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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.

honey locust 1
Gleditsia triacanthos
partridge pea 2
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Illinois bundleflower 3
Desmanthus illinoensis
trailing fuzzy-bean 4
Strophostyles helvola
hop trefoil 5
Trifolium campestre
red clover 6
Trifolium pratense
white clover 7
Trifolium repens
white sweetclover 8
Melilotus albus
purple crownvetch 3
Securigera varia
prairie lespedeza 9
Lespedeza leptostachya
Ozark milkvetch 10
Astragalus distortus
white wild indigo
Baptisia alba
eastern redbud 11
Cercis canadensis
black cherry 12
Prunus serotina
common serviceberry 13
Amelanchier arborea
multiflora rose 14
Rosa multiflora
white mulberry 15
Morus alba
Osage-orange 16
Maclura pomifera
stinging nettle 17
Urtica dioica
Siberian elm 18
Ulmus pumila
Japanese Hops 19
Humulus japonicus
common hackberry 20
Celtis occidentalis
common jewelweed 21
Impatiens capensis
Jacob's ladder 22
Polemonium reptans
blue phlox 23
Phlox divaricata
American persimmon 24
Diospyros virginiana
flowering dogwood 25
Cornus florida
swamp milkweed 26
Asclepias incarnata
common milkweed 6
Asclepias syriaca
butterfly milkweed 27
Asclepias tuberosa
hemp dogbane 28
Apocynum cannabinum
curled dock 29
Rumex crispus
water smartweed 30
Persicaria amphibia
Persicaria amphibia emersa 31
pale smartweed 32
Persicaria lapathifolia
American jumpseed 33
Persicaria virginiana
American pokeweed 34
Phytolacca americana
Virginia spring beauty 33
Claytonia virginica
fortune's spindle 19
Euonymus fortunei
field thistle 35
Cirsium discolor
musk thistle 36
Carduus nutans
Bachelor's-buttons 37
Cyanus segetum
chicory 38
Cichorium intybus
common dandelion 39
Taraxacum officinale
blue mistflower 40
Conoclinium coelestinum
late boneset 41
Eupatorium serotinum
white snakeroot 42
Ageratina altissima
common yarrow 43
Achillea millefolium
Buckley's Goldenrod 44
Solidago buckleyi
horseweed 45
Erigeron canadensis
Philadelphia fleabane 14
Erigeron philadelphicus
New England aster 46
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
pale Indian plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
Butterweed 47
Packera glabella
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 48
Coreopsis lanceolata
plains coreopsis 49
Coreopsis tinctoria
purple coneflower 50
Echinacea purpurea
prairie rosinweed 51
Silphium integrifolium
compass plant 35
Silphium laciniatum
prairie dock 35
Silphium terebinthinaceum
common sunflower 52
Helianthus annuus
black-eyed Susan 53
Rudbeckia hirta
cutleaf coneflower 54
Rudbeckia laciniata
common ragweed 55
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
western ragweed 56
Ambrosia psilostachya
giant ragweed 57
Ambrosia trifida
false daisy 24
Eclipta prostrata
grey-headed coneflower 35
Ratibida pinnata
tall bellflower 58
Campanulastrum americanum
great blue lobelia 59
Lobelia siphilitica
Carolina crane's-bill 60
Geranium carolinianum
wild geranium 61
Geranium maculatum
poison ivy 62
Toxicodendron radicans
smooth sumac 63
Rhus glabra
staghorn sumac 64
Rhus typhina
Tree of heaven 65
Ailanthus altissima
boxelder maple 66
Acer negundo
silver maple 53
Acer saccharinum
common evening-primrose 35
Oenothera biennis
white oak 67
Quercus alba
bur oak 68
Quercus macrocarpa
swamp chestnut oak 69
Quercus michauxii
northern red oak 70
Quercus rubra
river birch 71
Betula nigra
eastern black walnut 72
Juglans nigra
great mullein 8
Verbascum thapsus
northern catalpa 73
Catalpa speciosa
beefsteak plant 74
Perilla frutescens
American beautyberry 75
Callicarpa americana
giant blue sage 76
Salvia azurea
pitcher sage
Salvia azurea grandiflora
wild bergamot 77
Monarda fistulosa
common selfheal 78
Prunella vulgaris
henbit deadnettle 79
Lamium amplexicaule
red deadnettle 80
Lamium purpureum
ground-ivy 81
Glechoma hederacea
lanceleaf fogfruit 82
Phyla lanceolata
bloodroot 83
Sanguinaria canadensis
Dutchman's breeches 84
Dicentra cucullaria
Goldenseal 13
Hydrastis canadensis

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