Native Champaign County Woodland Forbs
Scientific name Common Name
Acalypha ostryaefolia THREE-SEEDED MERCURY Acalypha rhomboidea THREE-SEEDED MERCURY Acalypha virginica THREE-SEEDED MERCURY Actaea pachypoda DOLL'S-EYES Adiantum pedatum MAIDENHAIR FERN Agalinis tenuifolia SLENDER FALSE FOXGLOVE Agastache nepetoides YELLOW GIANT HYSSOP Agastache scrophulariaefolia PURPLE GIANT HYSSOP Agrimonia gryposepala TALL AGRIMONY Agrimonia parviflora SWAMP AGRIMONY Agrimonia pubescens SOFT AGRIMONY Allium canadense WILD GARLIC Allium tricoccum RAMP Allium vineale FIELD GARLIC Ambrosia trifida BUFFALO WEED Anemone canadensis MEADOW ANEMONE Anemone cylindrica CANDLE ANEMONE Anemone virginiana TALL ANEMONE Antennaria plantaginifolia EVERLASTING Antennaria plantaginifolia ambigens EVERLASTING Antennaria plantaginifolia arnoglossa EVERLASTING Aplectrum hyemale ADAM-AND-EVE Apocynum X medium INTERMEDIATE DOGBANE Apocynum androsaemifolium SPREADING DOGBANE Apocynum cannabinum DOGBANE Aquilegia canadensis COLUMBINE Arabis laevigata SMOOTH ROCK CRESS Arabis shortii TOOTHED CRESS Aralia racemosa AMERICAN SPIKENARD Arisaema dracontium GREEN DRAGON Arisaema triphyllum INDIAN TURNIP Asarum canadense reflexum CANADA WILD GINGER Asclepias exaltata POKE MILKWEED Asclepias sullivantii PRAIRIE MILKWEED Asclepias syriaca COMMON MILKWEED Asclepias tuberosa interior BUTTERFLYWEED Asclepias verticillata HORSETAIL MILKWEED
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Scientific Name Common Name
Asclepias viridiflora GREEN MILKWEED Asplenium platyneuron EBONY SPLEENWORT Aster azureus AZURE ASTER Aster cordifolius BLUEWOOD ASTER Aster drummondii DRUMMOND'S ASTER Aster ericoides HEATH ASTER Aster ericoides prostratus HEATH ASTER Aster laevis SMOOTH ASTER Aster lateriflorus SIDE-FLOWERED ASTER Aster novae-angliae NEW ENGLAND ASTER Aster ontarionis ONTARIO ASTER Aster pilosus HAIRY ASTER Aster sagittifolius ARROW ASTER Aster shortii SHORT'S ASTER Astragalus canadensis CANADIAN MILK VETCH Athyrium pycnocarpon GLADE FERN Athyrium thelypterioides SILVERY SPLEENWORT Aureolaria grandiflora pulchra YELLOW FALSE FOXGLOVE Bidens bipinnata SPANISH NEEDLES Blephilia ciliata PAGODA PLANT Blephilia hirsuta PAGODA PLANT Botrychium dissectum BRONZE FERN Botrychium dissectum obliquum BRONZE FERN Botrychium virginianum RATTLESNAKE FERN Brickellia eupatorioides FALSE BONESET Cacalia atriplicifolia PALE INDIAN PLANTAIN Cacalia muhlenbergii GREAT INDIAN PLANTAIN Cacalia plantaginea PRAIRIE INDIAN PLANTAIN Caltha palustris COWSLIP Calystegia sepium americana AMERICAN BINDWEED Calystegia spithamaea DWARF BINDWEED Camassia scilloides WILD HYACINTH Campanula americana AMERICAN BELLFLOWER Campanula rapunculoides EUROPEAN BELLFLOWER Cardamine bulbosa BULB BITTERCRESS Cardamine douglassii NORTHERN BITTER CRESS Cardamine pensylvanica BITTER CRESS
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Scientific Name Common Name
Cassia marilandica MARYLAND SENNA Castilleja coccinea INDIAN PAINTBRUSH Caulophyllum thalictroides BLUE COHOSH Cerastium nutans NODDING MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED Chaerophyllum procumbens WILD CHERVIL Chamaesyce maculata NODDING SPURGE Chelone glabra WHITE TURTLEHEAD Chenopodium desiccatum leptophylloides NARROW-LEAVED GOOSEFOOT Chenopodium gigantospermum MAPLE-LEAVED GOOSEFOOT Chenopodium standleyanum GOOSEFOOT Circaea lutetiana canadensis ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE Cirsium altissimum TALL THISTLE Claytonia virginica SPRING BEAUTY Coeloglossum viride BRACTED GREEN ORCHID Collinsia verna BLUE-EYED MARY Comandra umbellata BASTARD TOAD-FLAX Coreopsis palmata PRAIRIE COREOPSIS Coreopsis tripteris TALL COREOPSIS Corydalis aurea GOLDEN CORYDALIS Croton glandulosus septentrionalis SAND CROTON Cryptotaenia canadensis HONEWORT Cuphea viscosissima BLUE WAXWEED Cypripedium pubescens LG. YELLOW LADY-SLIPPER ORCHID Cystopteris protrusa FRAGILE FERN Dasistoma macrophylla MULLEIN FOXGLOVE Dentaria laciniata PEPPER-ROOT Desmodium canadense SHOWY TICK TREFOIL Desmodium canescens HOARY TICK TREFOIL Desmodium cuspidatum TICK TREFOIL Desmodium cuspidatum longifolium TICK TREFOIL Desmodium glabellum TICK TREFOIL Desmodium glutinosum BEGGAR'S LICE Desmodium nudiflorum BARE-STEMMED TICK TREFOIL Desmodium paniculatum PANICLED TICK TREFOIL Dicentra canadensis SQUIRREL-CORN Dicentra cucullaria DUTCHMAN'S-BREECHES Dodecatheon meadia SHOOTING STAR
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Scientific Name Common Name
Echinodorus berteroi lanceolatus BURHEAD Ellisia nyctelea AUNT LUCY Equisetum arvense COMMON HORSETAIL Erechtites hieracifolia FIRE WEED Erigenia bulbosa HARBINGER-OF-SPRING Erigeron pulchellus ROBIN'S PLANTAIN Eryngium yuccifolium RATTLESNAKE MASTER Erythronium albidum WHITE ADDER'S TONGUE Erythronium americanum YELLOW ADDER'S TONGUE Eupatorium altissimum TALL BONESET Eupatorium coelestinum BLUE BONSET Eupatorium perfoliatum COMMON BONESET Eupatorium purpureum GREEN-STEMMED JOE-PYE WEED Eupatorium rugosum WHITE SNAKEROOT Euphorbia corollata FLOWERING SPURGE Euphorbia obtusata BLUNT-LEAVED SPURGE Floerkea proserpinacoides FALSE MERMAID Fragaria virginiana WILD STRAWBERRY Galearis spectabilis SHOWY ORCHIS Galium aparine ANNUAL BEDSTRAW Galium circaezans WILD LICORICE Galium concinnum SHINING BEDSTRAW Galium obtusum WILD MADDER Galium triflorum SWEET-SCENTED BEDSTRAW Gaura biennis BUTTERFLY-WEED Gentianella quinquefolia occidentalis STIFF GENTIAN Geranium carolinianum WILD CRANESBILL Geranium maculatum WILD GERANIUM Geum canadense WHITE AVENS Geum laciniatum ROUGH AVENS Geum vernum SPRING AVENS Glandularia canadensis ROSE VERBENA Gnaphalium obtusifolium CATFOOT Gratiola neglecta CLAMMY HEDGE HYSSOP Hackelia virginiana STICKSEED Hedeoma hispida ROUGH PENNYROYAL Hedeoma pulegioides AMERICAN PENNYROYAL
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Scientific Name Common Name
Hedyotis purpurea calycosa BLUETS Helenium autumnale AUTUMN SNEEZEWEED Helenium flexuosum PURPLE-HEADED SNEEZEWEED Helianthemum bicknellii FROSTWEED Helianthus decapetalus PALE SUNFLOWER Helianthus divaricatus DIVERGENT SUNFLOWER Helianthus grosseserratus SAWTOOTH SUNFLOWER Helianthus hirsutus BRISTLY SUNFLOWER Helianthus mollis ASHY SUNFLOWER Helianthus occidentalis WESTERN SUNFLOWER Helianthus strumosus PALE-LEAVED SUNFLOWER Helianthus tuberosus subcanescens JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE Heliopsis helianthoides FALSE SUNFLOWER Hepatica nobilis acuta SHARP-LOBED HEPATICA Heracleum lanatum COW PARSNIP Heuchera americana hirsuticaulis TALL ALUMROOT Hieracium gronovii HAIRY HAWKWEED Hieracium longipilum HAIRY HAWKWEED Hieracium scabrum HAIRY HAWKWEED Hybanthus concolor GREEN VIOLET Hydrastis canadensis GOLDEN SEAL Hydrophyllum appendiculatum GREAT WATERLEAF Hydrophyllum canadense BROAD-LEAVED WATERLEAF Hydrophyllum virginianum VIRGINIA WATERLEAF Hypericum punctatum SPOTTED ST. JOHNS-WORT Hypericum sphaerocarpum ROUND-FRUITED ST. JOHNS-WORT Impatiens capensis JEWELWEED Impatiens pallida PALE TOUCH-ME-NOT Iodanthus pinnatifidus PURPLE ROCKET Ipomoea lacunosa SMALL WHITE MORNING-GLORY Ipomoea pandurata WILD SWEET POTATO VINE Isopyrum biternatum FALSE RUE ANEMONE Krigia biflora FALSE DANDELOIN Lactuca canadensis CANADA LETTUCE Lactuca floridana BLUE LETTUCE Laportea canadensis CANADA WOOD NETTLE Lespedeza violacea VIOLET BUSH CLOVER
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Scientific Name Common Name Lespedeza virginica SLENDER BUSH CLOVER Liatris aspera ROUGH BLAZING STAR Liatris cylindracea CYLINDRICAL BLAZING STAR Lilium michiganense MICHIGAN LILY Lindernia dubia FALSE PIMPERNEL Lindernia dubia anagallidea SLENDER FALSE PIMPERNEL Liparis liliifolia LARGE TWAYBLADE Lithospermum latifolium AMERICAN GROMWELL Lobelia cardinalis CARDINAL-FLOWER Lobelia inflata INDIAN TOBACCO Lobelia siphilitica BLUE CARDINAL-FLOWER Lobelia spicata SPIKED LOBELIA Lobelia spicata leptostachys SPIKED LOBELIA Ludwigia polycarpa FALSE LOOSESTRIFE Lycopus americanus COMMON WATER HOREHOUND Lycopus virginicus BUGLE WEED Lysimachia ciliata FRINGED LOOSESTRIFE Lysimachia lanceolata LANCE-LEAVED LOOSESTRIFE Mertensia virginica BLUEBELLS Mimulus alatus WINGED MONKEY FLOWER Mimulus ringens MONKEY FLOWER Mitella diphylla BISHOP'S-CAP Moehringia lateriflora BLUNTLEAF SANDWORT Monarda bradburiana MONARDA Monarda fistulosa WILD BERGAMOT Monarda punctata villicaulis HORSEMINT Monotropa uniflora INDIAN PIPE Napaea dioica GLADE MALLOW Nothoscordum bivalve CROW POISON Oenothera biennis EVENING PRIMROSE Oenothera biennis canescens EVENING PRIMROSE Onoclea sensibilis SENSITIVE FERN Orobanche uniflora CANCER-ROOT Osmorhiza claytonii SWEET CICELY Osmorhiza longistylis ANISE-ROOT Oxalis dillenii YELLOW WOOD SORREL Oxalis stricta YELLOW WOOD SORREL Oxalis violacea PURPLE OXALIS
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Scientific Name Common Name
Oxypolis rigidior COWBANE Panax quinquefolius GINSENG Parietaria pensylvanica PENNSYLVANIA PELLITORY Paronychia fastigiata FORKED CHICKWEED Parthenium integrifolium AMERICAN FEVERFEW Pedicularis canadensis LOUSEWORT Penstemon calycosus SMOOTH BEARD-TONGUE Penstemon digitalis FOXGLOVE BEARD-TONGUE Penthorum sedoides DITCH STONECROP Perideridia Americana Phlox divaricata laphamii BLUE PHLOX Phlox glaberrima interior SMOOTH PHLOX Phlox maculata WILD SWEET WILLIAM Phlox paniculata GARDEN PHLOX Phlox pilosa DOWNY PHLOX Phryma leptostachya LOPSEED Physalis heterophylla GROUND CHERRY Physalis pubescens ANNUAL GROUND CHERRY Physalis subglabrata SMOOTH GROUND CHERRY Physalis virginiana GROUND CHERRY Physostegia speciosa FALSE DRAGONHEAD Physostegia virginiana FALSE DRAGONHEAD Phytolacca americana POKEWEED Pilea fontana CLEARWEED Pilea pumila CANADA CLEARWEED Plantago aristata BRACTED PLANTAIN Plantago cordata HEARTLEAF PLANTAIN Plantago rugelii RED-STALKED PLANTAIN Platanthera leucophaea PRAIRIE WHITE FRINGED ORCHID Podophyllum peltatum MAYAPPLE Poinsettia dentata WILD POINSETTIA Polemonium reptans JACOB'S-LADDER Polygala senega SENECA SNAKEROOT Polygonatum commutatum GREAT SOLOMON SEAL Polygonum erectum ERECT KNOTWEED Polygonum punctatum DOTTED SMARTWEED Polygonum virginianum VIRGINIA KNOTWEED Polymnia canadensis LEAFCUP
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Scientific Name Common Name
Polystichum acrostichoides CHRISTMAS FERN Porteranthus stipulatus INDIAN PHYSIC Potentilla simplex COMMON CINQUEFOIL Prenanthes aspera ROUGH WHITE LETTUCE Prenanthes crepidinea GREAT WHITE LETTUCE Prunella vulgaris elongata SELF-HEAL Psoralea onobrychis FRENCH GRASS Pteridium aquilinum latiusculum BRACKEN FERN Pycnanthemum pilosum HAIRY MOUNTAIN MINT Pycnanthemum tenuifolium SLENDER MOUNTAIN MINT Pycnanthemum virginianum COMMON MOUNTAIN MINT Ranunculus abortivus LITTLE-LEAF BUTTERCUP Ranunculus fascicularis EARLY BUTTERCUP Ranunculus hispidus BRISTLY BUTTERCUP Ranunculus recurvatus HOOKED BUTTERCUP Ranunculus septentrionalis SWAMP BUTTERCUP Ratibida pinnata DROOPING CONEFLOWER Rorippa islandica fernaldiana MARSH YELLOW CRESS Rorippa sessiliflora SESSILE-FLOWERED CRESS Rudbeckia hirta BLACK-EYED SUSAN Rudbeckia laciniata CUTLEAF CONEFLOWER Rudbeckia subtomentosa FRAGRANT CONEFLOWER Rudbeckia triloba BROWN-EYED SUSAN Ruellia humilis HAIRY RUELLIA Ruellia strepens SMOOTH RUELLIA Rumex altissimus PALE DOCK Rumex verticillatus SWAMP DOCK Sabatia angularis MARSH PINK Sagittaria latifolia ARROWHEAD Samolus valerandii BROOKWEED Sanguinaria canadensis BLOODROOT Sanicula canadensis CANADIAN BLACK SNAKEROOT Sanicula gregaria COMMON SNAKEROOT Saururus cernuus LIZARD'S TAIL Scrophularia lanceolata EARLY FIGWORT Scrophularia marilandica LATE FIGWORT Scutellaria incana DOWNY SKULLCAP Scutellaria lateriflora MAD-DOG SKULLCAP
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Scientific Name Common Name
Scutellaria parvula SMALL SKULLCAP Sedum ternatum THREE-LEAVED STONECROP Senecio aureus GOLDEN RAGWORT Senecio glabellus BUTTERWEED Senecio obovatus ROUNDLEAF RAGWORT Senecio pauperculus BALSAM GROUNDSEL Senecio plattensis PRAIRIE GROUNDSEL Silene stellata STARRY CAMPION Silene virginica FIREPINK Silphium integrifolium WHOLELEAF ROSINWEED Silphium perfoliatum CUP PLANT Silphium terebinthinaceum DOCK ROSIN-WEED Sium suave WATER PARSNIP Smilacina racemosa FALSE SOLOMON SEAL Smilacina stellata STARRY FALSE SOLOMON SEAL Smilax ecirrata UPRIGHT CARRION FLOWER Solanum ptycanthum BLACK NIGHTSHADE Solidago caesia BLUESTEM GOLDENROD Solidago canadensis CANADA GOLDENROD Solidago flexicaulis BROADLEAF GOLDENROD Solidago gigantea LATE GOLDENROD Solidago juncea EARLY GOLDENROD Solidago missouriensis MISSOURI GOLDENROD Solidago nemoralis DYERSWEED GOLDENROD Solidago rigida RIGID GOLDENROD Solidago speciosa SHOWY GOLDENROD Solidago ulmifolia ELM-LEAVED GOLDENROD Stachys tenuifolia SLENDERLEAF BETONY Stachys tenuifolia hispida HAIRY HEDGE NETTLE Stellaria longifolia CHICKWEED Strophostyles helvola WILD BEAN Taenidia integerrima YELLOW PIMPERNEL Teucrium canadense boreale GRAY GERMANDER Teucrium canadense virginicum AMERICAN GERMANDER Thalictrum dasycarpum PURPLE MEADOW RUE Thalictrum dasycarpum hypoglaucum MEADOW RUE Thalictrum dioicum EARLY MEADOW RUE Thalictrum revolutum WAXY MEADOW RUE
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Scientific Name Common Name
Thalictrum thalictroides RUE ANEMONE Thaspium barbinode HAIRY MEADOW PARSNIP Thelypteris palustris pubescens MARSH FERN Tradescantia ohiensis SPIDERWORT Tradescantia subaspera SPIDERWORT Tradescantia virginiana SPIDERWORT Trillium flexipes DECLINED TRILLIUM Trillium recurvatum RED TRILLIUM Triosteum aurantiacum EARLY HORSE GENTIAN Triosteum illinoense ILLINOIS HORSE GENTIAN Triosteum perfoliatum LATE HORSE GENTIAN Urtica dioica STINGING NETTLE Uvularia grandiflora BIG MERRY BELLS Verbena hastata BLUE VERVAIN Verbena stricta HOARY VERVAIN Verbena urticifolia WHITE VERVIAN Verbesina alternifolia WING STEM Verbesina helianthoides YELLOW CROWNBEARD Vernonia gigantea TALL IRON WEED Vernonia missurica MISSOURI IRONWEED Veronica peregrina PURSLANE SPEEDWELL Veronicastrum virginicum CULVER'S ROOT Viola missouriensis MISSOURI VIOLET Viola pedata BIRDFOOT VIOLET Viola pubescens eriocarpa SMOOTH YELLOW VIOLET Viola sororia WOOLLY BLUE VIOLET Viola striata COMMON WHITE VIOLET Viola triloba CLEFT VIOLET Zizia aurea GOLDEN ALEXANDERS
List compiled by Daniel Olson and Mindy Allen - August 2010
Note: This list contains species of deep forest, canopy openings and forest edge.
Literature Cited 1. United States Forest Service, http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/delaware/ilpin/ilpin_all spp.html 2. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Plants Database, http://plants.usda.gov 3. Wildflowers of Illinois Woodland by Sylvan T. Runkel & Alvin F. Bull. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa. 1994 4. Illinois Wildflowers by Don Kurz. Cloudland.net Publishing, Cave Mountain, Arkansas. 2004
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