Plants of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge
Native plants grow very well in your own yard. In fact, your garden will take less work to flourish as the native plants are best adapted to your area. Learn about Pocket Gardens and pollinator plants, and view resources to create your own backyard paradise.
Bellwort
(Uvularia grandiflora)
Bloodroot
(Sanguinaria canadensis)
Common Milkweed
(Asclepias quadrifolia)
Compass Plant
(Silphium laciniatum)
Cutleaf Toothwort
(Cardamine concatenata)
Dutchman’s Breeches
(Dicentra cucullaria
Rue Anemone
(Anemonella thalictroides)
White Trout Lily
(Erythronium albidum)
Wild Parsnip
(Pastinaca sativa)
• Prairie Drop Seed
• Big Blue Stem, The State Grass of IL
(Andropogon gerardii)
• Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
• Rosinweed (Silphium integrifolium)
• Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya)
• Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea)
• Rattlesnake Master (Eryingium yuccifolium)
• Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
• Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
• Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum)
• Ironweed (Veronia fasciculata)
• Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
• Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)
• Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
• White Ash (Fraxinus americanus)
• Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
• Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
• White Oak (Quercus alba)
• Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
• American Elm (Ulmus american)
• Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra)
Invasive Plants/Dangerous Plants:
• Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
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