Southern Illinois Plants

Southern Sugar Maple Aceraceae Acer barbatum

*Box Elder • Ash-leaved Maple Aceraceae Acer negundo

Red Maple Aceraceae Acer rubrum

Swamp Red Maple Aceraceae Acer drummondii

Silver / Soft Maple Aceraceae Acer saccharinum

Sugar / Hard Maple Aceraceae Acer saccharum

Red Buckeye Hippocastanaceae Aesculus discolor

Ohio Buckeye Hippocastanaceae Aesculus glabra

Tree of Heaven Simaroubaceae Ailanthus altissima

Black / European Alder Betulaceae Alnua glutinosa

Shadbush • Serviceberry Rosaceae Amelanchier arborea

Hercules' Club • Devil's Walking Stick Araliaceae Aralia spinosa

PawPaw Annonaceae Asimina triloba

River / Red Birch Betulaceae Betula nigra

Paper Mulberry Moraceae Broussonetia papyrifera

Blue Beech • Iron / Musclewood Fagaceae Carpinus caroliniana

Bitternut • Yellow-bud Hickory Juglandaceae Carya cordiformis

Pignut Hickory Juglandaceae Carya glabra

Pecan Juglandaceae Carya illinoensis

Kingnut / Big Shellbark Hickory Juglandaceae Carya laciniosa

Sweet Pignut Juglandaceae Carya ovalis

Shagbark Hickory Juglandaceae Carya ovata

Black / Red Hickory Juglandaceae Carya texana

Mockernut • White Hickory Juglandaceae Carya tomentosa

*Chestnut Fagaceae Castanea dentata

Catalpa • Lady Cigar • Indian Bean Bignoniaceae Catalpa speciosa

Sugarberry • Southern Hackberry Ulmaceae Celtis laevigata

Hackberry • Sugarberry Ulmaceae Celtis occidentalis

Dwarf Hackberry Ulmaceae Celtis tennifolia

Redbud Leguminosae Celtis canadensis

Alternate-Leaved Dogwood Cornaceae Cornus alternifolia

Rough-Leaved Dogwood Cornaceae Cornus Drummondii

Flowering Dogwood Cornaceae Cornus florida

Gray Dogwood Cornaceae Cornus racemosa

Cock-Spur Thorn Rosaceae Crataegus crus-galli

Red Haw Rosaceae Crataegus mollis

Pruinose Haw Rosaceae Crataegus pruinosa

Urn-Shaped Hawthorn Rosaceae Crataegus calpodendron

Green Haw Rosaceae Crataegus viridus

Dotted Haw Rosaceae Crataegus punctata

Persimmon Ebenaceae Diospyros virginiana

Beech Fagaceae Fagus grandifolia

Swamp Privet Oleaceae Forestiera acuminata

White Ash Oleaceae Fraxinus americana

Red Ash Oleaceae Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Green Ash Oleaceae Fraxinus subintegerrima

Blue / Square-stemmed Ash Oleaceae Fraxinus quadrangulata

Pumpkin Ash Oleaceae Fraxinus tomentosa

Water Locust Leguminosae Gleditsia aquatica

Honey Locust Leguminosae Gleditsia triacanthos

*Kentucky Coffee Tree Leguminosae Gymnocladus dioicus

*Silver Bell Styracaceae Halesia carolina

Swamp Holly • Possum Haw Aquifoliaceae Hex decidua

Butternut • White Walnut Juglandaceae Juglans cinerea

Black Walnut Juglandaceae Juglans nigra

Eastern Red Cedar • Juniper Cupressaceae Juniperus virginiana

Sweet / Red Gum Hamamelidaceae Liquidambar styraciflua

Tulip Tree Magnoliaceae Liriodendron tulipifera

Osage Orange • Hedge Apple • Bow wood Moraceae Maclura pomifera

Cucumber Magnolia / Tree Magnoliaceae Magnolia acuminata

Narrow-leaved Crab Apple Rosaceae Malus angustifolia

Prairie Crab Apple Rosaceae Malus coronaria

Iowa Crab Apple Rosaceae Malus ioensis

White Mulberry Moraceae Morus alba

Red Mulberry Moraceae Morus rubra

Tupelo / Cotton Gum • Swamp Tupelo Cornaceae Nyssa aquatica

Sour / Black Gum / Tupelo Cornaceae Nyssa sylvatica

Hop Hornbeam • Ironwood Betulaceae Ostrya virginiana

*Princess Tree • Paulownia Scrophulariaceae Paulownia tomentosa

*Shortleaf / Yellow Pine Pinaceae Pinus echinata

*White Pine Pinaceae Pinus strobus

*Scotch Pine Pinaceae Pinus sylvestris

Loblolly / Old Field Pine Pinaceae Pinus taeda

Water Elm • Planer-tree Ulmaceae Planera Aquatica

Sycamore Platanaceae Platanus occidentalis

White • Silver-leaved Poplar Salicaceae Populus albia

Cottonwood • Buttonwood • Plane Tree Salicaceae Populus deltoides

Swamp Cottonwood / Poplar Salicaceae Populus heterophylla

Wild / American Plum Rosaceae Prunus americana

Wild Goose Plum Rosaceae Prunus hortulana

Munson's Wild Plum Rosaceae Prunus munsoniana

Narrow-leaved Plum Rosaceae Prunus angustifolia

Wild Black Cherry Rosaceae Prunus serotina

Choke Cherry Rosaceae Prunus virginiana

Wafer Ash • Hop Tree Oleaceae Ptelea trifoliata

White Oak Fagaceae Quercus alba

Swamp White Oak Fagaceae Quercus bicolor

Scarlet Oak Fagaceae Quercus coccinea

Spanish / Southern Red Oak Fagaceae Quercus falcata

Shingle Oak Fagaceae Quercus imbricaria

Overcup Oak Fagaceae Quercus lyrata

Bur / Mossy-cup Oak Fagaceae Quercus macrocarpa

Blackjack / Scrub Oak Fagaceae Quercus marilandica

Swamp Chestnut • Basket / Cow Oak Fagaceae Quercus michauxii

Yellow Chestnut • Chinquapin Fagaceae Quercus muehlenbergii

Cherrybark / Swamp Spanish Oak Fagaceae Quercus pagodaefolia

Pin Oak Fagaceae Quercus paluastris

Willow Oak Fagaceae Quercus phellos

Rock Chestnut Oak Fagaceae Quercus prinus

Northern Red / Red Oak Fagaceae Quercus rubra 0

Shumard's • Southern Red Oak Fagaceae Quercus shumardii

Post Oak Fagaceae Quercus stellata

Black / Yellow-bark Oak Fagaceae Quercus velutina

Carolina Buckthorn Rhamnaceae Rhamnus caroliniana

Common Buckthorn Rhamnaceae Rhamnus cathartica

Shining / Dwarf / Winged Sumac Anacardiaceae Rhus copallina

Smooth Sumac Anacardiaceae Rhus glabra

Staghorn Sumac Anacardiaceae Rhus typhina

Black Locust Leguminosae Robinia pseudoacacia

Peach-leaved Willow Salicaceae Salix amygdaloides

Carolina / Ward's Willow Salicaceae Salix caroliniana

Sandbar Willow Salicaceae Salix interior

Black Willow Salicaceae Salix nigra

White / Red Sassafras Lauraceae Sassafras albidum

Bald Cypress Taxodiaceae Taxodium distichum

Basswood • Linden Tiliaceae Tilia americana

White Basswood Tiliaceae Tilia heterophylla

Winged / Wahoo Elm Pinaceae Ulmus alata

American / White Elm Pinaceae Ulmus americana

Red / Slippery Elm Pinaceae Ulmus rubra

Black Haw • Nannyberry Caprifoliaceae Viburnum prunifolium

Rusty Nannyberry Caprifoliaceae Viburnum rufidulum

Plankton Algae blue-green (water bloom) Blue-green Algae Microcystis

Plankton Algae blue-green (water bloom) Blue-green Algae Anabaena

Filamentous Algae scum, cotton-mat Cladolphora Cladolphora

Filamentous Algae scum, green-slimy Spirogyra Spirogyra

Filamentous Algae scum, water net Water Net Hydrodictyon reticulatum

Filamentous Algae scum, horsehair clumps Pithophora Pithophora

Advanced Algae bristly stems and branches Muskgrass, Stonewart Chara

Advanced Algae bristly stems and branches Nitella Nitella hyalina

Floating Plants free-floating, tiny rootlets hang from leaves Duckweed Lemna

Floating Plants free-floating, smallest flowering plant Watermeal Wolffia

Submersed Plants whorled leaves, Christmas tree-like Coontail Ceratophyllum demersum

Submersed Plants " ", red-tipped featherlike leaflets Eurasian Milfoil Myriophyllum sipcatum

Submersed Plants " ", bright green, featherlike leaflets Water Milfoil Myriophyllum spp.

Submersed Plants " ", 4 leaved, micro-barbed margins Amer. Elodea, Anachris, Ditch Moss Elodea canadensis

Submersed Plants opposite leaves, seeds in axils Horned Pondweed Zannechellia palustris

Submersed Plants " " , tiny starlike yellow flowers Waterstargrass, Ducksalad, Mudplantain Heteranthera dubia

Submersed Plants " ", reddish, leafy brown stems Southern Naiad Najas guadalupensis

Submersed Plants " ", large, pointed leaves w/visible spines Brittle Naiad Najas minor

Submersed Plants alternate leaves, short-grasslike leaves Leafy Pondweed Potamageton foliosus

Submersed Plants " ", stiff, round, tapered hairlike leaves Sago Pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus

Submersed Plants " ", tough, slender stem, grasslike leaves Small Pondweed Potamogeton pusillus

Submersed Plants " ", membranous, wavy edge, spiny leaves Curlyleaf Pondweed Potamogeton crispus

Submersed Plants " ", large, thin, linear, elliptical floating American Pondweed Potamogeton nodosus

Submersed Plants " ", lg., narrow submersed lvs, elliptic floaters Floatingleaf Pondweed Potamogeton natans

Submersed Plants " ", lg., narrow submersed leaves, oval floaters Illinois Pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis

Submersed Plants " ", semi-folded subm. lvs., lrg, elliptic floaters Largeleaf Pondweed Potamogeton amplifolius

Submersed Plants " ", threadlike subm., small, round., floaters Waterthread Pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius

Submersed Plants " ", thin lvs tufted, sm., white or yellow flower White or Yellow Water Buttercup, Crowfoot Ranunculus spp.

Submersed Plants " ", bladdered, bank rooted horz. floating stems Bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris

Submersed Plants fan-shape, forked lvs., white or lavendar flwrs Fanwort Cabomba spp.

Emersed Plants long, narrow leaves, cigar-like seed spike Cattail Typha spp.

Emersed Plants lg., rnd., cup-shape lvs., white or yellow flower American Lotus Nelumbo lutea

Emersed Plants heart-shape leaf, ball-like yellow flower Spatterdock,Yellow Pond Lily, Cow lily Nuphar advena

Emersed Plants circular, floating, split-leaf,white-pink flwr Water Lily Nymphae spp.

Emersed Plants floating leaf shield-shaped, jellylike coating Water Shield Brasenia schreberi

Emersed Plants arrowhead shape leaf, with tiny white flowers Arrowhead, Duck Potato Sagittaria spp.

Emersed Plants floating, hollow red stems, bright yellow flwrs Creeping Water Primrose Jussiaea repens, glabrescens

Emersed Plants jointed stem, oblg leaf, many pnk or rse flowers Water Smartweed Polygonum spp.

Emersed Plants long, narrow leaves,small bluish-white flowers Water Willow Justica americana

Emersed Plants small tree or shrub, alt. lvs, flowers are catkins Willow Salix spp.

Emersed Plants woody shrub, opp. lvs or in 3's, spherical flower Buttonbush, Buckbrush Cephalanthus occidentalis

Emersed Plants stem ? or round, brown seed & flower clusters Bulrush Scirpus spp.

Emersed Plants ‡, herb-like stem, reddish-purple flwr spikes Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria

Adder's-Tongue Pterophyta Filicineae Ophioglossum vulgatum

Limestone Adder's-Tongue Pterophyta Filicineae Ophioglossum engelmannii

Walking Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Camptosorus rhizophyllis

Sensitive Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Onoclea sensibilis

N* - Netted Chain Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Woodwardia areolata

Resurrection Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Polypodium polypodiodes

Common Polypody Pterophyta Filicineae Polypodium virginianum

Scott's Spleenwort Pterophyta Filicineae Asplenosorus ebenoides

Scott's Spleenwort Pterophyta Filicineae Asplenium ebenoides

Lobed Spleenwort Pterophyta Filicineae Asplensorus pinnatifidus

Lobed Spleenwort Pterophyta Filicineae Asplenium pinnatifidum

C0hristmas Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Polystichium acrostichoides

Glade Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Athyrium pyncocarpon

Maidenhair Pterophyta Filicineae Asplenium trichomanes

Bradley's Spleenwort Pterophyta Filicineae Asplenium bradleyi

Ebony Spleenwort Pterophyta Filicineae Asplenium platyneuron

Black-stemmed Spleenwort Pterophyta Filicineae Asplenium resiliens

Northern Maidenhair Pterophyta Filicineae Adiantum pendatum

N* - Southern Maidenhair Pterophyta Filicineae Adiantum capillus-veneris

E* - Powdery Cloak Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Notholaena dealbata

E* - Powdery Cloak Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Cheilanthes dealbata

N* - Alabama Lip Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Cheilanthes alabamensis

Purple Cliffbrake Pterophyta Filicineae Pellaea atropurpurea

Smooth Cliffbrake Pterophyta Filicineae Pellaea glabella

N* - Wolly Lip Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Cheilanthes tomentosa

Slender Lip Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Cheilanthes feei

N* - Hairy Lip Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Cheilanthes lanosa

Dissected Grape Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Botrychium oneidense

Rattlesnake Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Botrychium virginianum

Bracken Pterophyta Filicineae Pteridium aquilinum

S* - Oak Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Gymnocarpium dryopteris

Broad Beech Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Thelypteris hexagonoptera

S* - Long Beech Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Thelyteris phegopteris

Bulblet Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Cystopteris bulbifera

Wall Rue Pterophyta Filicineae Asplenium ruta-muraria

W* - New York Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Thelypteris noveboracensis

S* - Ostrich fern Pterophyta Filicineae Matteuccia struthiopteris

Royal Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Osmunda regalis

Cinnamon Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Osmunda cinnamomea

Interrupted Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Osmunda claytoniana

Appalachian Filmy Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Trichomanes boschianum

Virginia Chain Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Woodwardia virginica

Lady Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Athyrium filix-femina

Silvery Glade Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Athyrium thelypterioides

N* - Rocky Mountain Woodsia Pterophyta Filicineae Woodsia scopulina

Blunt-lobed Woodsia Pterophyta Filicineae Woodsia obtusa

Hay-scented Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Dennstaedtia punctilobula

Massachusetts Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Thelypteris simulata

Marsh Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Thelypteris palustris

Fragile Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Cystopteris fragilis

Marginal Wood Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Dryopteris marginalis

W* - Boott's Wood Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Dryopteris boottii

W* - Intermediate Wood Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Dryopteris intermedia

S* - Spinulose Wood Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Dryopteris spinulosa

SW* - Goldie's Wood Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Dryopteris goldiana

Crested Wood Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Dryopteris cristata

Clinton's Wood Fern Pterophyta Filicineae Dryopteris clintoniana

~ NOTE ~

A = Alexander ~ F = Franklin ~ G = Gallatin ~ H = Hardin ~ JA = Jackson ~ JO = Johnson

M = Massac ~ P = Pope ~ PU = Pulaski ~ S = Saline ~ W = Williamson ~ U = Union

•Letter(s) following species name indicates So. Il county(s) where samples are known to have been documented by the Illinois State Geological Survey.

COMMON NAME ~ FOSSIL GROUP ~ GENUS ~ SPECIES

Scale Trees Lycopods Lepidodendron aculeatum •U

Scale Trees Lycopods Lepidodendron sp.

Scale Trees Lycopods Lepidodendron cf. L. rigens

Scale Trees Lycopods Lepidodendron sp. •F

Scale Trees Lycopods Lepidophloios laricinus •F

Scale Trees Lycopods Lepidostrobophyllum lanceolatum

Scale Trees Lycopods Lepidostrobus ovatifolius

Scale Trees Lycopods Lepidostrobus sp. •W

Seal Trees Lycopods Sigillaria mammilaris •F

Seal Trees Lycopods Syringodendron sp.

Seal Trees Lycopods Asolanus camptotaenia •W

Seal Trees Lycopods Sigillariostrobus quandrangularis •U

Scale & Seal Trees Lycopods Bothrodendron minutifolium •JA

Scale & Seal Trees Lycopods Stigmaria ficoides •F, JA, P

Scale & Seal Trees Lycopods Lycopodites meeki

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Calamites cf. C. sachsei •P

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Calamites cistii •W

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Calamites suckowii

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Calamites sp.

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Calamites sp.

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Calamites sp.

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Calamites sp.

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Aesterophyllites equistiformis

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Annularia sphenophylloides

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Annularia radiata

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Annularia stellata •W

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Calamostachys germanica

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Calamostachys cartervilli •W

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Palaeostachy sp. •U

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Sphenophyllum cuneifolium •P

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Sphenophyllum emarginatum

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Sphenophyllum cf. S. emarginatum

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Bowmanites sp.

Jointed Plants Sphenophytes Sphenophyllum emarginatum

Ferns Pteridophytes Pecopteris mazoniana •W

Ferns Pteridophytes Pecopteris hemiteloidiodes

Ferns Pteridophytes Pecopteris miltonii

Ferns Pteridophytes Pecopteris unita •W

Ferns Pteridophytes Sphenopteris gracilis •W

Ferns Pteridophytes Caulopteris anglica •F

Ferns Pteridophytes Artisophyton insignis •F

Ferns Pteridophytes Pecopteris squamosa

Ferns Pteridophytes Pecopteris arborescens

Ferns Pteridophytes Pecopteris plumosa •F

Ferns Pteridophytes Alloipteris angustissima •U

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (neuroteroids) Neuropteris scheuchzeri •W

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (neuroteroids) Neuropteris ovata

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (neuroteroids) Neuropteris rarinervis

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (neuroteroids) Neuropteris capitata •JA

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (neuroteroids) Neuropteris schlehani •G

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (neuroteroids) Linopteris muensteri

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (neuroteroids) Mariopteris nervosa

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (neuroteroids) Odontopteris aequalis •W

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (neuroteroids) Cyclopteris cf. C dilatata •W

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (neuroteroids) Cyclopteris trichomanoides

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (neuroteroids) Alphlebia cf. A. clarkii

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (alethopteroids) Alethopteris serlii

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (alethopteroids) Alethopteris ambigua

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (alethopteroids) Alethopteris sullivantii

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (alethopteroids) Alethopteris decurrens •U

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (alethopteroids) Lonchopteris eshweileriana •JO

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (shenopteroids) Sphenopteris rotundiloba •W

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (shenopteroids) Sphenopteris bronnii

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (shenopteroids) Sphenopteris sauveurii •JA

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (shenopteroids) Sphenopteris neuropteroides

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (shenopteroids) Sphenopteris pygmaea •JO

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (shenopteroids) Sphenopteris cf. S furcata

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (shenopteroids) Sphenopteris cheathamii •P

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms (shenopteroids) Eremopteris gracilis •JO

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms Whittlseya sp.

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms Givesia sp. •JO

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms Cononotheca caduca

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms Crossotheca sagitatta

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms Trigonocarpus parkinsonii •JA

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms Hexagonocarpus crassus •JA

Seed Ferns Pteridosperms Carpolithes sp.

Conifer-like Plants Cordaiteans Cordaicladus sp. •W

Conifer-like Plants Cordaiteans Cordaites principalis •JA

Conifer-like Plants Cordaiteans Artisia transversa

Conifer-like Plants Cordaiteans Cordaianthus gracilis •JA

Conifer-like Plants Cordaiteans Cordaicarpon: Cordaicarpus major •JA

Conifer-like Plants Cordaiteans Samaropsis sp.