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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.

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

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