List of the Vascular Plants at Site M, Cass County, Illinois
Part 2: F - P
K.R. Robertson, L. R. Phillippe, and G. A. Levin
The following table gives a list of all vascular plants that were observed during field work conducted during 1994 at Site M in Cass County, Illinois.
Genera beginning with F - P are given below.
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Scientific Name |
Native or Introduced |
Habitat |
Frequency of Occurrence |
Endangered or Threatened |
Cass County Record |
Echinacea pallida | native | hill prairies | only seen at 3 sites | -- | -- |
Echinochloa crus-galli | introduced | creek beds, crop fields | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Eclipta prostrata | native | creek beds, edges of ponds | occasional | -- | -- |
Eleocharis intermedia | native | pond | only seen once | -- | new to Cass County |
Eleocharis obtusa var. obtusa | native | wet area & around ponds | common | -- | -- |
Eleusine indica | introduced | creek beds, along dirt road | common | -- | -- |
Ellisia nyctelea | native | disturbed areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Elymus canadensis | native | hill prairies | infrequent | -- | -- |
Elymus hystrix var. hystrix | native | edge of woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Elymus villosus | native | woods along streams | occasional | -- | -- |
Elymus virginicus var. virginicus | native | woods & open areas along streams | occasional | -- | -- |
Epilobium coloratum | native | open area along intermitent stream | occasional | -- | -- |
Equisetum arvense | native | seeps, wet areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Equisetum laevigatum | native | seeps, wet areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Eragrostis cilianensis | introduced | crop fields, creek banks, roadsides | occasional | -- | -- |
Eragrostis frankii | native | roadside | occasional | -- | -- |
Eragrostis hypnoides | native | creek banks | occasional | -- | -- |
Eragrostis spectabilis | native | hill prairie | occasional | -- | -- |
Erechtites hieracifolia | native | Edge of woods & plowed field | infrequent | -- | -- |
Erigeron annuus | native | pastures, edge of woods, roadsides | common | -- | -- |
Erigeron philadelphicus | native | upland woods & hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Erigeron pulchellus | native | hill prairie | infrequent | -- | -- |
Erigeron strigosus | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Erythronium albidum | native | mesic woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Euonymus atropurpurea | native | mesic woods near floodplain | infrequent | -- | -- |
Eupatorium altissimum | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Eupatorium coelestinum | native | open wet areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Eupatorium perfoliatum | native | open wet areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Eupatorium rugosum | native | upland woods | common | -- | -- |
Eupatorium serotinum | native | hill prairies & pastures | common | -- | -- |
Euphorbia corollata | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Euphorbia marginata | introduced | muddy creek bank | infrequent | -- | -- |
Festuca obtusa | native | woods | common | -- | -- |
Festuca pratensis | introduced | pastures & hay fields | abundant | -- | -- |
Forsythia x intermedia | introduced | persistent from cultivation | infrequent | -- | new to Cass County |
Fragaria virginiana | native | hill prairies & woods | common | -- | -- |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | native | upland woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Galearis spectabilis | native | woods | only seen in 1 area | -- | -- |
Galium aparine | native | woods & along streams | common | -- | -- |
Galium circaezans | native | woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Galium concinnum | native | upland woods | occasional | -- |
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Galium triflorum | native | woods | common | -- | -- |
Gaura biennis | native | hill prairies & pastures | common | -- | -- |
Gaura longiflora | native | hill prairie | occasional | -- | -- |
Gaura parviflora | introduced | hill prairie | occasional | -- | -- |
Gentianella quinquefolia subsp. occidentalis | native | hill prairies | only one location seen | -- | -- |
Geranium carolinianum | native | waste areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Geranium maculatum | native | mesic woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Geum canadense var. canadense | native | mesic woods | common | -- | -- |
Geum vernum | native | low woods | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Glechoma hederacea var. micrantha | introduced | disturbed areas | common | -- | -- |
Gleditsia triacanthos | native | woods & pastures | abundant | -- | -- |
Glyceria striata | native | wet stream banks, wet areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Gnaphalium obtusifolium | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Hackelia virginiana | native | grazed woods | common | -- | -- |
Hedeoma hispida | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Helenium autumnale | native | creek beds | infrequent | -- | -- |
Helianthus divaricatus | native | upland woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Helianthus grosseserratus | native | hill prairies | only seen twice | -- | -- |
Helianthus occidentalis | native | hill prairies | only seen twice | -- | -- |
Helianthus strumosus | native | upland woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Helianthus tuberosus var. subcanescens | native | open area of intermittent stream | occasional | -- | -- |
Helianthus x laetiflorus | native | hill prairies | rare | -- | -- |
Heliopsis helianthoides | native | hill prairies, hay fields, edge of woods | common | -- | -- |
Hemerocallis fulva | introduced | roadside | occasional | -- | -- |
Heracleum lanatum | native | creek bank | occasional | -- | -- |
Hesperis matronalis | introduced | roadsides | infrequent | -- | -- |
Heterotheca camporum | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Heuchera richardsonii var. grayana | native | hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Hibiscus trionum | introduced | cropfields | frequent | -- | -- |
Hieracium longipilum | native | hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Hieracium scabrum | native | edge of dirt road | infrequent | -- | -- |
Holosteum umbellatum | introduced | roadsides & disturbed areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Hordeum jubatum | native | roadsides | infrequent | -- | -- |
Hordeum pusillum | native | roadsides & pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Humulus lupulus | native | edge of woods | common | -- | -- |
Hydrastis canadensis | native | woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Hydrophyllum virginianum | native | woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Hypericum pseudomaculatum | native | pastures | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Hypericum punctatum | native | hill prairies & pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Hypericum pyramidatum | native | edges of streams | only seen at 2 sites | -- | -- |
Impatiens capensis | native | moist woods & streams | common | -- | -- |
Impatiens pallida | native | moist woods & streams | occasional | -- | -- |
Ipomoea hederacea | introduced | roadsides, fields | common | -- | -- |
Ipomoea lacunosa | native | field | only seen once | -- | -- |
Ipomoea pandurata | native | field | infrequent | -- | -- |
Iris brevicaulis | native | old field | only seen once | -- | -- |
Iris sibirica | introduced | old home site | infrequent | -- | new to Cass County |
Juglans nigra | native | woods | common | -- | -- |
Juncus dudleyi | native | pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Juncus interior | native | hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Juncus tenuis | native | pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Juniperus virginiana | native | hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Lactuca canadensis | native | ditch | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Lactuca floridana | native | ditch | occasional | -- | -- |
Lactuca serriola | introduced | fields | occasional | -- | -- |
Lamium amplexicaule | introduced | disturbed areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Lamium purpureum | introduced | disturbed areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Laportea canadensis | native | bottomlands & mesic woods | common | -- | -- |
Lathyrus latifolius | introduced | roadside & old home sites | infrequent | -- | -- |
Leersia oryzoides | native | open wet areas around ponds, floodplains | occasional | -- | -- |
Leersia virginica | native | creek beds & floodplain woods | common | -- | -- |
Lemna obscura | native | ponds | occasional | -- | -- |
Leonurus cardiaca | introduced | roadsides & disturbed areas | common | -- | -- |
Lepidium campestre | introduced | pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Lepidium virginicum | native | seep | occasional | -- | -- |
Lespedeza capitata | native | hill prairies | only rarely seen | -- | -- |
Lespedeza intermedia | native | roadsides | infrequent | -- | -- |
Lespedeza (Kummerowia) stipulacea | introduced | pastures | common | -- | -- |
Leucanthemum vulgare | introduced | old fields | infrequent | -- | -- |
Leucospora multifida | native | creek beds & banks | occasional | -- | -- |
Liatris aspera | native | hill prairies | only seen twice | -- | -- |
Liatris cylindracea | native | hill prairies | only seen at one hill prairie | -- | -- |
Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii | native | opening between crop fields & disturbed edge of woods along dirt road | two locations | threatened | -- |
Linum sulcatum | native | hill prairie | common | -- | -- |
Liparis liliifolia | native | woods & seeps | infrequent | -- | -- |
Lithospermum arvense | introduced | roadsides & pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Lithospermum canescens | native | hill prairies | infrequent | -- | -- |
Lithospermum incisum | native | hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Lobelia inflata | native | woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Lobelia siphilitica | native | creek beds | common | -- | -- |
Lobelia spicata var. spicata | native | hill prairies, pastures | common | -- | -- |
Lonicera japonica | introduced | woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Lonicera maackii | introduced | heavily grazed woods | infrequent | -- | new to Cass County |
Lychnis alba | introduced | wet area | infrequent | -- | -- |
Lycopus americanus | native | floodplains | occasional | -- | -- |
Lysimachia ciliata | native | along stream | occasional | -- | -- |
Lysimachia nummularia | introduced | wet area | only seen once | -- | -- |
Lysimachia quadrifolia | native | open wet area on steep slope in pasture | only seen once | -- | -- |
Lythrum alatum | native | roadside ditch | only seen once | -- | -- |
Maclura pomifera | introduced | woods, hill prairies, pastures | extremely abundant | -- | -- |
Malus ioensis | native | edges of hill prairies, pastures | common | -- | -- |
Malus pumila | introduced | common apple | old home sites | -- | -- |
Matricaria matricarioides | introduced | disturbed area | infrequent | -- | -- |
Medicago lupulina | introduced | hill prairies & pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Medicago sativa | introduced | hay fields | common | -- | -- |
Melilotus alba | introduced | hill prairies & roadsided | common | -- | -- |
Melilotus officinalis | introduced | hill prairies & roadsides | common | -- | -- |
Menispermum canadense | native | mesic woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Mentha arvensis var. villosa | introduced | open creek banks | occasional | -- | -- |
Mimulus alatus | native | creek beds | infrequent | -- | -- |
Mimulus ringens var. ringens | native | creek beds | infrequent | -- | -- |
Mirabilis nyctaginea | introduced | disturbed areas | infrequent | -- | -- |
Mollugo verticillatus | introduced | fields & along creeks | occasional | -- | -- |
Monarda fistulosa | native | hill praires & pastures | abundant | -- | -- |
Monarda punctata var. villicaulis | native | hill prairies & pastures | infrequent | -- | -- |
Morus alba | introduced | open pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Morus rubra | native | woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Muhlenbergia frondosa | native | creekbanks | occasional | -- | -- |
Muhlenbergia mexicana | native | edge of woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Muhlenbergia schreberi | native | open areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Muhlenbergia sobolifera | native | open shrub area on hilltop | occasional | -- | -- |
Muscari botryoides | introduced | old home sites | infrequent | -- | new to Cass County |
Myosurus minimus | native | agricultural fields | infrequent | -- | -- |
Narcissus poeticus | introduced | old home site | infrequent | -- | new to Cass County |
Narcissus pseudo-narcissus | introduced | old home site | infrequent | -- | new to Cass County |
Narcissus x incomparabilis | introduced | old home site | infrequent | -- | new to Cass County |
Nepeta cataria | introduced | disturbed areas | common | -- | -- |
Oenothera biennis var. biennis | native | pastures & hill prairies | frequent | -- | -- |
Oenothera laciniata | native | hill prairie | infrequent | -- | -- |
Onoclea sensibilis | native | along streams & low woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Onosmodium molle ssp. occidentale | native | hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Opuntia macrorhiza | native | disturbed hill prairie | one area beneath power line | -- | new to Cass County |
Osmorhiza claytonii | native | dry upland woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Osmorhiza longistylis var. villicaulis | native | dry upland woods | common | -- | new to Cass County |
Osmunda claytoniana | native | mesic woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Ostrya virginiana | native | upland woods | common | -- | -- |
Oxalis dillenii | native | shrublands, woods | common | -- | -- |
Oxalis stricta | native | wet areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Oxalis violacea | native | hill prairies | infrequent | -- | -- |
Panax quinquefolius | native | mesic woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Panicum capillare | native | roadsides | occasional | -- | -- |
Panicum clandestinum (Dichanthelium clandestinum) | native | edge of field | infrequent | -- | -- |
Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum | native | fields | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Panicum flexile | native | disturbed areas | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Panicum lanuginosum var. fasciculatum (Dichanthelium acuminatum) | native | hill prairies & pastures | common | -- | -- |
Panicum lanuginosum var. implicatum (Dichanthelium acuminatum) | native | hill prairies & pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Panicum lanuginosum var. lindheimeri (Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri) | native | hill prairies & pastures | infrequent | -- | -- |
Panicum latifolium (Dichanthelium latifolium) | native | old pasture along stream | infrequent | -- | -- |
Panicum oligosanthes var. oligosanthes (Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes) | native | hill prairie | occasional | -- | -- |
Panicum villosissimum (Dichanthelium villosissiumum) | native | hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Panicum virgatum | native | hill prairies | only seen once | -- | -- |
Parietaria pensylvanica | native | dry woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | native | mesic woods & roadsides | occasional | -- | -- |
Paspalum ciliatifolium var. muhlenbergii | native | old field | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Pastinaca sativa | introduced | roadsides, pastures, old fields, hill prairies | abundant | -- | -- |
Penstemon pallidus | native | hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Penthorum sedoides | native | floodplain | infrequent | -- | -- |
Phalaris arundinacea | introduced | along open streams | occasional | -- | -- |
Phegopteris hexagonoptera | native | mesic woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Phleum pratense | introduced | pastures & hay fields | abundant | -- | -- |
Phlox bifida ssp. bifida | native | hill prairies | infrequent | -- | -- |
Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii | native | mesic woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Phryma leptostachya | native | dry woods | common | -- | -- |
Phyla lanceolata | native | wet open areas, around ponds | occasional | -- | -- |
Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla | native | hill prairies, hay fields, roadsides | common | -- | -- |
Physalis virginiana | native | hill prairies, hay fields, roadsides | common | -- | -- |
Physostegia virginiana | native | hill prairies | only seen once | -- | -- |
Phytolacca americana | native | disturbed areas, roadsides | common | -- | -- |
Picea glauca | introduced | persisting from cultivation | only one tree seen | -- | new to Cass County |
Pilea pumila | native | creek beds & floodplains | common | -- | -- |
Pinus strobus | introduced | plantation | one area | -- | new to Cass County |
Pinus sylvestris | introduced | planted at edge of hill prairied | one area | -- | -- |
Plantago aristata | native | old fields | occasional | -- | -- |
Plantago lanceolata | introduced | disturbed areas, roadsides | common | -- | -- |
Plantago rugelii | native | roadsides | common | -- | -- |
Plantago virginica | native | roadsides, pastures | common | -- | -- |
Platanus occidentalis | native | low woods & along streams | common | -- | -- |
Poa compressa | introduced | old fields | common | -- | -- |
Poa pratensis | introduced | hill prairies, pastures, old fields | abundant | -- | -- |
Poa sylvestris | native | woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Podophyllum peltatum | native | woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Poinsettia dentata | native | grazed hill prairie | occasional | -- | -- |
Polygala verticillata var. isocycla | native | hill prairies & pastures | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Polygonatum commutatum | native | mesic woods | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Polygonum amphibium | native | open floodplains | occasional | -- | -- |
Polygonum arenastrum | introduced | along dirt road | infrequent | -- | -- |
Polygonum cespitosum var. longisteum | introduced | disturbed areas | common | -- | new to Cass County |
Polygonum convolvulus | introduced | wet area at base of ravines | infrequent | -- | -- |
Polygonum hydropiperoides | native | wet areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Polygonum lapathifolium | native | moist roadside | occasional | -- | -- |
Polygonum pensylvanicum | native | creek beds & floodplains | occasional | -- | -- |
Polygonum punctatum | native | creek beds & floodplains | occasional | -- | -- |
Polygonum scandens | native | creek banks | occasional | -- | -- |
Polygonum virginianum | native | mesic woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Polystichum acrostichoides | native | mesic woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Populus deltoides | native | bottomlands, along streams, hill prairies | common | -- | new to Cass County |
Portulaca oleracea | introduced | agricultural fields | occasional | -- | -- |
Potentilla arguta | native | hill prairie | rare | -- | new to Cass County |
Potentilla recta | introduced | hill prairies, hay fields, pastures | common | -- | -- |
Potentilla simplex var. simplex | native | old field | occasional | -- | -- |
Potomogeton foliosus | native | ponds | infrequent | -- | -- |
Potomogeton nodosus | native | ponds | infrequent | -- | new to Cass County |
Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris | introduced | wet areas | common | -- | new to Cass County |
Prunus hortulana | native | old pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Prunus serotina | native | upland woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Psoralea tenuiflora | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Ptelea trifoliata var. trifoliata | native | pastures, hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Pycnanthemum pilosum | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Pycnanthemum virginianum | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Pyrus communis | introduced | persisting from cultivation | occasional | -- | -- |
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