Jack in the pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
Woods
Jack-in-the-pulpit is common to abundant throughout Illinois in open and dense, moist woods and may be seen also in woods clearings and occasionally in pastures and at the edges of pastures that were formerly woodland. Though commonly regarded as an early spring plant, it persists through the growing season and is conspicuous in late summer and fall by its dense clusters of red berries.
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Genus: Arisaema (jack in the pulpit)
Family: Araceae (araceae)
Order: Arales (palms, lillies, duckweed…)
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Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
along south fence w/Joe pye
A most stately and distinctive plant, Culver’s Root is prized for its well-defined, clean lines. Elegant white flowerstalks rise like spires above the whorls of deep green leaves in July and August. Growing three to six feet tall, it creates a unique vertical accent when planted with other prairie plants or perennials. Fantastic when planted in “White Gardens” and “Moon Gardens” with other white flowering prairie plants.Grows best in medium to moist rich soil, in full sun to shade.
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Genus: Veronicastrum (culvers root)
Family: Araceae (araceae)
Order: Arales (palms, lillies, duckweed…)
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Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Woods
Despite the common name mayapple, it is the flower that appears in early May, not the "apple", which appears later during the summer. The Mayapple is also called the Hogapple, Indian apple, Umbrella plant , Wild lemon , Wild mandrake, American mandrake or "devil's apple".
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Genus: Podophyllum (mayapple)
Family: Berberidaceae (barberry)
Order: Ranunculales (ranuncules)
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Blue Cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Between red oaks
Eastern US and Canada
Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides), also known as Squaw Root, is a choice woodland wildflower treasured for its lacy, blue-green foliage and deep blue berries
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Genus: Caulophyllum (Cohosh)
Family: Berberidaceae (barberry)
Order: Ranunculales (ranuncules)
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Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
under dogwood, in meadow
A woodland classic, Columbine is one of our most popular plants for shady areas.The appearance of the lush bluish green foliage in early spring is a sure sign that winter is finally over. Hummingbirds flock to the intricate red and yellow flowers for a sip of nectar in spring, when few other flowers are available. Prefers well-drained sites and will actually thrive in dry, rocky soil in medium shade.This versatile plant also blooms profusely in full sun in a rich garden soil. Grows one to three feet tall. Plant a patch of Columbine and create a hummingbird haven!
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Genus: Aquilegia (columbines)
Family: Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)
Order: Ranunculales (ranuncules)
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Early Meadowrue
Thalictrum dioicum
Several in western fringe of woods
One of the first spring wildflowers, Early Meadowrue is covered with dainty white and gold flowers that are suspended above lovely, lacy blue-green foliage. Reaching a height of two to four feet, the foliage alone serves as an excellent focal point in the woodland. Plant two feet apart, in groups of three to five to create a stunning background for other shadeloving plants.
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Genus: Thalictrum (meadowrue)
Family: Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)
Order: Ranunculales (ranuncules)
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White Doll's Eyes
Actaea alba
Western edge of woods
Bright white berries and lush foliage make this plant a true woodland standout! Grows one to three feet tall. Plant with early-blooming woodland flowers to create season-long interest! Requires a rich soil with plenty of humus.
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Genus: Actaea (baneberry/bugbane)
Family: Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)
Order: Ranunculales (ranuncules)
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Sharp-Leaved Hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
Woods near ivory sedge
Sharp-lobed hepatica is found in most states east of the Mississippi River. Extending from Ontario, Quebec, and Maine, it proceeds south through the eastern United States to Missouri, Georgia, and Alabama.
Sharp Leaved Hepatica is a woodland wildflower. The bright blue to pink flowers serve as an important early spring flower for many different pollinators. The mottled foliage is typically evergreen.Planting six bare-root specimens April '13; hope to create a small sea of them with the ivory sedge just east of the big central white oak on west edge of woods
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Genus: Hepatica (Liverworts)
Family: Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)
Order: Ranunculales (ranuncules)
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Pasque Flower
Anemone patens
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This species is native to both North America and Eurasia. Habitats include hill prairies, gravel prairies, and barrens with scant woody vegetation
The very first prairie flower of spring, Pasque Flower is a signal that winter’s icy grip is loosening on the land. Delicate white to lavender flowers emerge before the leaves, often just after the snow has melted. The silvery seedheads are almost as attractive as the flowers. Much sought after by rock gardeners, this is a perfect plant for dry sandy and gravelly soils. Pasque Flower does best in slightly alkaline soil, with a pH between 7.0 and 8.0. This plant requires excellent drainage, it should be grown in rocky and sandy soils that never experience standing water. In Illinois, Pasque Flower is an uncommon plant that occurs only in extreme northern Illinois. It has been exterminated from many areas because of modern development.
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Genus: Anemone (Anemone)
Family: Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)
Order: Ranunculales (ranuncules)
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Bleeding heart
Dicentra spectabilis
Woods & under serviceberry
(Both red and white variants) This name comes from the appearance of the pink flower, which resembles the shape of a heart with a drop of blood descending. All parts of this plant are poisonous if ingested.
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Genus: Dicentra (bleeding heart)
Family: Fumariaceae (fumitory family)
Order: Ranunculales (ranuncules)
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Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
With sedges along stone trail by red oaks planted bare root 4/13
Bloodroot is native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia, Canada southward to Florida, United States, and west to Great Lakes and down the Mississippi embayment.
Bloodroot is a charming woodland wildflower with very unusual foliage and flower. The early spring flower rises from the center of its single curled leaf, opening in full sun, and closing at night. Bloodroot can grow up to 12 inches tall with a single lobed leaf on each stem. It is found growing in medium to moist shade along rocky slopes in woods, in ravines, and along bluffs. Like most members of the Poppy Family, Bloodroot lasts for a relatively short time. The red juice from the underground stem was used by Native Americans as a dye for baskets, clothing, and war paint, as well as for insect repellent. Bloodroot is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America. Currently most taxonomic treatments lump these different forms into one highly variable species. In bloodroot, the juice is red and poisonous. Plants are variable in leaf and flower shape and have in the past been separated out as different subspecies due to these variable shapes. Bloodroot stores sap in an orange colored rhizome, that grows shallowly under or at the soil surface. Over many years of growth, the branching rhizome can grow into a large colony. Plants start to bloom before the foliage unfolds in early spring and after blooming the leaves expand to their full size and go summer dormant in mid to late summer. Bloodroot is one of many plants whose seeds are spread by ants, a process called myrmecochory. The seeds have a fleshy organ called an elaiosome that attracts ants. The ants take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their nest debris, where they are protected until they germinate. They also get the added bonus of growing in a medium made richer by the ant nest debris.
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Genus: Sanguinaria (Bloodroot)
Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Order: Ranunculales (ranuncules)
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Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
in meadow at front
The most prevalent and widely distributed of all the prairie grasses, Big Bluestem was largely responsible for the formation of the famous prairie sod. Growing five to eight feet tall, it thrives on a tremendous range of soils, from wet, poorly-drained clay to dry open sand. In late August it produces its distinctive three-parted seedheads, which resemble a turkey foot. The lush green of the leaves and stems change with the first frost to an attractive reddish-bronze color that provides landscape interest well into the winter.
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Genus: Andropogon (big bluestem grass)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
Several locations, mixed in meadows
This fast-growing prairie grass is not only attractive, it also serves as an excellent native nurse crop for prairie seedings. Plant at a rate of two to three pounds per acre with your prairie or meadow seed mix. It will mature in the first or second year, ahead of the longerlived prairie grasses and flowers.The beautiful curving seedheads on five foot tall stalks resemble cultivated rye. Grows on an incredible range of soils, including bare sand, gravel, raw clay subsoil and even damp soils. Excellent for inclusion in prairie mixes for revegetation of disturbed soils.
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Genus: Elymus (canada wild rye)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
South edge of front by big bluestem; behind serviceberry in back
Our best selling grass seed, for good reason.The blue-green foliage provides a great backdrop for the prairie flowers in summer, turning a striking crimson in fall.The fluffy silver seedheads add some real dazzle to the autumn landscape. A patch of Little Bluestem waving in the wind is truly a wondrous sight, resembling waves of the ocean on a bright and breezy fall day! A clump-forming grass, it combines nicely with prairie flowers. (Please see our Short Prairie Seed Mixes on p. 2.) Grows two to three feet tall on well-drained sand and loam and excels in dry sandy and rocky soils. Not recommended for heavy clay or damp soils. Plant in full sun for best results.
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Genus: Schizachyrium (little bluestem)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
various locations in meadows and edge of woods
One of the most ornamental of all our native grasses, Northern Sea Oats is remarkable for its extraordinary seedheads.The flat, wheat-like seeds catch sunlight in a most flattering way, especially in the evening and morning. Grows three to four feet tall, in full sun to moderate shade. Not a true prairie grass, it occurs in wooded flood plains and on rich, shaded slopes from Missouri to New Jersey and southwards. Performs admirably on well-drained to slightly damp soils, and is excellent for planting under the light shade of oaks and hickories. Looks great when planted along semi-shaded woodland edges.The seedheads are positively stunning in dried arrangements!
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Genus: Chasmanthium (sea oats, indian oats)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Plantain-Leaved Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Along stone path by red oaks
Plantain-Leaved Sedge is a rare plant in Illinois; it was collected in Cook County over a century ago, and more recently it was discovered in Johnson County in southern Illinois (see Distribution Map). Illinois lies at the western range limit of this species; it is more common in areas to the east of the state. Habitats include rich deciduous woodlands, wooded slopes and ravines, and canyon-like gorges in wooded mountainous areas. This sedge and many ferns prefer the same kinds of habitat and can be found growing in proximity to each other.
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Genus: Carex (sedges)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Ivory sedge
Carex eburnea
woods behind central white oak
This truly unique sedge forms dense clumps of fine green leaves that reach only six inches tall. Perfect for planting between stone pavers and in dry or rocky soils in semi-shade. This distinctive plant grows in partial shade in limestone rocks in nature, and is extremely drought tolerant.
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Genus: Carex (sedges)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Fox sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
Front raingarden
It is native to North America, including most of Canada and the United States and part of Mexico
The sedge lives in wet and seasonally wet habitat. It produces clumps of stems up to a meter tall. The inflorescence is a dense, tangled cluster of many flower spikes up to about 10 centimeters long. Tolerates fluctuating water levels and periods of drying.
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Genus: Carex (sedges)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Pennsylvania sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Woods by central path, by path to shed
Eastern US and Canada
Fine textured leaves and a creeping habit make this a great lawn alternative for dry soils in shade. Planted one foot on center, it will fill in to form a dense low growing turf that never needs mowing.
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Genus: Carex (sedges)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
By stream and in ditch
The sedge lives in wet and seasonally wet habitat, and grows easily as a roadside weed. It produces clumps of stems up to a meter tall. The inflorescence is a dense, tangled cluster of many flower spikes up to about 10 centimeters long. Tolerates fluctuating water levels and periods of drying.
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Genus: Carex (sedges)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Palm leaf sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Edge of woods, joe pye meadow
This attractive sedge has glossy green leaves that branch out from the main stem similar to a Palm tree. Native to wooded lowlands, it does well in slightly damp soil in shady situations. Growing two feet high, it makes an excellent groundcover, especially on poorly drained clay soils. Plant one foot on center as a groundcover or use individually as a foliage accent plant.
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Genus: Carex (sedges)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
south edge in front, also by norway spruce
This short prairie grass has one of the most attractive flowers of any grass. Its bright purple and orange flowers lend it a special grace and beauty. It is equally appealing in seed, with small oat-like seeds suspended on one side of the stalk. Excellent for dry soils and well-drained loams, reaching two to three feet in height.Very effective when planted with other short prairie grasses and flowers in a meadow landscape.
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Genus: Bouteloua (gramas)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Maiden grass
Miscanthus sinensis
Front, several clumps, several varieties
The rapid growth, low mineral content and high biomass yield of Miscanthus make it a favorite choice as a biofuel.
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Genus: Miscanthus (Miscanthus)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Prairie dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
South fenceline back yard, Front central bed
Dropseed rivals Little Bluestem in mass plantings. True hummocks in form, imagine a Fall landscape with these burnt orange clump grasses combined with brilliant red sumac.
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Genus: Sporobolus (dropseed grasses)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Yellow Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans
Front central bed
This native perennial grass is 3-7' tall and unbranched. It was one of the dominant grasses of the prairies that covered much of Illinois during historical times.
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Genus: Sorghastrum (Indian grass)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
Order: Cyperales (grasses and sedges)
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Dark green bullrush
scirpus atrovirens
Rain garden @ nw corner
Perennial herb with short, thick rhizomes. Up to 4.5 feet tall. Flowering - May - September. Habitat - Pond margins, sloughs, lakes, stream edges, ditches and wet depressions along roadsides and railroads.
Origin - Native to U.S.
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Genus: Scirpus (bulrush)
Family: Cyperaceae (sedges)
Order: Poales (grasses, bromeliads, and sedges.)
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Woolgrass bullrush
scirpus cyperinus
Rain garden @ nw corner
Robust perennial herbs with rhizomes found in Swamps, sloughs, around lakes, wet woods. Up to 5 ft tall, flowers July-October
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Genus: Scirpus (bulrush)
Family: Cyperaceae (sedges)
Order: Poales (grasses, bromeliads, and sedges.)
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Native daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
drainage ditch, spots around trees in back
Daylilies have been cultivated by humans for centuries as a food source and also for their beauty. Today they are eaten in salads, soups, and dips for their color and flavor, which can be described as musty (1). The leaves, petals, and tubers are all edible. The petals can also be used to flavor meat dishes (3). Daylilies were noted as used by the Iroquois in their form of medical botany, however, the original use is no longer known (8). Other northern Native American groups used lilies as a food raw or cooked in soups (10).
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Genus: Lilium (true lilys)
Family: Liliaceae (lillies)
Order: Liliales (Mostly perennial plants, with food storage organs such as corms or rhizomes.)
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White fawnlily
Erythronium albidum
Woods, lawn near woods
The leaves of this small lily can be variable. Some leaves have heavy dark mottling, others have faint to no mottling. It grows in shaded areas of low woods, wooded slopes, ravines. The species is a good indicator that spring is arriving, being one of the first plants to bloom.
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Genus: Erythronium (fawnlily)
Family: Liliaceae (lillies)
Order: Liliales (Mostly perennial plants, with food storage organs such as corms or rhizomes.)
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Ramp
Allium tricoccum
Woods
They are found across North America, from the U.S. state of South Carolina to Canada.
Also known as the spring onion, ramson, wild leek, and wild garlic, is an early spring vegetable, a perennial wild onion. It has a strong garlic-like odor and a pronounced onion flavor. Both the white lower leaf stalks and the broad green leaves are edible.They are popular in the cuisines of the rural upland South and in the Canadian province of Quebec when they emerge in the springtime. Ramps have a growing popularity in upscale restaurants throughout North America.
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Genus: Allium (onion)
Family: Liliaceae (lillies)
Order: Liliales (Mostly perennial plants, with food storage organs such as corms or rhizomes.)
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Nodding wild onion
Allium cernuum
The wet soils and landscapes of the Chicago region once supported millions of these delicate plants. Flourishing profusely in undulating swells and swales of pre-settlement northeastern Illinois, nodding wild onion is now found primarily in protected nature preserves.
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Genus: Allium (onion)
Family: Liliaceae (lillies)
Order: Liliales (Mostly perennial plants, with food storage organs such as corms or rhizomes.)
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Blue bead lily
Clintonia borealis
Woods
The plant is native to the boreal forest in eastern North America, but is also found in other coniferous or mixed forests and in cool temperate maple forests. It is not found in open spaces, and only grows in the shade. The plant reproduces via seed or vegetatively by rhizomes. Flowering in May and June, it takes over a dozen years for a clone to establish and produce its first flower, 2 years of which are dedicated solely to germination.
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Genus: Clintonia (Bead lilies)
Family: Liliaceae (lillies)
Order: Liliales (Mostly perennial plants, with food storage organs such as corms or rhizomes.)
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White clintonia
Clintonia umbellulata
Woods (tentative) - need to confirm when it flowers
Mountainious region of the eastern United States into Canada.
A low plant with a basal clump of broad, glossy, slightly pubescent leaves surrounding an 6-20 in. leafless stem topped by a cluster of nodding white flowers speckled with green and purple. Black, spherical berries follow the flowers. Long-lasting leaves remain green all summer, creating an excellent groundcover for shady spots.
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Genus: Clintonia (Bead lilies)
Family: Liliaceae (lillies)
Order: Liliales (Mostly perennial plants, with food storage organs such as corms or rhizomes.)
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Prairie Trillium
Trillium recurvatum
Woods
The trillium is a simple, graceful perennial that is one of the most familiar and beloved of the spring woodland wildflowers. Leaves, petals and sepals all come in groups of three.
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Genus: Trillium (Trillium)
Family: Melanthiaceae (trilliums)
Order: Liliales (Mostly perennial plants, with food storage organs such as corms or rhizomes.)
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Large flowered trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
Front woodland
Native to eastern North America, from northern Quebec to the southern parts of the United States through the Appalachian Mountains into northernmost Georgia and west to Minnesota. It also thrives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The plant is most common in rich deciduous and mixed upland forests. It is easily recognised by its attractive three-petaled white flowers, opening from the late spring to the early summer, that rise above a whorl of three, leaf-like bracts.
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Genus: Trillium (Trillium)
Family: Melanthiaceae (trilliums)
Order: Liliales (Mostly perennial plants, with food storage organs such as corms or rhizomes.)
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Shreve's blue flag iris
Iris virginica shrevei
Rain garden @ nw corner
Shreve’s Iris occurs throughout the eastern United States except for New England, Georgia, and Florida. Iris shrevei occurs as far west as Nebraska and south to Texas.
This moisture-loving iris has fragrant, blue violet flowers with falls crested in yellow and white. Narrow, bright green leaves often lie on the ground or in water. Shreve’s iris flowers in late spring. Flowers are a one- to two-flowered inflorescence on a stem that has one to two branches. The plants are up to three feet tall. The weakly arching green leaves are two to three feet long and are burgundy colored at the base. The leaves arise from shallowly rooted, large, branching rhizomes that can form large clumps.
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Genus: Iris (Iris)
Family: Iridaceae (Iris family)
Order: Liliales (Mostly perennial plants, with food storage organs such as corms or rhizomes.)
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Hairy Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum hirsutum
Woods
Solomon's Seal is a common plant that occurs in every county of Illinois . Habitats include moist to slightly dry deciduous woodlands, shady seeps, young flatwoods, woodland borders. Solomon's Seal occurs in both high quality and degraded woodlands.
Faunal Associations: The nectar and pollen of the flowers attract various long-tongued bees. The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird also sucks nectar from the flowers. The berries are eaten by the Greater Prairie Chicken and various birds of the woodlands.
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Genus: Polygonatum (solomon's seal)
Family: Asparagaceae (Subfamily nolinoideae)
Order: Asparagales (asparagales)
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Great Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Woods
The gracefully arching stems of Great Solomon’s Seal lend a strong architectural element to the prairie garden or meadow.The subtle, cream-colored flowers appear in May and June. In autumn, it’s deep purple berries put on a real show.The attractive foliage turns a striking gold in fall and is reason enough to plant this long-lived denizen of prairies and open woodlands.
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Genus: Polygonatum (solomon's seal)
Family: Asparagaceae (Subfamily nolinoideae)
Order: Asparagales (asparagales)
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Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum commutatum
Woods
Solomon's Seal is a common plant that occurs in every county of Illinois . Habitats include moist to slightly dry deciduous woodlands, shady seeps, young flatwoods, woodland borders. Solomon's Seal occurs in both high quality and degraded woodlands.
Faunal Associations: The nectar and pollen of the flowers attract various long-tongued bees. The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird also sucks nectar from the flowers. The berries are eaten by the Greater Prairie Chicken and various birds of the woodlands.
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Genus: Polygonatum (solomon's seal)
Family: Asparagaceae (Subfamily nolinoideae)
Order: Asparagales (asparagales)
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Starry Solomon's-seal/False lily of the valley
Maianthemum stellatum
Throughout woods
It is a woodland herbaceous perennial plant growing to 50-90 cm tall, with alternate, oblong-lanceolate leaves 7-15 cm long and 3-6 cm broad. The flowers are produced on a 10-15 cm panicle, each flower with six white tepals 3-6 mm long blooming in late spring. The plants produce green fruits that are round and turn red in late summer.
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Genus: Maianthemum (May flowers)
Family: Asparagaceae (Subfamily nolinoideae)
Order: Asparagales (asparagales)
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False Solomon's-seal/Canada mayflower
Maianthemum racemosum
Woods
This tough guy can grow in dry, sandy soil in shade where few other plants can survive. One of its favorite habitats is oak woodlands at the edge of sand dunes.
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Genus: Maianthemum (May flowers)
Family: Asparagaceae (Subfamily nolinoideae)
Order: Asparagales (asparagales)
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Solomon's Plume
Maianthemum racemosum
Woods
Plumes of white flowers grace the arching stems in spring, and the bright red berries provide interest in the fall. The seeds are a favorite of Ruffed Grouse. Spreads slowly by underground rhizomes to form attractive clumps. Grows in acid soils under oaks and pines.
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Genus: Maianthemum (May flowers)
Family: Asparagaceae (Subfamily nolinoideae)
Order: Asparagales (asparagales)
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Starry Solomon's Plume
Maianthemum racemosum
Woods
This tough guy can grow in dry, sandy soil in shade where few other plants can survive. One of its favorite habitats is oak woodlands at the edge of sand dunes.
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Genus: Maianthemum (May flowers)
Family: Asparagaceae (Subfamily nolinoideae)
Order: Asparagales (asparagales)
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Canadian May-lily, False Lily-of-the-valley
Maianthemum canadense
Woods
A dominant understory perennial flowering plant, native to the sub-boreal conifer forests in Canada and the northern United States, and also in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia. It can be found growing under both evergreen and deciduous trees.
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Genus: Maianthemum (May flowers)
Family: Asparagaceae (Subfamily nolinoideae)
Order: Asparagales (asparagales)
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Lily of the valley
Convallaria majalis var. montana
Edge of woods
C. majalis is a herbaceous perennial plant that forms extensive colonies by spreading underground stems called rhizomes. The stems grow to 15-30 cm tall, with one or two leaves 10-25 cm long, flowering stems have two leaves and a raceme of 5-15 flowers on the stem apex. The flowers are white tepals (rarely pink), bell-shaped, 5-10 mm diameter, and sweetly scented; flowering is in late spring, in mild winters in early March. All parts, including the berries, of the Lily of the Valley are highly poisonous.
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Genus: Convallaria (Lily of the Valley)
Family: Asparagaceae (Subfamily nolinoideae)
Order: Asparagales (asparagales)
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Ohio spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
North meadow back yard
Ohio spiderwort, or bluejacket spiderwort, is a native plant about 2 feet tall. The plant blooms from May to July. The light violet to blue-violet flowers open up during the morning and close by the afternoon in sunny weather, but remain open longer on cloudy days.
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Genus: Tradescantia (Spiderwort)
Family: Commelinaceae (Dayflower)
Order: Commelinales (Commelinales)
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