wildflowers for the home garden
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Illinois Wildflowers for the Home Garden
by Christopher David Benda
Home, Lawn, and Garden DayMarch 4, 2017
CHRISTOPHER DAVID BENDA, M.S.
Past PresidentIllinois Native Plant SocietyInstructor, Flora of Southern Illinois Southern Illinois UniversityInstructorThe Morton ArboretumTechnical Expert ConsultantIllinois Endangered Species Protection Board
Plant Ecologist Illinois Natural History Survey
Instructor – Master Naturalist
Somme Woods – Cook County
Illinois Environmental Council
www.illinoisbotanizer.com
Become a member today!
Kankakee Mallow (Iliamna remota), IL-E
Annual Gathering Augustana
CollegeRock Island, IL June 2 -4, 2017
Illinois Botany Facebook group
Illinois Botanists Big Year Competition
What are natural areas and nature preserves?
Illinois Natural Areas Inventory (INAI)
Category I – High Quality Natural CommunitiesCategory II – Threatened and Endangered SpeciesCategory III – Natural PreserveCategory IV – Geologic FeaturesCategory VI – Unusual Concentration of Flora or Fauna
(High Quality Streams)
Category I – High Quality Natural CommunitiesCategory II – Threatened and Endangered SpeciesCategory III – Natural PreserveCategory IV – Geologic FeaturesCategory VI – Unusual Concentration of Flora or Fauna
(High Quality Streams)
0.07% in a natural condition
Illinois Natural Areas Inventory Updatethe numbers:
19 counties685 potential natural areas
33,727 photos taken56,828 miles driven
632/984 days in the field
George B. Fell – Natural Land Institute
“We are living at the time of man’s final conquest over the wilderness. What we have saved, and what we may save in the next few years, will be all the true wild nature that will remain to pass on from generation to generation in the years ahead.
There will never be another chance.”
Illinois Glaciation
Illinois Natural Divisions1. Wisconsin Driftless2. Rock River Hill Country3. Northeastern Morainal4. Grand Prairie5. Western Forest-Prairie6. Illinois/Mississippi River Sand Areas7. Upper Mississippi/Illinois River Bottomlands8. Middle Mississippi Border9. Lower Mississippi River Bottomlands10. Southern Till Plain11. Wabash Border12. Ozarks13. Shawnee Hills14. Coastal Plain
Why use native plants?
1. Support native wildlife2. Adapted to region3. Less maintenance4. Cheaper
EVOLUTION
Strategies for planting
1. Color2. Bloom time3. Species adapted for soil/light
conditions4. Ferns, grasses, shrubs
Plant Identification
Plant Identification
Plant Resources for Southern Illinois
Field Guide Books & Websites
Plant Resources for Southern Illinois
Field Guide Books & Websites
Common & Variegated (Asclepias syriaca & A. variegata)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
White Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias perennis)
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Prairie Milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii)
Tall Green & Horsetail (Asclepias hirtella & A. verticillata)
Green & Green-flowered (Asclepias viridiflora & A. viridis)
Poke & Purple (Asclepias exaltata & A. purpurescens)
Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia)
Mead’s & Oval-leaved Milkweed (Asclepias meadii & ovalifolia)
Climbing Milkweed – Matelea gonocarpos
Climbing Milkweed – Matelea obliqua
Illinois Beach Nature Preserve – Lake County
Bird’s-foot Violet (Viola pedata)
Queen-of-the-Prairie (Filipendula rubra), IL-T
Prairie Gentian (Gentiana puberulenta)
Prairie Lily (Lilium philadelphicum)
Michigan Lily (Lilium michiganense)
White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
Wild Hyacinth (Camassia scilloides)
Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Gray-headed Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
Canada Milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis)
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
White Wild Indigo Bush (Baptisia alba)
Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)
Bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana)
Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia humifusa)
Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)
Cleft Phlox (Phlox bifida)
Wood Betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
Blue Sage (Salvia azurea var. grandiflora), IL-T
Royal Catchfly (Silene regia)
Leafy Prairie Clover (Dalea foliosa), Fed-E, IL-E
Nachusa Grasslands – Lee and Ogle counties
Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea), Fed-T, IL-E
Shoe Factory Road Prairie Nature Preserve – Cook County
Bluff Spring Fen Nature Preserve – Cook County
Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve – Will County
Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve
Glade Coneflower - Echinacea simulata
Weston Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve – McLean County
Prairie Soil Conservation
Munson Township Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve – Henry County
Prospect Cemetery Nature Preserve – Ford County
Dead River – Illinois Beach Nature Preserve
Blue Flag Iris & Copper Iris (Iris schrevei & I. fulva)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Spiderlily (Hymenocallis caroliniana)
Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Deer Grove West – Cook County
White Trillium – Trillium flexipes
Red Trillium (Trillium erectum), IL-E
Liverleaf (Hepatica acutiloba)
Dwarf Larkspur– Delphinium tricorne
Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
Celandine Poppy – Stylophorum diphyllum
Wild Columbine – Aquilegia canadensis
Doll’s Eyes (Actaea pachypoda)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
Woodland Sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus)
Asters (Symphyotrichum spp.)
Busse Forest Nature Preserve – Cook County
Merwin Savanna Nature Preserve – McLean County
Spitler Woods Nature Preserve – Macon County
Simpson Township Barrens
Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve
Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve
Starved Rock State Park – LaSalle County
Small-flowered Fameflower (Phemeranthus parviflorus), IL-T
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)
Widow’s Cross (Sedum pulchellum)
Wild Orpine (Sedum telephioides), IL-T
Don’t forget about the fern, grasses, and shrubs!
Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)
American Strawberry Bush (Euonymus americanus)
Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica)
Black Haw (Viburnum prunifolium)
Bladdernut (Staphylea trifoliata)
Silverbells (Halesia tetraptera)
Wild Azalea - Rhododendron prinophyllum
