Illinois Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Illinois. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Prunus americana | American Plum Wild Plum | |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry Wild Black Cherry Rum Cherry | |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common Chokecherry Choke Cherry | |
Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia Mountain Mint | |
Quercus alba | White Oak Northern White Oak Eastern White Oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
Quercus bicolor | Swamp White Oak | |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
Quercus palustris | Pin Oak Swamp Spanish Oak | |
Quercus rubra | Northern Red Oak | |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
Ratibida pinnata | Grayhead Coneflower Gray-headed Coneflower Grayhead Mexican Hat Gray-headed Mexican Hat Pinnate Prairie Coneflower Yellow Coneflower | |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac Velvet Sumac | |
Rosa blanda | Smooth Rose Early Wild Rose | |
Rosa setigera var. tomentosa | Climbing Rose Illinois Rose | |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Coneflower Sweet Black-eyed Susan | |
Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | |
Salix discolor | Pussy Willow Glaucous Willow | |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
Sisyrinchium campestre | Prairie Blue-eyed Grass White-eyed Grass | |
Silphium integrifolium | Wholeleaf Rosinweed Entire-leaf Rosinweed | |
Silphium laciniatum | Compassplant Compass Plant | |
Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant Indian Cup | |
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