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Local Flora I: Spring
Monocots | Liliaceae | Other Monocot spp. | | Dicots | Ranunculaceae | Other Dicot spp. | |
Other Dicot Species (under construction)Featured species: Antennaria neglecta - field pussytoes [Compositae] Antennaria plantaginifolia - plantain-leaved pussytoes Arenaria lateriflora - wood sandwort [Caryophyllaceae] Caulophyllum thalictroides - blue cohosh [Berberidaceae] Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea [Rhamnaceae] Dicentra canadensis - squirrel corn [Fumariaceae] Dodecatheon meadia - shooting star [Primulaceae] Erigenia bulbosa - harbinger of spring [Umbelliferae] Euonymus obovatus - running strawberry bush [Celastraceae] Heracleum maximum - cow parsnip [Umbelliferae] Mitella diphylla - bishop's cap [Saxifragaceae] Orobanche uniflora - one-flowered broomrape [Rosaceae] Oxalis violacea - violet wood sorrel [Oxalidaceae] Polemonium reptans - Jacob's ladder [Polemoniaceae] Taenidia integerrima - yellow pimpernel [Umbelliferae] Viola pedata var. lineariloba - bird's foot violet [Violaceae] | |
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Edna Davion Department of Botany, The Field Museum Chicago, IL 60605-2496 |
Photographs by Jane and John Balaban Skokie, Illinois North Branch Restoration Project |