Wildflowers of Kendall County - Green Feb-mid-May

Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District

Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page

Color: Green Blooming: February - mid-May

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Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Blooms May

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Hop Hornbeam (Ironwood)

Ostrya virginiana

Blooms mid-April - mid-May

Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil

Tree (common)

Arrow Arum

Peltandra virginica

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (rare)

Shagbark Hickory

Carya ovata

Blooms mid-May - mid-June

Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil

Tree (common)

Moonseed Vine

Menispermum canadense

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers shade to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil

Vine (common)

Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum commutatum

Blooms May - June

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Pussy Willow

Salix discolor

Blooms April - mid-June

Prefers full sun, wet to moist soil

Tree (common)

Skunk Cabbage (Polecat Weed)

Symplocarpus foetidus

Blooms Mid-February - March

Prefers part sun to light shade, wet to moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Blue Cohosh

Caulophyllum thalictroides

Blooms mid-April - May

Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Small-Flowered Buttercup (Littleleaf Buttercup)(Small-Flower Crowfoot)

Ranunculus abortivus

Blooms mid-April - June

Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil - Wildflower (common)

White Baneberry (Doll's Eyes)

Actaea pachypoda

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (uncommon)

Feathery False Solomon's Seal

Smilacina racemosa

Blooms May - mid-June

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil

Wildflower (common)

Field Peppergrass (Field Cress)

Lepidium campestre

Blooms May - June

Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil

Wildflower (common)

Wild Black Currant

Ribes americanum

Blooms April - May

Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil

Shrub (uncommon)