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Fire Cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)Observer
danielpohlDescription
@sedge @ammophila @grantfessler is this yellow birch???
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Hop Sedge (Carex lupulina)Observer
vnevirkovDescription
Strongest contender I have seen so far for lupuliformis but probably still lupulina.
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Eastern American Blue Violets (Subsection Borealiamericanae)Observer
dennis_nyberg
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Nodding Evening-Primose (Oenothera nutans)Observer
rynxsDescription
Same plant in flower one month earlier: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174229014
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Broad Beech Fern (Phegopteris hexagonoptera)Observer
grantfesslerDescription
Local fern expert and naturalist Bob Bryant reported finding this species here a few years ago.
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Sun Sedge (Carex inops ssp. heliophila)Observer
grantfesslerDescription
Growing at edge of mowed lawn in pioneer cemetery with remnant sand prairie. I suspect this could be C. inops heliophila.
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Limestone Riverbank Violet (Viola viarum)Observer
gregh2Description
Growing on the margin of a pond directly adjacent to the Middle Fork river. Many dozens of individuals.
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Limestone Riverbank Violet (Viola viarum)Observer
rynxsDescription
Rough count revealed 22 individuals in one population, no other subpopulations found. Exclusively growing on large, polished limestone gravel on riverbank.
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Limestone Riverbank Violet (Viola viarum)Observer
gregh2Description
Idk the difference between V. palmata and V. triloba or if V. triloba is now a syn for viola palmata.
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Monarda serotinaObserver
gregh2Description
Found at Forest Glen. The habitat was by a stream in a wooded area. I also found what looks like Monarda clinopodia also growing on a stream bank way down stream from this population. The flower heads of the M. clinopodia were much larger and the flowers were very white with no hint of pink apart from spots on the edge of the corolla lips. May be a new populaion for the species in Illinois?
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Case's Ladies'-Tresses (Spiranthes casei var. casei)Observer
prairieecologist1
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Harbinger of Spring (Erigenia bulbosa)Observer
rarecatsnakeDescription
1/18/2023
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Alderleaf Buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia)Observer
sadie98Description
Alder leaf buckthorn NATIVE AMERICAN ALDERLEAF
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Stalked Hairy Fairy Cup (Lachnum virgineum)Observer
skrentnyjeffDescription
may be smallest mushrooms I have ever seen... growing on old acorn shell
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Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica)Observer
outdoorsieDescription
Curious doubled specimen. This is the second one I’ve found.
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Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea)Observer
boutelouaDescription
get out of my quadrat
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Tatarian Dogwood (Cornus alba)Observer
dziomberDescription
This species is very similar to C. sericea, but has stones that are flattened, not globoid.
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Common Tuberous Grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus)Observer
bouteloua
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)Observer
milkweedhunterDescription
One anthocyanin free plant and the darkest one I have ever seen. About 10 feet apart. Gotta love nature and variation.
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