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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.

field thistle 1
Cirsium discolor
musk thistle 2
Carduus nutans
Bachelor's-buttons 3
Cyanus segetum
chicory 4
Cichorium intybus
common dandelion 5
Taraxacum officinale
blue mistflower 6
Conoclinium coelestinum
late boneset 7
Eupatorium serotinum
white snakeroot 8
Ageratina altissima
common yarrow 9
Achillea millefolium
Buckley's Goldenrod 10
Solidago buckleyi
horseweed 11
Erigeron canadensis
Philadelphia fleabane 12
Erigeron philadelphicus
New England aster 13
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
pale Indian plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
Butterweed 14
Packera glabella
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 15
Coreopsis lanceolata
plains coreopsis 16
Coreopsis tinctoria
purple coneflower 17
Echinacea purpurea
prairie rosinweed 18
Silphium integrifolium
compass plant 1
Silphium laciniatum
prairie dock 1
Silphium terebinthinaceum
common sunflower 19
Helianthus annuus
black-eyed Susan 20
Rudbeckia hirta
cutleaf coneflower 21
Rudbeckia laciniata
common ragweed 22
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
western ragweed 23
Ambrosia psilostachya
giant ragweed 24
Ambrosia trifida
false daisy 25
Eclipta prostrata
grey-headed coneflower 1
Ratibida pinnata

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