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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Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Rosinweed Prairie Dock | |
Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Oldfield Goldenrod Grayleaf Goldenrod Gray-leaved Goldenrod Dyersweed Goldenrod Dwarf Goldenrod Field Goldenrod | |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod Noble Goldenrod | |
Solidago ulmifolia | Elmleaf Goldenrod Elm-leaved Goldenrod | |
Spiraea alba | White Meadowsweet | |
Sporobolus heterolepis | Prairie Dropseed | |
Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass Freshwater Cordgrass Sloughgrass | |
Staphylea trifolia | American Bladdernut | |
Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster | |
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry Indian Currant Buckbrush | |
Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple Meadow-rue Tall Meadow-rue Meadow Rue | |
Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow-rue | |
Tilia americana | American Basswood American Linden Lime Tree Bee Tree | |
Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort Bluejacket | |
Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail Common Cattail | |
Uvularia grandiflora | Largeflower Bellwort Large-flower Bellwort Merrybells | |
Uvularia sessilifolia | Spreading Bellwort Straw Lily Wild Oats Merrybells Sessile-leaf Bellwort Sessile Bellwort | |
Vaccinium angustifolium | Lowbush Blueberry Late Lowbush Blueberry | |
Vernonia fasciculata | Prairie Ironweed Common Ironweed | |
Verbena hastata | Swamp Verbena Blue Verbena Blue Vervain Simpler's Joy | |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | |
Viburnum lentago | Nannyberry Blackhaw Sweet Viburnum Sheepberry | |
Viburnum opulus var. americanum | American Cranberry Bush Highbush Cranberry American Cranberrybush Viburnum Cranberry Viburnum | |
Viburnum prunifolium | Blackhaw Smooth Blackhaw Blackhaw Viburnum Smooth Blackhaw Viburnum Stagbush | |
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