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Below is a list of plants that have been planted around the Illinois Department of Natural Resources building in Springfield. The images shown are plants that are currently blooming. Click on the image for more imformation about the plant.
common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis)
Plant List for IDNR and Conservation World
- alumroot Heuchera americana
- American bellflower Campanulastrum americanum
- arrow-leaved aster Symphyotrichum urophyllum
- azure aster Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
- Bicknell's sedge Carex bicknellii
- big bluestem Andropogon gerardii
- black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
- blue cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides
- blue vervain Verbena hastata
- blue wild indigo Baptisia australis
- butterfly-weed Asclepias tuberosa
- Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis
- cardinal-flower Lobelia cardinalis
- closed gentian Gentiana andrewsii
- common ironweed Vernonia fasciculata
- common milkweed Asclepias syriaca
- common mountain mint Pycnanthemum virginianum
- compass-plant Silphium laciniatum
- cream wild indigo Baptisia bracteata
- Culver's-root Veronicastrum virginicum
- cup-plant Silphium perfoliatum
- downy phlox Phlox pilosa
- downy sunflower Helianthus mollis
- drooping coneflower Ratibida pinnata
- field goldenrod Solidago nemoralis
- flat-topped aster Doellingeria umbellata
- foxglove beardstongue Penstemon digitalis
- golden Alexanders Zizia aurea
- great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
- Illinois mimosa Desmanthus illinoensis
- Indian grass Sorghastrum nutans
- Indian paintbrush Castilleja coccinea
- inland oats Chasmanthium latifolium
- leadplant Amorpha canescens
- little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
- lousewort Pedicularis canadensis
- mallow Hibiscus sp.
- marsh blazing-star Liatris spicata
- meadow anemone Anemone canadensis
- New England aster Symphyotrichum novae‐angliae
- New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus
- nodding onion Allium cernuum
- nodding wild rye Elymus canadensis
- obedience plant Physostegia virginiana
- Ohio spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis
- ox-eye sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides
- pale coneflower Echinacea pallida
- partridge pea Chamaechrista fasciculata
- Pennsylvania sedge Carex pensylvanica
- prairie blazing-star Liatris pycnostachya
- prairie cinquefoil Drymocallis arguta
- prairie coreopsis Coreopsis palmata
- prairie dock Silphium terebinthinaceum
- prairie dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
- prairie milkweed Asclepias sullivantii
- purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea
- purple Joe-Pye-weed Eutrochium purpureum
- purple milkweed Asclepias purpurascens
- purple prairie clover Dalea purpureum
- rattlesnake master Eryngium yuccifolium
- rosinweed Silphium intergrifolium
- rough blazing-star Liatris aspera
- royal catchfly Silene regi
- sand coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
- sedge Carex molesta
- shrubby St. John's-wort Hypericum prolificum
- side-oats grama Bouteloua curtipendula
- silky aster Symphyotrichum sericeum
- smooth aster Symphyotrichum laeve
- spotted Joe-Pye-weed Eutrochium maculatum
- stiff goldenrod Oligoneuron rigidum
- swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata
- swamp rose mallow Hibiscus moscheutos
- sweet black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa
- switch grass Panicum virgatum
- Virginia spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana
- western sunflower Helianthus occidentalis
- white prairie clover Dalea candida
- white turtlehead Chelone glabra
- white wild indigo Baptisia alba
- wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa
- wild blue iris Iris shrevei
- wild hyacinth Camassia scilloides
- wild quinine Parthenium integrifolium
- wild senna Senna hebecarpa
