Silver Creek Biodiversity Preserve Species List Northwest Illinois Audubon Society * Indicates a non-native species ** Indicates a planted native species of unknown eco-type Updated 2/15/2017

Sedges (4) Forbs (continued) Carex blanda – Eastern Woodland Sedge Dioscorea villosa – Wild Yam Carex pennsylvanica – Oak Sedge Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower ** Carex vulpinoidea – Fox Sedge Erigeron canadensis – Horseweed Scirpus atrovirens – Dark Green Rush Erigeron strigosus – Daisy Fleabane Eryngium yuccifolium – Rattlesnake Master ** Ferns (4) Eupatorium rugosum – White Snakeroot Cystopteris sp. – Fern Eupatorium sp. – Joe Pye Weed Polystichum sp. – Sword Fern Fragaria vesca – Wild Strawberry Athyrium filix-femina – Lady Fern Galium album – White Bedstraw Dryopteris intermedia – Florist's (Intermediate) Wood Geranium maculatum – Wild Geranium Fern Geum sp. – Avens Hackelia virginiana – Stickseed Grasses (13) 6 Native Heracleum maximum – Cow Parsnip Alopecurus sp. – Foxtail * Heliopsis helianthoides – False Sunflower (Early Andropogon gerardii – Big Bluestem ** Sunflower) ** Bromus inermis – Smooth Brome * Hydrophyllum virginianum – Virginia Waterleaf Bromus secalinus – Chess (Cheat) * Impatiens capensis – Jewelweed Dactylis glomerata – Timothy * Lactuca sp. – Lettuce Elymus canadensis – Canada Wild Rye ** Lemna minor – Duckweed Elymus hystrix – Bottlebrush Grass Leonurus cardiac – Motherwort * Miscanthus sp. – Silver Grass * Lobelia inflata – Indian Tobacco Panicum virgatum – Switch Grass ** Lobelia siphilitica – Great Blue Lobelia Phalaris arundinacea – Reed Canary Grass * Melilotus alba – White Sweet Clover * Phleum pretense – Timothy * Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot ** Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem ** Nasturtium officinale – Watercress * Sorgastrum nutans – Indian Grass ** Pastinaca sativa – Wild Parsnip * Penstemon digitalis – Foxglove Beardtongue ** Forbs (77) 62 Native Phytolacca americana – American Pokeweed Acalypha sp. – Three-seed Mercury Pilea pumila – Clearweed Achillea millefolium – Yarrow Plantago major – Common Plantain * Actinomeris alternifolia – Wingstem Podophyllum peltatum – Mayapple Aster novae-angliae – New England Aster ** Polygonum sp. – Knotgrass * Agrimonia sp. – Agrimony Ranunculus abortivus – Abortive Buttercup Alliaria petiolata – Garlic Mustard * Ratibida pinnata – Gray-headed Coneflower ** Ambrosia trifida – Giant Ragweed Rudbeckia hirta – Black-eyed Susan ** Arctium sp. – Burdock * Rumex crispus – Curly Dock * Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed ** Scrophularia sp. – Figwort Baptisia leucantha – Tall White Indigo ** Silphium integrifolium – Rosinweed ** Bidens sp. – Sticktight Silphium perfoliatum – Cup Plant ** Boltonia sp. – Doll’s Daisy ** Smilax sp. – Catbrier cf. Penstemon cobaea – Showy Beard Tongue ** Smilax sp. – Greenbrier Circaea lutetiana var. canadensis – Enchanter’s Solanum dulcamara – Bittersweet Nightshade Nightshade Solidago altissima – Tall Goldenrod ** Cichorium intybus – Chicory * Solidago rigida – Stiff Goldenrod ** Cirsium arvense – Field Thistle * Symphyotrichum lateriflorum – Calico Aster Cirsium vulgare – Bull Thistle * Thlaspi arvense – Field Pennycress * Convallaria majalis – Lily-of-the-Valley * Trillium recurvatum – Prairie Trillium Coreopsis lanceolata – Sand Coreopsis ** Triosteum aurantiacum – Horse Gentian Cryptotaenia canadensis – Canadian Honewort Urtica dioica – Stinging Nettle Cynoglossum officinale – Hound’s Tongue * Verbena hastata – Blue Vervain ** Daucus carota – Queen Anne’s Lace * Verbena urticifolia – White Vervain Dentaria laciniata – Toothwort Vernonia fasciculata – Common Ironweed ** Desmodium canadense – Showy Tick-Trefoil ** Vicia villosa – Hairy Vetch * Desmodium glutinosum – Pointed Tick-Trefoil ** Viola pubescens – Yellow Violet

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Forbs (continued) Amphibians (1) Viola septentrionalis – Wood Violet Rana catesbeiana – Bull Frog

Shrubs (18) 12 Native Insects (13) 12 Native Berberis thunbergii – Japanese Barberry * Bolaria bellona – Meadow Fritillary Cornus racemosa – Gray Dogwood Danaus plexippus –Monarch Cornus amomum – Silky Dogwood Epargyreus clarus – Silver-spotted Skipper Corylus americana – American Hazelnut Gerris remigis – Water Strider Lonicera tartarica – Tartarian Honeysuckle * Papilio cresphontes – Giant Swallowtail Lonicera maackii – Amur Honeysuckle * Papilio glaucus – Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Parthenocissus quinquefolia – Virginia Creeper Papilio polyxenes asterius – Black Swallowtail Rhamnus cathartica – Common Buckthorn * Phyciodes tharos – Pearl Crescent Rhus radicans – Poison Ivy Pieris rapae – European Cabbage Butterfly * Ribes sp. – Gooseberry Plathemis (Libellula) lydia – Common Whitetail Rosa multiflora – Multiflora Rose * Polygonia comma – Comma Rubus allegheniensis – Common Blackberry Prosapia bicincta – Spittle Bug Rubus occidentalis – Black Raspberry Vanessa atalanta – Red Admiral Butterfly Sambucus canadensis – Elderberry Viburnum lentago – Nannyberry Birds (98) 95 Native Viburnum opulus – European Highbush Cranberry * Great Blue Heron Vitus sp. – Wild Grape Canada Goose Zanthoxylum americanum – Prickly Ash Mallard Wood Duck Trees (28) 26 Native Turkey Vulture Acer negundo – Box Elder Bald Eagle Acer saccharinum – Silver Maple Red-tailed Hawk Acer saccharum – Sugar Maple Rough-legged Hawk Carya glabra – Pignut Hickory Sharp-shinned Hawk Carya ovate – Shagbark Hickory Cooper’s Hawk Celtis occidentalis – Hackberry American Kestrel Crataegus sp. – Hawthorn Ring-necked Pheasant * Gleditsia triacanthos – Honey Locust Wild Turkey Juglans nigra – Black Walnut Killdeer Juniperus virginiana – Eastern Red Cedar American Woodcock Morus alba – White Mulberry * Mourning Dove Ostrya virginiana – Hop Hornbeam Rock Pigeon * Picea abies – Norway Spruce * Yellow-billed Cuckoo Pinus strobus – White Pine Black-billed Cuckoo Populus grandidentata – Big-toothed Aspen Eastern Screech Owl Prunus serotina – Black Cherry Chimney Swift Prunus virginiana – Choke Cherry Belted Kingfisher Ptelea trifoliate – Wafer Ash Northern Flicker Quercus palustris – Pin Oak Red-bellied Woodpecker Quercus rubra – Red Oak Red-headed Woodpecker Quercus alba – White Oak Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Quercus coccinea – Scarlet Oak Hairy Woodpecker Quercus macrocarpa – Bur Oak Downy Woodpecker Salix nigra – Black Willow Least Flycatcher Tilia americana – Basswood Great Crested Flycatcher Ulmus americana – American Elm Eastern Wood-Pewee Ulmus rubra – Slippery Elm Eastern Phoebe Viburnum prunifolium – Black Haw Tree Swallow Rough-winged Swallow Mammals (5) Barn Swallow Coyote Cliff Swallow Eastern Fox Squirrel Blue Jay Eastern Gray Squirrel American Crow Cottontail Rabbit Black-capped Chickadee White-tailed Deer Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Page 2 of 3

Birds (continued) House Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird American Robin Swainson’s Thrush Gray-cheeked Thrush Wood Thrush Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Cedar Waxwing European Starling * Red-eyed Vireo Warbling Vireo Black-and-white Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Warbler Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Ovenbird Louisiana Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Wilson’s Warbler American Redstart Mourning Warbler Eastern Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird Baltimore Oriole Orchard Oriole Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Scarlet Tanager Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting American Goldfinch Eastern Towhee Savannah Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco

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