List of the Vascular Plants at Site M, Cass County, Illinois
Part 3: Q - 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 Q - Z are given below.
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Scientific Name |
Native or Introduced |
Habitat |
Frequency of Occurrence |
Endangered or Threatened |
Cass County Record |
Quercus alba | native | upland woods | common | -- | -- |
Quercus imbricaria | native | low woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Quercus macrocarpa | native | low woods | common | -- | -- |
Quercus muhlenbergii | native | upland woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Quercus rubra | native | upland woods | common | -- | -- |
Quercus stellata | native | upland woods | only seen once | -- | -- |
Quercus velutina | native | upland woods | common | -- | -- |
Ranunculus abortivus var. abortivus | native | cultivated fields | frequent | -- | -- |
Ranunculus micranthus | native | wooded seep | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Ranunculus recurvatus | native | woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Ranunculus septentrionalis | native | along streams | occasional | -- | -- |
Rhamnus cathartica | introduced | base of hill prairie | infrequent | -- | new to Cass County |
Rhus glabra | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Ribes missouriensis | native | disturbed woods | abundant | -- | -- |
Robinia pseudoacacia | native | open pasture | infrequent | -- | -- |
Rorippa sessiliflora | native | along creek | occasional | -- | -- |
Rosa carolina | native | hill prairies, old fields | common | -- | -- |
Rosa multiflora | introduced | woods, pastures, old fields | common | -- | -- |
Rosa setigera | native | along streams & ponds, pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Rubus allegheniensis | native | old pastures, along streams | common | -- | -- |
Rubus flagellaris | native | edge of woods | common | -- | -- |
Rubus occidentalis | native | edge of woods | common | -- | new to Cass County |
Rubus pensylvanicus | native | edge of woods | common | -- | -- |
Rudbeckia hirta | native | hill prairies, pastures, hay fields | common | -- | -- |
Rudbeckia laciniata | native | floodplain woods | common | -- | -- |
Rudbeckia subtomentosa | native | low woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Rudbeckia triloba | native | hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Ruellia humilis var. longiflora | native | hill prairies | common | -- | new to Cass County |
Ruellia strepens | native | mesic woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Rumex acetosella | introduced | old pastures, hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Rumex altissimus | native | along streams | occasional | -- | -- |
Rumex crispus | introduced | along streams | occasional | -- | -- |
Rumex obtusifolius | introduced | along streams | occasional | -- | -- |
Salix amygdaloides | native | seep | infrequent | -- | new to Cass County |
Salix babylonica | introduced | wooded ravine | only seen once | -- | new to Cass County |
Salix exigua | native | along streams | common | -- | -- |
Salix nigra | native | along streams | common | -- | -- |
Salix rigida | native | seep | occasional | -- | -- |
Salvia lyrata | native | pastured hill prairie | only seen at one site | -- | new to Cass County |
Sambucus canadensis | native | edge of low woods, along streams | common | -- | -- |
Sanicula canadensis | native | upland woods | common | -- | -- |
Sanicula odorata (S. gregaria) | native | floodplain woods & grazed woods | abundant | -- | -- |
Saponaria officinalis | introduced | hay fields, roadsides | common | -- | -- |
Sassafras albidum | native | woods | common | -- | -- |
Schizachyrium scoparium | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Scirpus atrovirens | native | around ponds, wet areas | common | -- | -- |
Scirpus pendulus | native | wet slope on hill prairie, roadsides | occasional | -- | -- |
Scirpus tabernaemontanii | native | wet slope on pasture | infrequent | -- | -- |
Scrophularia marilandica | native | edge of tributaries & floodplains | occasional | -- | -- |
Scutellaria lateriflora | native | creek beds & open wet floodplains | occasional | -- | -- |
Scutellaria leonardii | native | hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Scutellaria ovata var. versicolor | native | low mesic woods | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Senecio plattensis | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Setaria faberi | introduced | fields | common | -- | -- |
Setaria glauca | native | roadsides | occasional | -- | -- |
Setaria viridis var. major | introduced | crop fields | occasional | -- | -- |
Setaria viridis var. viridis | introduced | fields & roadsides | common | -- | -- |
Sicyos angulatus | native | creek beds & open floodplains | occasional | -- | -- |
Sida spinosa | introduced | crop fields & roadsides | common | -- | -- |
Silene antirrhina | native | hill prairies & hay fields | occasional | -- | -- |
Silene nivea | native | edge of stream | only seen once | -- | -- |
Silene stellata | native | upland woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Silphium integrifolium | native | roadsides & old fields | rare | -- | -- |
Silphium perfoliatum | native | wet areas | common | -- | -- |
Silphium terebinthinaceum | native | hill prairies & old field | infrequent | -- | -- |
Sisymbrium loeselii | introduced | old fields | occasional | -- | -- |
Sisymbrium officinale var. leiocarpum | introduced | hayfields | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium | native | woods | occasional | -- | new to Cass County |
Sisyrinchium campestre | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Smilacina racemosa | native | woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Smilacina stellata | native | open woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Smilax hispida | native | edge of woods | common | -- | -- |
Smilax lasioneuron | native | roadsides | infrequent | -- | -- |
Solanum carolinense | native | agricultural fields, pastures, hay fields | common | -- | -- |
Solanum ptycanthum | native | cornfield | occasional | -- | -- |
Solanum rostratum | introduced | creek bed | only saw once | -- | -- |
Solidago canadensis | native | open floodplains | abundant | -- | -- |
Solidago gigantea | native | open floodplains | common | -- | -- |
Solidago juncea | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Solidago nemoralis | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Solidago rigida | native | hill prairies | only seen 3 times | -- | -- |
Solidago speciosa | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Solidago ulmifolia | native | upland woods | common | -- | -- |
Sonchus asper | introduced | fields | occasional | -- | -- |
Sorghastrum nutans | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Sorghum halapense | introduced | crop fields | common | -- | -- |
Sphenopholis obtusata var. major | native | upland woods | common | -- | -- |
Sphenopholis obtusata var. obtusata | native | moist woods | common | -- | -- |
Spiranthes cernua | native | degraded hill prairie | infrequent | -- | -- |
Spiranthes magnicamporum | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Sporobolus aspera | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Stachys tenuifolia var. tenuifolia | native | floodplains | infrequent | -- | -- |
Staphylea trifolia | native | woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Stellaria media | introduced | disturbed areas | occasional | -- | -- |
Strophostyles helvola | native | roadside | occasional | -- | -- |
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | native | upland woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Taraxacum officinale | introduced | disturbed areas | common | -- | -- |
Teucrium canadense var. boreale | native | along streams | common | -- | new to Cass County |
Thalictrum revolutum | native | low woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Thaspium trifoliatum | native | mesic woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Thlaspi arvense | introduced | disturbed areas | common | -- | -- |
Tilia americana var. americana | native | mesic woods & open pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Torilis japonica | introduced | pastures & floodplains | occasional | -- | -- |
Toxicodendron radicans | native | pastures & woods | abundant | -- | -- |
Tradescantia ohiensis | native | disturbed hill prairies | infrequent | -- | -- |
Tragopogon dubius | introduced | hay fields, pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Tridens flavus | native | pastures | common | -- | -- |
Trifolium campestre | introduced | hay fields | occasional | -- | -- |
Trifolium pratense | introduced | pastures | common | -- | -- |
Trifolium repens | introduced | pastures | common | -- | -- |
Trillium recurvatum | native | woods | common | -- | -- |
Triodanis perfoliata var. perfoliata | native | hill prairies | occasional | -- | -- |
Triosteum perfoliatum | native | hill prairies | common | -- | -- |
Typha latifolia | native | wet areas | infrequent | -- | -- |
Ulmus americana | native | woods | common | -- | -- |
Ulmus pumila | introduced | old home site | infrequent | -- | -- |
Ulmus rubra | native | woods | common | -- | -- |
Urtica dioica | native | open floodplains | occasional | -- | -- |
Uvularia grandiflora | native | woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Verbascum blattaria | introduced | hill prairies | infrequent | -- | -- |
Verbascum thapsus | introduced | hill prairies, pastures, disturbed areas | common | -- | -- |
Verbena bracteata | native | hay field | infrequent | -- | -- |
Verbena hastata | native | along streams | occasional | -- | -- |
Verbena stricta | native | hill prairies, pastures, hay fields | common | -- | -- |
Verbena urticifolia var. urticifolia | native | creek beds & floodplain woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Verbesina alternifolia | native | open floodplains | occasional | -- | -- |
Vernonia missurica | native | pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Veronica arvensis | introduced | roadsides, fields | common | -- | -- |
Veronica peregrina subsp. xalapensis | native | creekbeds & crop fields | common | -- | new to Cass County |
Veronicastrum virginicum | native | hill prairies, open woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Viburnum prunifolium | native | upland woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Viola pratincola | native | woods | infrequent | -- | new to Cass County |
Viola pubescens var. eriocarpa | native | mesic woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Viola rafinesquii | introduced | hill prairies, pastures | occasional | -- | -- |
Viola sororia | native | low woods | common | -- | -- |
Vitis cinerea | native | edge of woods | occasional | -- | -- |
Vitis riparia | native | bottomland woods | common | -- | -- |
Woodsia obtusa | native | mesic woods | infrequent | -- | -- |
Xanthium strumarium var. canadensis | native | crop fields | common | -- | -- |
Zannichellia palustris | native | pond | infrequent | -- | new to Cass County |
Zanthoxylum americanum | native | upland woods | common | -- | -- |
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