TITLE 17: CONSERVATION
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER c: ENDANGERED SPECIES
PART 1050 ILLINOIS LIST OF ENDANGERED AND THREATENED FLORA
SECTION 1050.40 THREATENED FLORA OF ILLINOIS


 

Section 1050.40  Threatened Flora of Illinois

 

All federally designated endangered or threatened plant species and subspecies have been automatically placed on the Illinois List by the Board and are protected under the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act even though their names do not appear in this Part.  Only those federally designated endangered or threatened plant species and subspecies known to occur in Illinois are designated as Illinois-endangered or Illinois-threatened by the Board and their names appear in this Part.  Users should refer to the US Fish and Wildlife Service at www.fws.gov/endangered/ for a complete listing of all federally designated endangered and threatened species and subspecies.

 

SCIENTIFIC NAME

COMMON NAME

PHYSCIACEAE

 

Phaeophyscia leana

Lea's Bog Lichen

EQUISETACEAE

 

Equisetum pratense

Meadow Horsetail

LYCOPODIACEAE

 

Huperzia porophila

Cliff Clubmoss

CUPRESSACEAE

 

Juniperus communis

Ground Juniper

CYPERACEAE

 

Carex atlantica

Sedge

Carex aurea

Golden Sedge

Carex bromoides

Sedge

Carex cryptolepis

Yellow Sedge

Carex oxylepis

Sharp-scaled Sedge

Carex prasina

Drooping Sedge

Carex viridula

Little Green Sedge

Carex willdenowii

Willdenow's Sedge

Cyperus grayoides

Umbrella Sedge

Cyperus lancastriensis

Galingale

Eleocharis rostellata

Beaked Spike Rush

Schoenoplectus hallii

Hall's Bulrush

JUNCAGINACEAE

 

Triglochin maritima

Common Bog Arrowgrass

Triglochin palustris

Slender Bog Arrowgrass

LILIACEAE

 

Stenanthium gramineum

Grass-leaved Lily

Tofieldia glutinosa

False Asphodel

ORCHIDACEAE

 

Platanthera flava

Tubercled Orchid

POACEAE

 

Ammophila breviligulata

Marram Grass

Festuca paradoxa

Cluster Fescue

POTAMOGETONACEAE

 

Potamogeton gramineus

Grass-leaved Pondweed

ASTERACEAE

 

Aster furcatus

Forked Aster

Boltonia decurrens*

Decurrent False Aster

Rudbeckia missouriensis

Missouri Orange Coneflower

Solidago sciaphila

Cliff Goldenrod

BRASSICAEAE

 

Cakile edentula var. lacustris

Sea Rocket

CAPRIFOLIACEAE

 

Viburnum molle

Arrowwood

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

 

Minuartia patula

Slender Sandwort

CELASTRACEAE

 

Euonymus americanus

American Strawberry Bush

CRASSULACEAE

 

Hyloteliphium telephioides

American Orpine

CUCURBITACEAE

 

Melothria pendula

Squirting Cucumber

DROSERACEAE

 

Drosera intermedia

Narrow-leaved Sundew

ERICACEAE

 

Chamaedaphne calyculata

Leatherleaf

FABACEAE

 

Lathryus ochroleucus

Pale Vetchling

Trifolium reflexum

Buffalo Clover

FAGACEAE

 

Quercus montana

Rock Chestnut Oak

Quercus phellos

Willow Oak

JUGLANDACEAE

 

Carya aquatica

Water Hickory

JUNCACEAE

 

Juncus alpinoarticulatus

Richardson's Rush

LAMIACEAE

 

Monarda clinopodia

White Bergamot

Salvia azurea

Blue Sage

Synandra hispidula

Hairy Synandra

LENTIBULARIACEAE

 

Utricularia intermedia

Flat-leaved Bladderwort

MENYANTHACEAE

 

Menyanthes trifoliata

Buckbean

ONAGRACEAE

 

Epilobium strictum

Downy Willow Herb

OROBANCHACEAE

 

Orobanche ludoviciana

Broomrape

OXALIDACEAE

 

Oxalis illinoensis

Illinois Wood Sorrel

PORTULACACEAE

 

Phemeranthus parviflorus

Small Flower-of-an-hour

PRIMULACEAE

 

Dodecatheon frenchii

French's Shooting Star

RANUNCULACEAE

 

Ranunculus harveyi

Harvey's Buttercup

ROSACEAE

 

Amelanchier interior

Shadbush

Filipendula rubra

Queen-of-the-Prairie

Rubus odoratus

Purple-flowering Raspberry

Rubus pubescens

Dwarf Raspberry

Rubus schneideri

Bristly Blackberry

SAXIFRAGACEAE

 

Sullivantia sullivantii

Sullivantia

SCROPHULARIACEAE

 

Agalinis skinneriana

Pale False Foxglove

Besseya bullii

Kitten Tails

Buchnera americana

Bluehearts

Veronica scutellata

Marsh Speedwell

STYRACACEAE

 

Styrax americana

Storax

ULMACEAE

 

Planera aquatica

Water Elm

URTICACEAE

 

Urtica chamaedryoides

Nettle

 

*          Federally designated threatened species

 

**        Federally designated endangered species.

 

(Source:  Amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 10145, effective May 28, 2020)