Kishwaukee Bottoms: Floristic Quality Assessment

Genus/species Common Name C Value Acalypha rhomboidea Three-seeded Mercury 0 Acer negundo Box Elder 0 Acer saccharinum Silver Maple 0 Acer saccharum Sugar Maple 3 Acorus calamus Sweet Flag 7 Actinomeris alternifolia Wingstem 5 Agalinis tenuifolia Slender False Foxglove 7 Agastache nepetoides Yellow Giant Hyssop 5 Agastache scrophulariaefolia Purple Giant Hyssop 5 Agrimonia gryposepala Tall Agrimony 2 Alisma subcordatum Common Water Plantain 4 Alisma triviale Large-flowered Water 4 Plantain Allium canadense Wild Onion/Garlic 2 Allium cernuum Nodding Wild Onion 7 Allium stellatum Prairie Onion 10 Allium tricoccum Wild Leek 7 Alopecurus carolinianus Annual Foxtail 0 Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. Common Ragweed 0 elatior Ambrosia trifida Giant Ragweed 0 Amorpha canascens Leadplant 9 Amphicarpaea bracteata Upland Hog Peanut 4 Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem 5 Andropogon scoparius Little Bluestem 5 Anemone canadensis Meadow Anemone 4 Anemone cylindrica Thimbleweed 6 Anemone patens wolfgangia Pasque Flower 10 Anemone quinquefolia Wood Anemone 7 Anemone virginiana Tall Anemone 5 Angelica atropurpurea Great Angelica 7 Antennaria neglecta Cat’s Foot 4 Antennaria plantaginifolia Pussy Toes 3 Apocynum sibiricum Prairie Indian Hemp 2 Aquilegia canadensis Wild Columbine 6 Arabis perstellata Toothed Cress 6 Kishwaukee Bottoms:

Genus/species Common Name C Value Arenaria stricta Stiff Sandwort 10 Arisaema dracontium Green Dragon 7 Arisaema triphyllum Jack-in-the-Pulpit 4 Artemesia caudata Beach Wormwood 5 Asarum canadense Wild Ginger 7 Asclepias amplexicaulis Sand Milkweed 7 Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed 4 Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed 0 Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed 7 Asclepias verticillata Whorled Milkweed 1 Asplenium platyneuron Ebony Spleenwort 4 Aster azureus Sky-blue Aster 8 Aster drummondii Drummond’s Aster 2 Aster ericoides Heath Aster 5 Aster laevis Smooth Blue Aster 9 Aster novae-angliae New England Aster 4 Aster pilosus Hairy Aster 0 Aster sagittifolius Arrow-leaved Aster 5 Aster sericeus Silky Aster 10 Astragalus Canadensis Canadian Milk Vetch 10 Baptisia leucantha White Wild Indigo 8 Baptisia leucophaea Cream Wild Indigo 10 Bidens cernua Nodding Bur Marigold 5 Bidens frondosa Common Beggar’s Ticks 1 Blephilia ciliata Ohio Horse Mint 10 Blephilia hirsuta Wood Mint 8 Boehmeria cylindrica False Nettle 2 Botrychium virginianum Rattlesnake Fern 6 Bouteloua curtipendula Side-oats Grama 8 Bromus kalmii Prairie Brome 10 Cacalia atriplicifolia Pale Indian Plantain 8 Cacalia muhlenbergii Great Indian Plantain 10 Campanula americana Tall Bellflower 3 Campanula rotundifolia Harebell 10 Cardamine bulbosa Bulbous Cress 6 Kishwaukee Bottoms:

Genus/species Common Name C Value Carex bicknellii Copper-shouldered Oval 10 Sedge Carex comosa Bristly Sedge 5 Carex cristatella Crested Oval Sedge 4 Carex hystericina Porcupine Sedge 5 Carex jamesii Grass Sedge 5 Carex lupulina Common Hop Sedge 7 Carex molesta Field Oval Sedge 2 Carex rosea Curly-styled Wood Sedge 4 Carex scoparia Lance-fruited Oval Sedge 7 Carex stipata Common Fox Sedge 3 Carex vulpinoidea Brown Fox Sedge 2 Carya cordiformis Bitternut Hickory 7 Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory 5 Cassia fasciculata Partridge Pea 5 Cassia hebecarpa Wild Senna 9 Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea 6 Celastrus scandens Climbing Bittersweet 4 Celtis occidentalis Hackberry 3 Chaerophyllum procumbens Streambank Chervil 5 Chrysopsis camporum Golden Aster 5 Circaea lutetiana var. Enchanter’s Nightshade 0 Canadensis Claytonia virginica Spring Beauty 2 Clematis virginiana Virgin’s Bower 4 Cirsium altissimum Tall Thistle 6 Cirsium discolor Pasture Thistle 2 Comandra umbellata False Toadflax 7 Convolvulus sepium Hedge Bindweed 1 Coreopsis lanceolata Sand Coreopsis 5 Coreopsis palmata Prairie Coreopsis 6 Coreopsis tripteris Tall Coreopsis 5 Cornus obliqua Blue-fruited Dogwood 6 Cornus racemosa Gray Dogwood 1 Corylus americana Hazelnut 5 Cryptotaenia canadensis Honewort 2 Kishwaukee Bottoms:

Genus/species Common Name C Value Cuscuta cephalanghi Buttonbush Dodder 6 Cuscuta pentagona Prairie Dodder 9 Cyperus esculentus Field Nut Sedge 0 Cystopteris fragilis protrusa Fragile Fern 6 Dentaria lacianata Toothwort 5 Desmanthus illinoensis Illinois Bundle Flower 3 Desmodium canadense Showy Tick Trefoil 4 Desmodium illinoense Illinois Tick Trefoil 6 Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman’s Breeches 6 Dodecatheon meadia Shooting Star 6 Echinacea pallida Pale Purple Coneflower 8 Echinacea purpurea Broad-leaved Purple 3 Coneflower Echinochloa crusgalli Barnyard Grass 0 Echinocystis lobata Wild Cucumber 5 Elymus canadensis Canada Wild Rye 4 Elymus villosus Silky Wild Rye 5 Elymus virginicus Virginia Wild Rye 4 Epilobium coloratum Cinnamon Willow Herb 3 Equisetum hyemale Tall Scouring Rush 3 Erechtites hieracifolia Fireweed 2 Erigeron annus Annual Fleabane 0 Erigeron Canadensis Horseweed 0 Erigeron philadelphicus Marsh Fleabane 4 Erigeron canadensis Horseweed 0 Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake Master 9 Erythronium albidum White Trout Lily 5 Eupatorium altissimum Tall Boneset 0 Eupatorium maculatum Spotted Joe Pye Weed 4 Eupatorium perfoliatum Common Boneset 4 Eupatorium purpureum Purple Joe Pye Weed 7 Eupatorium rugosum White Snakeroot 4 Euphorbia corollata Flowering Spurge 2 Euphorbia maculata Nodding Spurge 0 Euphorbia supina Spotted Creeping Spurge 0 Kishwaukee Bottoms:

Genus/species Common Name C Value Festuca obtusa Nodding Fescue 5 Filipendula rubra Queen of the Prairie 10 Fragaria virginiana Wild Strawberry 1 Fraxinus americana White Ash 5 Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. Green Ash 1 subintegerrima Gallium aparine Cleavers 1 Galium boreale Northern Bedstraw 8 Galium triflorum Sweet-scented Bedstraw 5 Gaura biennis var. pitcheri Biennial Gaura 2 Gentiana andrewsii Bottle Gentian 8 Gentiana flavida Cream Gentian 9 Geranium maculatum Wild Geranium 4 Geum canadense White Avens 1 Geum triflorum Prairie Smoke 10 Gleditsia triacanthos Honey Locust 2 Glyceria striata Fowl Manna Grass 4 Gnaphalium obtusifolium Old-field Balsam 2 Gymnocladus dioica Kentucky Coffee Tree 8 Hackelia virginiana Stickseed 0 Hedeoma hispida Rough Pennyroyal 2 Helenium autumnale Sneezeweed 5 Helianthus grosseserratus Sawtooth Sunflower 2 Helianthus hirsutus Hispid, Bristly Sunflower 5 Helianthus mollis Downy Sunflower 9 Helianthus occidentalis Western Sunflower 10 Helianthus rigidus Prairie Sunflower 8 Helianthus tuberosus Jerusalem Artichoke 3 Heliopsis helianthoides False Sunflower 5 Heuchera richardsonii Prairie Alum Root 8 Hieracium canadense var. Canada Hawkweed 6 fasciculatum Hierochloe odorata Sweet Grass 9 Hydrophyllum virginianum Virginia Waterleaf 5 Hypericum punctatum Spotted St. John’s Wort 4 Kishwaukee Bottoms:

Genus/species Common Name C Value Hypericum pyramidatum Great St. John’s Wort 10 Hypericum sphaerocarpum Round-fruited St. John’s 7 Wort Impatiens capensis Orange Jewelweed 3 Iris virginica var. shrevei Blue Flag 5 Isopyrum biternatum False Rue Anemone 8 Juglans nigra Black Walnut 5 Juncus tenuis Path Rush 0 Juncus torreyi Torrey’s Rush 4 Juniperus virginiana var. Red Cedar 2 crebra Kuhnia eupatorioides var. False Boneset 6 corymbulosa Lactuca canadensis Wild Lettuce 2 Lactuca floridana Blue Lettuce 5 Laportea Canadensis Wood Nettle 3 Lathyrus palustris Marsh Vetchling 8 Leersia oryzoides Rice Cut Grass 4 Leersia virginica White Grass 7 Lemna minor Small Duckweed 5 Lepidium virginicum Common Peppercress 0 Lespedeza capitata Round-headed Bush Clover 4 Lespedeza hirta Hairy Bush Clover 6 Lespedeza virginica Slender Bush Clover 4 Liatris aspera Rough Blazing Star 6 Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star 8 Lippia lanceolata Fog Fruit 6 Lithosperm canascens Hoary Puccoon 8 Lithosperm incisum Fringed Puccoon 8 Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower 7 Lobelia inflata Indian Tobacco 4 Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia 6 Lupinus perennis Wild Lupine 7 Lycopus americanus Common Water Horehound 5 Lysimachia quadriflora Whorled Loosestrife 10 Mentha arvensis var. villosa Wild Mint 5 Kishwaukee Bottoms:

Genus/species Common Name C Value Mertensia virginica Virginia Bluebells 5 Mimulus ringens Monkey Flower 6 Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot 4 Napaea dioica Glade Mallow 10 Oenothera biennis Common Evening Primrose 0 Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern 8 Onosmodium hispidissimum Marbleseed 9 Opuntia humifusa Eastern Prickly Pear 5 Osmorhiza claytonia Hairy Sweet Cicely 3 Ostrya virginiana Hop Hornbeam 5 Oxalis europaea Tall Wood Sorrel 0 Oxalis stricta Common Wood Sorrel 0 Oxalis violacea Violet Wood Sorrel 9 Panicum capillare Old Witch Grass 1 Panicum oligosanthes var. Scribner’s Panic Grass 4 scribnerianum Panicum virgatum Switch Grass 5 Parthenium integrifolium Wild Quinine 8 Parthenocissus inserta Thicket Creeper 1 Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia Creeper 2 Pedicularis lanceolata Fen Betony 9 Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue 4 Penstemon pallidus Pale Beardtongue 6 Penthorum sedoides Ditch Stonecrop 5 Petalostemum candidum White Prairie Clover 9 Petalostemum purpureum Purple Prairie Clover 9 Phlox divaricata Woodland Phlox 5 Phlox pilosa var. fulgida Prairie Phlox 7 Phragmites australis Common Reed 1 Phryma leptostachya Lopseed 4 Physalis subglabrata Tall Ground Cherry 0 Physocarpus opulifolius Ninebark 8 Physostegia virginiana False Dragonhead 6 Physostegia virginiana var. Showy Obedient Plant 7 speciosa Kishwaukee Bottoms:

Genus/species Common Name C Value Physalis subglabrata Tall Ground Cherry 0 Phytolacca Americana Pokeweed 1 Plantago rugelii Red-stalked Plantain 0 Platanus occidentalis Sycamore 9 Polemonium reptans Jacob’s Ladder 5 Polygala polygama ver. Purple Milkwort 9 Obtusata Polygonatum canaliculatum Smooth Solomon’s Seal 3 Polygonum amphibium Water Knotweed 4 Polygonum lapathifolium Heartsease 0 Polygonum punctatum Smartweed 6 Polygonum virginianum Woodland Knotweed 2 Populous deltoides Eastern cottonwood 2 Potentilla arguta Prairie Cinquefoil 9 Potentilla simplex Common Cinquefoil 4 Prunella vulgaris var. Self Heal 0 lanceolata Prunus pensylvanica Pin Cherry 5 Prunus serotina Wild Black Cherry 1 Prunus virginiana Choke Cherry 3 Ptelea trifoliata Wafer Ash 7 Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slender Mountain Mint 7 Pycnanthemum virginianum Common Mountain Mint 5 Quercus alba White Oak 5 Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak 5 Quercus Rubra Red Oak 7 Ranunculus abortivus Small-flowered Buttercup 0 Ranunculus fascicularis Early Buttercup 6 Ranunculus recurvatus Hooked Buttercup 5 Ranunculus sceleratus Cursed Buttercup 6 Ratibida pinnata Gray-headed Coneflower 4 Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac 1 Rhus radicans Poison Ivy 2 Ribes cynosbati Prickly Wild Gooseberry 5 Ribes missouriense Wild Gooseberry 5 Rosa carolina Pasture Rose 5 Kishwaukee Bottoms:

Genus/species Common Name C Value Rubus occidentalis Black Raspberry 2 Rubus pensilvanicus Yankee Blackberry 3 Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan 1 Rudbeckia laciniata Wild Golden Glow 5 Rudbeckia subtomentosa Sweet Black-eyed Susan 9 Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed Susan 3 Ruellia humilis Wild Petunia 7 Rumex altissimus Pale Dock 2 Sagittaria latifolia Common Arrowhead 4 Salix nigra Black Willow 4 Sambucus Canadensis Elderberry 1 Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot 6 Sanicula gregaria Clustered Black Snakeroot 2 Scirpus atrovirens Dark Green Bulrush 4 Scirpus cyperinus Wool Grass 6 Scrophularia marilandica Late Figwort 4 Scutellaria lateriflora Mad-dog Skullcap 5 Senecio aureus Golden Ragwort 7 Senecio plattensis Prairie Ragwort 6 Silene regia Royal Catchfly 10 Silene stellata Starry Campion 6 Silphium integrifolium Rosin Weed 5 Silphium laciniatum Compass Plant 5 Silphium perfoliatum Cup Plant 5 Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie Dock 5 Sisyrinchium albidum Common Blue-eyed Grass 7 Sium suave Tall Water Parsnip 7 Smilacina stellata Starry False Solomon’s Seal 5 Smilax lasioneura Common Carrion Flower 5 Solanum americanum Black Nightshade 0 Solidago altissima Tall Goldenrod 1 Solidago canadensis Canada Goldenrod 1 Solidago flexicaulis Zig-zag Goldenrod 7 Solidago graminifolia Grass-leaved Goldenrod 4 Solidago juncea Early Goldenrod 5 Kishwaukee Bottoms:

Genus/species Common Name C Value Solidago nemoralis Old-field Goldenrod 4 Solidago rigida Stiff Goldenrod 4 Solidago speciosa Showy Goldenrod 7 Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass 5 Sparganium eurycarpum Common Bur Reed 6 Spartina pectinata Cord Grass 4 Spiranthes cernua Nodding Ladies’ Tresses 8 Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed 10 Stipa spartea Porcupine Grass 7 Stylophorum diphyllum Celandine Poppy 10 Symplocarpus foetidus Skunk Cabbage 8 Taenidia integerrima Yellow Pimpernel 9 Teucrium canadense Germander 3 Teucrium occidentale Wood Sage 3 Thalictrum dasycarpum Purple Meadow Rue 5 Thalictrum dioicum Early Meadow Rue 7 Tradescantia ohiensis Common Spiderwort 2 Trillium recurvatum Red Trillium 5 Triosteum perfoliatum Late Horse Gentian 5 Typha angustifolia Narrow-leaved Cattail 1 Typha latifolia Common Cattail 1 Ulmus Americana American Elm 3 Ulmus rubra Slippery Elm 4 Uniola latifolia River Oats 10 Urtica procera Tall Nettle 2 Verbena hastata Blue Vervain 4 Verbena simplex Narrow-leaved Vervain 6 Verbena stricta Hoary Vervain 4 Verbena urticifolia Hairy White Vervain 5 Veronia altissima Smooth Tall Ironweed 3 Veronia fasciculata Common Ironweed 5 Veronica comosa Water Speedwell 10 Veronicastrum virginicum Culver’s Root 7 Viola affinis Leconte’s Violet 4 Viola cucullata Hooded Violet 9 Kishwaukee Bottoms:

Genus/species Common Name C Value Viola missouriensis Missouri Violet 4 Viola pubescens Yellow Violet 5 Viola sororia Common Blue Violet 3 Vitis riparia Riverbank Grape 2 Zizia aptera Heart-leaved Golden 10 Alexanders Zizia aurea Golden Alexanders 7 Mean C:4.8

I= 89.4