Identified Plant Species at Horner Park


The following list of plants in Horner Park, while incomplete (especially the shrubs and trees have not been suryeved in detail as yet), is the best that is available. These plant species were identified by Scott Meissner, Matt Hamm and Troy Brock from 1996 to 1998. Each of the species listed here is represented in the McKendree College Herbarium.
The plants are listed alphabetically by their scientific name.

    Scientific name ------------- Common name

  1. Acer nigrum ------------------------ Black Maple
  2. Acer rubrum ------------------------ Red Maple
  3. Ailanthus altissima ----------------- Tree-of Heaven
  4. Allium canadense ------------------ Wild Garlic
  5. Anemonella thalictroids ----------- Rue-Anemone
  6. Arabis laevigata -------------------- Rock Crest
  7. Arisaema atrobubens -------------- Jack in the Pulpit
  8. Asimina triloba --------------------- PawPaw
  9. Betula lenta ------------------------ Sweet Birch
  10. Blephilia hirsuta ------------------- Woodmint
  11. Camassia scilloides ---------------- Wild Hyacinth
  12. Capsella Bursa-Pastoris ---------- Shepard's Purse
  13. Carya ovalis ------------------------ Sweet Pignut
  14. Carya glabra ------------------------ Pignut Hickory
  15. Cercis canadensis ------------------ Redbud
  16. Chaerophyllum procumbens ----- Crantz
  17. Circaea canadensis ---------------- Enchanter's Nightshade
  18. Circaea quadrisulcata ------------- Enchanter's Nightshade
  19. Claytonia virginica ---------------- Spring Beauty
  20. Commelina communis ------------ Dayflower
  21. Cornus drummondii --------------- Rough Leaf Dogwood
  22. Crataegus engelmanni ------------ Hawthorn
  23. Cryptotaenia canadensis ---------- Honewort
  24. Daucus carota --------------------- Queen Anne's Lace
  25. Delphinium tricorne --------------- Dwarf Larkspur
  26. Dentaria lacinata ------------------ Toothwort
  27. Desmodium nudliflorum --------- Tick Trefoil
  28. Dicentra cucullaria ---------------- Dutchman's breeches
  29. Erigeron philadelphicus ---------- Fleabane
  30. Erigeron annus -------------------- Daisey Fleabane
  31. Erythronium albidum ------------- White Trout Lily
  32. Euonymus atropurpures ---------- Wahoo
  33. Eupatorium dubium --------------- Joe-Pye Weed
  34. Eupatorium rugosum ------------- White Snake Root
  35. Fagus grandifolia ------------------ Beech
  36. Galium aparine -------------------- Cleavers
  37. Galium ciraezans ------------------ Forest bedstraw
  38. Geranium maculatum ------------- Spotted Cranesbill
  39. Geum canadense ------------------ White Avens
  40. Helianthus hirsutus ---------------- Sunflower
  41. Hemerocallis fulva ----------------- Daylily
  42. Hibiscus syriacus ------------------- Rose of Sharon
  43. Impatiens capensis ----------------- Touch me not
  44. Lamium maculatum ---------------- Dead Nettle
  45. Lonicera xylosteum ---------------- Honeysuckle
  46. Lonicera periclymenum ------------ European woodbine
  47. Mentha avensis --------------------- Wild Mint
  48. Morus rubra ------------------------- Red Mulberry
  49. Muscari Botryoides ---------------- Grape Hyacinth
  50. Ornithogalum umbrellatum -------- Star of Bethleham
  51. Osmorhiza longistylis -------------- Anise root
  52. Ostrya virginiana ------------------- Hop-Hornbeam
  53. Oxalis europaea -------------------- Wood Sorrel
  54. Oxalis violacea --------------------- Common Yellow Sorrel
  55. Penstemon pallidus ---------------- Beard-tonuge
  56. Phlox divaricata -------------------- Sweet William
  57. Phryma leptostachya -------------- Lopseed
  58. Phytolacca americana ------------- Pokeweed
  59. Platanus occidentalis -------------- Sycamore
  60. Podophyllum peltatum ----------- May Apple
  61. Polemonium reptans -------------- Jacob's Ladder
  62. Polygonatum biflorum ------------ Solomon's Seal
  63. Polygonum persicaria ------------- Lady's thumb
  64. Prunus multiflora ------------------ Black cherry
  65. Quercus palustris ------------------ Pin Oak
  66. Quercus macrocarpa -------------- Burr Oak
  67. Quercus alba ----------------------- White Oak
  68. Ranunculus recurvatus ------------ Crowfoot
  69. Ranunculus carolinianus ---------- Buttercup
  70. Rosa multiflora -------------------- Wild rose
  71. Rubus laciniatus ------------------- Blackberry
  72. Ruellia stepens --------------------- Smooth Ruellia
  73. Sambucus canadensis ------------- Elderberry
  74. Sanguinaria canadensis ----------- Red puccoon
  75. Sanicula marilandica -------------- Black Snakeroot
  76. Sassafras albidum ----------------- Sassafras
  77. Scutellaria elliptica --------------- Hairy Skullcap
  78. Senecio glabellus ----------------- Butterweed
  79. Silene stellata --------------------- Starry Campion
  80. Smilacina racemosa -------------- Solomon's Seal
  81. Solanum nigrum ------------------ Black Nightshade
  82. Solidago ulmifolia ---------------- Goldenrod
  83. Taenidia integerrima ------------- Yellow Pimpernel
  84. Tetraphis geniculata -------------- Moss
  85. Teucrium canadense -------------- American Wood-Sage
  86. Tilia americana -------------------- American Basswood
  87. Tovara virginiana ----------------- Jumpweed
  88. Tradescanita virginiana ---------- Virginia Spiderwort
  89. Trillium recurvatum -------------- Prarie Trillium
  90. Triodanis perfoliata -------------- Round leaved Triodanis
  91. Uvloria grandifora --------------- Large leaved bellwort
  92. Verbascum thapsus -------------- Common Mullein
  93. Viburnum nudum ---------------- Swamp-Haw
  94. Viola Papilionacea --------------- Smooth yellow violet
  95. Viola Papilionacea --------------- Violet
  96. Vitus rupestris -------------------- Sand Grape
Please remember that park regulations do not allow the collecting of plants or flowers without written permission. Please leave these plants for others to enjoy.
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