A suburban Chicago ecosystem
Plant Species
Horse Nettle (Solanum carolinense)
Forbs: 96 Species
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
American Vetch (Vicia americana)
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
Annual Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
Biennial Gaura (Oenothera gaura)
Big-leaved Aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Black-eyed Susan (Orange Coneflower) (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)
Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
Bradbury's Monarda (Monarda Bradburiana)
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Butterweed (Packera glabella)
Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Cinnamon Willow Herb (Epilobium coloratum)
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
Common Chickory (Cichorium intybus)
Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
Common Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Common Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Crown Vetch (nonnative) (Coronilla varia)
Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)
Early Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica)
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea)
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia syphilitica)
Halberd-leaved Rose Mallow (Hibiscus laevis)
Heart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
Heart-leaved Golden Alexander (Zizia aptera)
Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)
Horse Nettle (Solanum carolinense)
Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
Joe Pye Weed ('Little Joe' cultivar) (Eutrochium dubium)
Lance-leaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
Marsh Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistylus)
Michigan Lily (Lilium michiganense)
Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens)
Narrow-leaved Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)
Native Hibiscus (Hibiscus spp)
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana)
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
Pale Purple Coneflower ()
Panicled Aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)
Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya)
Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum)
Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpura)
Purple Loosestrife (Nonnative, Invasive) (Lythrum salicaria)
Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens)
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
Queen of the Prairie (Filipendula rubra)
Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Red Clover (Nonnative) ()
Royal Catchfly (Silene regia)
Sawtooth Sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus)
Short's Aster (Symphyotrichum shortii)
Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum commutatum)
- Southern Blue Flag Iris (Iris Virginica var. Shrevei)
Spotted Touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)
Sullivant's Milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)
Sweet Joe Pye (Eutrochium purpureum)
Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana)
Tall Coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
White Clover (Nonnative) (Trifolium repens)
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba)
Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Wild Petunia (Ruellia humilis)
Wood Betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
Yellow Goatsbeard (Nonnative) (Tragopogon dubius)
Zig Zag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
Woodland Flowering Plants: 15 Species
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Cutleaf Toothwort (Dentaria laciniata)
Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
Midwestern Carrionflower (Smilax lasioneura)
Prairie Trillium (Trillium recurvatum)
Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia)
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum)
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Shrubs and Trees: 17 Species
Alder spp (Alnus spp)
American Hazelnut (Corylus americana)
Ash spp (Fraxinus spp)
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana)
Common Buckthorn (invasive) (Rhamnus cathartica)
Common Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
Kalm's St. John's Wort (Hypericum kalmianum)
- Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens)
Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier grandiflora)
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
Willow spp (Salix spp)
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