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

giant ragweed ¹
Ambrosia trifida

false daisy ²
Eclipta prostrata

grey-headed coneflower ³
Ratibida pinnata

tall bellflower ⁴
Campanulastrum americanum

great blue lobelia ⁵
Lobelia siphilitica

Carolina crane's-bill ⁶
Geranium carolinianum

wild geranium ⁷
Geranium maculatum

poison ivy ⁸
Toxicodendron radicans

smooth sumac ⁹
Rhus glabra

staghorn sumac ¹⁰
Rhus typhina

Tree of heaven ¹¹
Ailanthus altissima

boxelder maple ¹²
Acer negundo

silver maple ¹³
Acer saccharinum

common evening-primrose ³
Oenothera biennis

white oak ¹⁴
Quercus alba

bur oak ¹⁵
Quercus macrocarpa

swamp chestnut oak ¹⁶
Quercus michauxii

northern red oak ¹⁷
Quercus rubra

river birch ¹⁸
Betula nigra

eastern black walnut ¹⁹
Juglans nigra

great mullein ²⁰
Verbascum thapsus

northern catalpa ²¹
Catalpa speciosa

beefsteak plant ²²
Perilla frutescens

American beautyberry ²³
Callicarpa americana

giant blue sage ²⁴
Salvia azurea

pitcher sage
Salvia azurea grandiflora

wild bergamot ²⁵
Monarda fistulosa

common selfheal ²⁶
Prunella vulgaris

henbit deadnettle ²⁷
Lamium amplexicaule

red deadnettle ²⁸
Lamium purpureum

ground-ivy ²⁹
Glechoma hederacea

lanceleaf fogfruit ³⁰
Phyla lanceolata

bloodroot ³¹
Sanguinaria canadensis

Dutchman's breeches ³²
Dicentra cucullaria

Goldenseal ³³
Hydrastis canadensis

dwarf larkspur ³⁴
Delphinium tricorne

cursed crowfoot ³⁵
Ranunculus sceleratus

mayapple ³⁶
Podophyllum peltatum

field bindweed ³⁷
Convolvulus arvensis

hedge bindweed ³⁸
Calystegia sepium

Japanese honeysuckle ³⁹
Lonicera japonica

Amur honeysuckle ⁴⁰
Lonicera maackii

American black elderberry ⁴¹
Sambucus canadensis

clustered black snakeroot ⁴²
Sanicula odorata

rattlesnake master ⁴³
Eryngium yuccifolium

harbinger of spring ⁴⁴
Erigenia bulbosa

wild carrot ⁴⁵
Daucus carota

heart-leaf golden Alexanders ⁴⁶
Zizia aptera

golden Alexander ⁵
Zizia aurea

poison hemlock ¹³
Conium maculatum

swamp rose mallow ⁴⁷
Hibiscus moscheutos

northern spicebush ⁴⁸
Lindera benzoin

sassafras ³³
Sassafras albidum

common pawpaw ⁴⁹
Asimina triloba

tulip tree ⁵⁰
Liriodendron tulipifera

eastern cottonwood ⁵¹
Populus deltoides

common blue violet ⁵²
Viola sororia

Carolina leaf-flower ⁵³
Phyllanthus caroliniensis

Carolina leafflower
Phyllanthus caroliniensis caroliniensis

shrubby St. John's-wort ⁵⁴
Hypericum prolificum

Canadian wild ginger ⁵⁵
Asarum canadense

American sycamore ⁵⁶
Platanus occidentalis

upright yellow woodsorrel ⁵⁷
Oxalis stricta

dame's rocket ⁵⁸
Hesperis matronalis

cut-leaved toothwort ⁵⁹
Cardamine concatenata

Rocky Mountain bee plant ⁶⁰
Peritoma serrulata

American sweetgum ⁶¹
Liquidambar styraciflua

Virginia creeper ⁶²
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Porcelain Berry ⁴⁵
Ampelopsis glandulosa

porcelain berry ⁶³
Ampelopsis glandulosa brevipedunculata

Indiangrass ⁶⁴
Sorghastrum nutans

river cane ⁶⁵
Arundinaria gigantea

switchgrass ⁶⁶
Panicum virgatum

prairie dropseed ⁶⁷
Sporobolus heterolepis

common reed ⁶⁸
Phragmites australis

bulrush ⁶⁹
Typha latifolia

putty root ⁷⁰
Aplectrum hyemale

Spiranthes cernua

Spiranthes incurva

false Solomon's seal ⁷¹
Maianthemum racemosum

common star-of-Bethlehem ⁷²
Ornithogalum umbellatum

wild garlic ⁷³
Allium vineale

orange day-lily ⁷⁴
Hemerocallis fulva

white fawnlily ⁷⁵
Erythronium albidum

prairie trillium ⁷⁶
Trillium recurvatum

Illinois Greenbrier ⁷⁷
Smilax illinoensis

bristly greenbrier ⁷⁸
Smilax tamnoides

largeflower bellwort ⁵¹
Uvularia grandiflora

Jack-in-the-pulpit ⁷⁹
Arisaema triphyllum

Asiatic dayflower ⁸⁰
Commelina communis

Oyster Mushroom ⁸¹
Pleurotus ostreatus

giant puffball ⁸²
Calvatia gigantea

Peeling Puffball ⁸³
Lycoperdon marginatum

stump puffball ⁸⁴
Lycoperdon pyriforme

mica cap ⁸⁵
Coprinellus micaceus

turkey-tail ⁸⁶
Trametes versicolor

chicken of the woods ⁸⁷
Laetiporus sulphureus

Dryad's Saddle ⁸⁸
Polyporus squamosus

lion's mane mushroom ⁸⁹
Hericium erinaceus

Common Morel ⁹⁰
Morchella americana

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