What's in Bloom

McDonald Woods: Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa), tall agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala), nodding onion (Allium cernuum), long-awned wood grass (Brachyelytrum erectum ), ear-leaved brome (Bromus latiglumis), woodland brome (Bromus pubescens), enchanter's nightshade (Circaea lutetiana), silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua), pointed tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum), beaked grass (Diarrhena americana), dwarf bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera), bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix), annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus), marsh fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus), Joe pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum), white avens (Geum canadense ), false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides), spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis), fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata), wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), self-heal (Prunella vulgaris), flowering raspberry (Rubus odoratus), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta ), starry campion (Silene stellata), wood sage (Teucrium canadense), zig-zag spiderwort (Tradescantia subaspera), tall stinging nettle (Urtica procera), blue vervain (Verbena hastata), white vervain (Verbena urticifolia), culver's root (Veronicastrum virginicum).

Prairie and Skokie River: Wild garlic (Allium canadense), nodding wild onion (Allium cernuum), meadow anemone (Anemone canadensis), leadplant (Amorpha canescens), spreading dogbane (Apocynum sibiricum), swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), prairie milkweed (Asclepias sullivanti), common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), Canada milk vetch (Astragalus canadensis), prairie Indian plantain (Cacalia plantaginea), sedges (Carex sp.), New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus), lance leaved coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata), prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata), white prairie clover (Dalea candida), purple prairie clover (Dahlia purpureum), showy tick trefoil (Desmodium canadense), Illinois tick trefoil (Desmodium Illinoense), pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida), marsh fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus), daisy fleabane (Erigeron strigosus), rattlesnake master (Eryigium yuccifolium), Joe Pye weed (Euphorbia maculata), flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata), queen of the prairie (Filipendula rubra), saw toothed sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus), western sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis), false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides), prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii var. grayana), Kalm St. Johnswort (Hypericum kalmianum), round headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata), blazing star/gay feather (Liatris spicata), prairie lily (Lilium philadelphicum), pale spiked lobelia (Lobelia spicata), narrow leaved loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia), wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata), winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum), common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis), wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium), foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis), obedient plant-false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana), prairie cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta), mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum), slender mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium), yellow coneflower (Ratibida pinnata), black eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), sweet black eyed Susan (Rudbeckia subtomentosa), prairie petunia (Ruellia humilis), elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis.), royal catchfly (Silene regia), starry campion (Silene stellata), compass plant (Silphum laciniatum), cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum), rosinweed(Silphium integrifolium), prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum), early goldenrod (Solidago juncea), meadowsweet (Spiraea alba), rough hedge nettle (Stachys tenuifolia var.hispida), purple meadowrue (Thalictrum dasycarpum), blue vervain (Verbena hastata),hoary vervain (Verbena stricta),ironweed (Veronia fasticulata), culver's root (Veronicastrum virginicum), American vetch (Vicia americana).