The Morton Arboretum's Naturalist Certificate Program

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Local Flora I: Spring Woodlands | Grasslands | | Glossary: Plant Parts | Flowers | Leaves
Monocots | Liliaceae | Other Monocot spp. | | Dicots | Ranunculaceae | Other Dicot spp.
Umbelliferae: Heracleum maximum - cow parsnip
Umbelliferae featured species:
Erigenia bulbosa - harbinger of spring
Heracleum maximum - cow parsnip
Taenidia integerrima - yellow pimpernel

Edna Davion
Department of Botany, The Field Museum
Chicago, IL 60605-2496
Photographs by
Jane and John Balaban
Skokie, Illinois
North Branch Restoration Project