Illinois Native Grasses

Illinois native plant guide npg revised 3 2008 page contents the native plant guide is available online in html and downloadable pdf format for your viewing convenience.

Illinois native grasses.

Habitats include typical savannas and sandy savannas black soil. View up to date information on how illinois is handling the coronavirus disease 2019. Erigenia is named for erigenia bulbosa harbinger of spring one of our earliest blooming woodland plants and a species that serves as a promise of things to come. Nov 23 2017 explore catherine o schmidt s board native grasses illinois followed by 451 people on pinterest.

Cover and spine table of contents species information summary table native plant species appendices revised 3 08 more information. Partially submerged float on the surface or favor the shoreline and commonly include algae grasses sedges rushes water lilies and forbs. This was one of the dominant grasses of the prairies that covered much of illinois during historical times. The first issue was published in august 1982.

Range habitat indian grass can be found in every county of illinois see distribution map where it is native. Do not fertilize native plants. Welcome to pleasant prairie nursery illinois native grasses wildflowers located on a farmstead in rural peoria county pleasant prairie nursery was founded in 2010 to provide native grasses and wildflowers for those desiring to include native plants in their landscaping reduce erosion or restore prairies. The prairie state nursery is focused on the production of high quality illinois ecotype native seeds.

Urban programs resource network. It has a neat and interesting seed structure similar to oats that matures into a beautiful purplish color by late summer. Northern sea oats chasmanthium latifolium is another smaller native grass that works well in wide range of light and soil conditions. Illinois native plant guide.

Erigenia is a peer reviewed journal of the illinois native plant society. Asplenium platyneuron ebonyspleenwort asplenium rhizophyllum walking fern athyrium filix femina ladyfern avena sativa oats bothriochloa ischaemum oldworld bluestem botrychium dissectumdissectum cutleaf grapefern botrychium dissectum obliquum bronze fern.