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.
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]

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