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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.

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

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