Chrysopilus modestus ²⁴

Carolina Mantis ²¹
Stagmomantis carolina

Oriental Cockroach ²⁵
Blatta orientalis

Illinois Cave Amphipod
Gammarus acherondytes

southern adder's-tongue ²⁶
Ophioglossum vulgatum

Christmas fern ²⁷
Polystichum acrostichoides

ebony spleenwort ²⁷
Asplenium platyneuron

sensitive fern ²⁸
Onoclea sensibilis

eastern redcedar ²⁹
Juniperus virginiana

baldcypress ³⁰
Taxodium distichum

honey locust ³¹
Gleditsia triacanthos

partridge pea ³²
Chamaecrista fasciculata

Illinois bundleflower ³³
Desmanthus illinoensis

trailing fuzzy-bean ³⁴
Strophostyles helvola

hop trefoil ³⁵
Trifolium campestre

red clover ³⁶
Trifolium pratense

white clover ³⁷
Trifolium repens

white sweetclover ³⁸
Melilotus albus

purple crownvetch ³³
Securigera varia

prairie lespedeza ³⁹
Lespedeza leptostachya

Ozark milkvetch ⁴⁰
Astragalus distortus

white wild indigo
Baptisia alba

eastern redbud ⁴¹
Cercis canadensis

black cherry ⁴²
Prunus serotina

common serviceberry ⁴
Amelanchier arborea

multiflora rose ⁴³
Rosa multiflora

white mulberry ⁴⁴
Morus alba

Osage-orange ⁴⁵
Maclura pomifera

stinging nettle ⁴⁶
Urtica dioica

Siberian elm ⁴⁷
Ulmus pumila

Japanese Hops ⁴⁸
Humulus japonicus

common hackberry ⁸
Celtis occidentalis

common jewelweed ⁴⁹
Impatiens capensis

Jacob's ladder ⁵⁰
Polemonium reptans

blue phlox ⁵¹
Phlox divaricata

American persimmon ⁵²
Diospyros virginiana

flowering dogwood ⁵³
Cornus florida

swamp milkweed ⁵⁴
Asclepias incarnata

common milkweed ³⁶
Asclepias syriaca

butterfly milkweed ⁵⁵
Asclepias tuberosa

hemp dogbane ⁵⁶
Apocynum cannabinum

curled dock ⁵⁷
Rumex crispus

water smartweed ⁵⁸
Persicaria amphibia

Persicaria amphibia emersa ⁵⁹

pale smartweed ⁶⁰
Persicaria lapathifolia

American jumpseed ⁶¹
Persicaria virginiana

American pokeweed ⁶²
Phytolacca americana

Virginia spring beauty ⁶¹
Claytonia virginica

fortune's spindle ⁴⁸
Euonymus fortunei

field thistle ⁶³
Cirsium discolor

musk thistle ⁶⁴
Carduus nutans

Bachelor's-buttons ⁶⁵
Cyanus segetum

chicory ⁶⁶
Cichorium intybus

common dandelion ⁶⁷
Taraxacum officinale

blue mistflower ⁶⁸
Conoclinium coelestinum

late boneset ⁶⁹
Eupatorium serotinum

white snakeroot ⁷⁰
Ageratina altissima

common yarrow ⁷¹
Achillea millefolium

Buckley's Goldenrod ⁷²
Solidago buckleyi

horseweed ⁷³
Erigeron canadensis

Philadelphia fleabane ⁴³
Erigeron philadelphicus

New England aster ⁷⁴
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

pale Indian plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium

Butterweed ⁷⁵
Packera glabella

Lance-leaved Coreopsis ⁷⁶
Coreopsis lanceolata

plains coreopsis ⁷⁷
Coreopsis tinctoria

purple coneflower ⁷⁸
Echinacea purpurea

prairie rosinweed ⁷⁹
Silphium integrifolium

compass plant ⁶³
Silphium laciniatum

prairie dock ⁶³
Silphium terebinthinaceum

common sunflower ⁸⁰
Helianthus annuus

black-eyed Susan ⁸¹
Rudbeckia hirta

cutleaf coneflower ⁸²
Rudbeckia laciniata

common ragweed ⁸³
Ambrosia artemisiifolia

western ragweed ⁸⁴
Ambrosia psilostachya

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