What's in Bloom

McDonald Woods: Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana ), dogbane (Apocynum androsaeminfiolium), white wild indigo (Baptisia leucantha), long-awned wood grass (Brachyelytrum erectum ), white woodland brome (Bromus pubescens), many sedges forming seedheads, enchanter's nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ), silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua), gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa), redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea ), marsh fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus), false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides), prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii), smooth beard tongue (Penstemon calycosus), foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis), thicket parsley (Perideridia americana), smooth Solomon's-seal (Polygonatum biflorum), poison ivy (Rhus radicans), American elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis), upright carrion flower (Smilax ecirrhata), common carrion flower (Smilax lasioneura), slender wedge grass (Sphenopholis intermedia), purple meadowrue (Thalictrum dasycarpum), waxy meadowrue (Thalictrum revolutum), common spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis), zig-zag spiderwort (Tradescantia subaspera).

Prairie and Skokie River: Wild garlic (Allium canadense), meadow anemone (Anemone canadensis), leadplant (Amorpha canescens), spreading dogbane (Apocynum sibiricum), swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), prairie milkweed (Asclepias sullivanti), common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), wild white indigo (Baptisia leucantha), prairie Indian plantain (Cacalia plantaginea), sedges (Carex sp.), New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus), lance leaved coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata), prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata), white prairie clover (Dalea candidum), showy tick trefoil (Desmodium canadense), pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida), marsh fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus), daisy fleabane (Erigeron strigosus), flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata), northern bedstraw (Galium boreale), false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides), prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii var. grayana), round headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata), prairie lily (Lilium philadelphicum), pale spiked lobelia (Lobelia spicata), narrow leaved loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia), wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), glade mallow (Napea dioca), winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum), wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium), foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis), marsh phlox (Phlox glaberrima var. interior), prairie cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta), scurfy pea (Psoralia tenuifolia), mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginicanum), meadow rose (Rosa blanda), prairie rose (Rosa carolinia), black eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), compass plant (Silphum laciniatum), early goldenrod (Solidago juncea), meadowsweet (Spirea alba), spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis), culversroot (Veronicstrum virginicum), American vetch (Vicia americana).