What's in Bloom

McDonald Woods: Yellow giant hyssop (Agastache nepetoides), hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata), pale Indian plantain (Cacalia atriplicifolia), tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum), horse balm (Collinsonia canadensis), tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris), cinnamon willow herb (Epilobium coloratum), annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus), Joe pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum), white snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum), big-leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla), grassy-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia), pale-leaved sunflower (Helianthus strumosus), false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides), Canada hawkweed (Hieracium canadense), spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis), great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica), cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior), pokeweed (Phytolacca americana), Virginia knotweed (Polygonum virginianum), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba), rosin weed (Silphium integrifolium), cupflower (Silphium perfoliatum), tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima), early goldenrod (Solidago juncea), elm-leafed goldenrod (Solidago ulmifolia), arrow-leaved aster (Symphyotrichum drummondii), tall stinging nettle (Urtica procera), blue vervain (Verbena hastata), wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia).

Prairie and Skokie River: Warm season grasses are in flower or setting seed:  Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), bluejoint reed grass (Calamagrostis canadensis), nodding wild rye (Elymus canadensis), switch grass (Panicum virgatum), Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans), prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata).  Forbs: Nodding wild onion (Allium cernuum), pasture thistle (Cirsium discolor), tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris), Illinois bundle flower (Desmanthus illinoensis), daisy fleabane (Erigeron strigosus), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifoliu), spotted Joe Pye weed (Euphorbia maculata), tall bonset (Eupatorium altissimum), late boneset (Eupatorium serotinus), flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata), grassleaf goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia), biennial gaura (Gaura biennis), slender gerardia or false foxglove (Gerardia tenuifolia), sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale), saw toothed sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus), false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides), Kalm St. Johnswort (Hypericum kalmianum), orange jewelweed (Impatiens capensis), false boneset (Kuhnia eupatorioides var. corymobulosa), rough (button) blazing star (Liatris aspera), great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica), winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum), common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis), Ohio goldenrod (Oligoneuron ohioense), Riddell's goldenrod (Oligoneuron riddellii), stiff goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum), grass of Parnassus (Parnassia glauca), fen betony (Pedicularis lanceolata), obedient plant/false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana), smartweed (Polygonum punctatum), bush cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa), mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum), slender mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium), yellow coneflower (Ratibda pinnata), sweet black eyed Susan (Rudbeckia subtomentosa), brown eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba), royal catchfly (Silene regia), compass plant (Silphium laciniatum), cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum), rosinweed (Silphium integrifolium), prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum), tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima), old field goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis), white upland aster (Solidago ptarmicoides), showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa), smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve), New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae),  hairy aster (Symphyotrichum  pilosum), willow aster (Symphyotrichum prealtum), swamp aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum var. firmus), flat-topped aster (Symphyotrichum undulatum), blue vervain (Verbena hastata), hoary vervain (Verbena stricta).