Rare and Showy Plants of the Chicago Region and the

Habitats That Support ThemChristopher David Benda

Montrose Beach Dunes

CHRISTOPHER DAVID BENDA

Visiting Plant Ecologist IL Natural History Survey

Instructor, Flora of Southern Illinois Southern Illinois University

Instructor, Tree Identification and Ecology The Morton Arboretum

PresidentIllinois Native Plant Society

Technical Expert ConsultantIllinois Endangered Species Protection Board

Somme Woods

Beach (Foredune)

Illinois Beach Nature Preserve

Marram Grass (Ammophila breviligulata), IL-E

Seaside Spurge (Chamaesyce polygonifolia), IL-E

Sea Rocket (Cakile edentula), IL-T

Pitcher’s Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri), Fed-T, IL-T

Trailing Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis), IL-E

Illinois Beach Nature Preserve

Kalm’s St. Johnswort (Hypericum kalmianum), IL-E

Bog

Volo Bog Nature Preserve

Water Arum (Calla palustris), IL-E

Snake-mouth Orchid (Pogonia ophioglossoides), IL-E

Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata), IL-T

Dolomite Cliff

Sagawau Canyon Nature Preserve

Bird’s Eye Primrose (Primula mistassinica), IL-E

Dolomite Prairie

Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve

Leafy Prairie Clover (Dalea foliosa), Fed-E, IL-E

Quillwort (Isoetes butleri), IL-E

Lakeside Daisy (Tetraneuris herbacea), Fed-T, IL-E

Leafy Prairie Clover (Dalea foliosa)

Slender Sandwort (Minuartia patula), IL-T

Car0lina Anemone (Anemone caroliniana)

Fens and Seeps

Watersmeet Woods

Fens and Seeps

Bluff Spring Fen Nature Preserve

Fens and Seeps

Lake in the Hills Fen Nature Preserve

False Asphodel (Tofieldia glutinosa), IL-T

White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)

Lesser Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis virgata)

Kalm’s Lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)

Grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia glauca)

Marsh

Illinois Beach Nature Preserve

Marsh Speedwell (Veronica scutellata), IL-T

Scarlet Smartweed (Persicaria coccinea)

Northern Flatwoods

Potawatomi Woods

Cousin It Sedge (Carex bromoides), IL-T

Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera psycodes), IL-E

Prairie

Palatine Prairie Nature Preserve

Mead’s Milkweed (Asclepias meadii), Fed-T, IL-E

Queen-of-the-Prairie (Filipendula rubra), IL-E

Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophea), Fed-E. IL-E

Royal Catchfly (Silene regia), IL-E

Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)

Prairie Gentian (Gentiana puberulenta)

Prairie Lily (Lilium philadelphicum)

Prairie Sundrops (Oenothera perennis), IL-T

Eared Foxglove (Tomanthera auriculata), IL-T

Sand Prairie

Illinois Beach Nature Preserve

Yellow Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris), IL-E

Meadow Beauty (Rhexia virginica)

Bird’s-foot Violet (Viola pedata)

Oklahoma Grass Pink Orchid (Calopogon oklahomensis), IL-E

Grass Pink Orchid (Calopogon tuberosus), IL-E

Calopogon oklahomensis vs. tuberosus)

White Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium candidum), IL-T

Savanna

Baker’s Lake

Oval-leaved Milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia), IL-E

Sweet Fern (Comptonia peregrina), IL-E

Pale Vetchling (Lathyrus ochroleucus), IL-T

Savanna Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii), IL-T

Woodland

Cap Sauer’s Nature Preserve

Yellow Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium pubescens)

Bishop’s Cap (Mitella diphylla)

American Columbo (Frasera caroliniensis)

American Columbo (Frasera caroliniensis)

Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)

Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa), IL-E

American Spikenard (Aralia racemosa)

Kankakee Mallow (Iliamna remota), IL-E

Illinois Botanizer