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Illinois Native Plant Guide

snapshot of the cover page for the IL NRCS Native Plant GuideIllinois 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.

Cover and Spine
Table of Contents
Species Information Summary Table
Native Plant Species
Appendices (revised 3/08)
More Information

Download Native Plant Guide
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Please note this publication and some of the information contained within it is dated. Contact information may no longer be up to date. For assistance locating plants, seeds, or nurseries, please contact your local NRCS or SWCD office and talk to them to get what you need for your native plant project. 


Cover and Spines
The Native Plant Guide Cover and Spines file requires Adobe Acrobat.
 npg_cvrspn2.pdf [PDF]



Table of Contents (Pages 1-29)
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Preface
Acknowledgements
Effective Protection with Visual Appeal
Root Systems of Prairie Plants - To order a copy of the poster reach out to Heidi Natura at contact@livinghabitats.com or call (773)467-1634.
Introduction and Purpose 
Information Sources
Native Plant Applications for Streams and Stormwater Facilities
General Design, Application, and Management Considerations
Figures 1 & 2
Suggested Plant Species Mixes for Stormwater Applications

Species Information Summary Table

This table requires Adobe Acrobat.
 npg_speciestable2.pdf [PDF]

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Categories of Information Presented for Each Species


Native Plant Species (Pages 30-93)
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Sweet Flag
Common Water Plantain
Big Bluestem
Smooth Blue Aster
Panicled Aster
New England Aster
Nodding Beggarsticks
Common Beggarsticks
Side-Oats Grama
Blue Joint Grass
Bristly Sedge
Crested Oval Sedge
Pale Sedge
Wooly Sedge
Awl-fruited Sedge
Fox Sedge
Hackberry
Common Buttonbush
Tall Coreopsis
Gray Dogwood
Red Osier Dogwood
Field Nut Sedge
Blunt Spike Rush
Creeping Spike Rush
Nodding Wild Rye
Virginia Wild Rye
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Common Boneset
Green Ash
Fowl Manna Grass
Common Sneeze Weed
Sawtooth Sunflower

Native Plant Species (Pages 94-161)
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Blue Flag Iris
Common Rush
Torrey’s Rush
Rice Cut Grass
Wild Bergamot
Switch Grass
Purple Prairie Clover
Water Smartweed
Common Mountain Mint
Swamp White Oak
Bur Oak
Pin Oak
Yellow Cone Flower
Black-Eyed Susan
Broadleaf Arrowhead
Peachleaf Willow
Black Willow
Little Bluestem
Hardstem Bulrush
Chairmaker’s Rush
River Bulrush
Soft-stem Bulrush
Compass Plant
Prairie Dock
Late Goldenrod
Stiff Goldenrod
Indian Grass
Prairie Cordgrass
Spiderwort
Blue Vervain
Common Iron Weed
Arrow Wood Viburnum
Nannyberry


Appendices (Pages 162-167)
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A - Contacts for Further Information (revised 3/08)
B - List of Native Plant Material Vendors (revised 3/08)
C - Prescribed Burn Contractor List (revised 3/08)
D - Natural Areas Contractor List (revised 3/08)
E - Wetland and Natural Areas Consultant List (revised 3/08)
F - Illustration Credits 

Glossary of Terms (Pages 168-170)
Bibliography (Pages 171-177)


For More Information:

General Information
George Henshaw, IL NRCS State Resource Conservationist
george.henshaw@usda.gov

Ellen Star, Il NRCS Natural Resources Specialist
ellen.starr@il.usda.gov

For comments regarding this website contact:
Paige Buck, Il NRCS State Public Affairs & WebMaster
paige.buck@usda.gov (217) 353-6606

 

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