Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Wildflowers of Kendall County Index Page
Color: White/Cream Blooming: mid-May - June
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Anemone canadensis
Blooms mid-May - July
Prefers full to part sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Erigeron annuus
Blooms mid-May - October
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (very common)
Silene vulgaris
Blooms mid-May - July
Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Achillea millefolium
Blooms mid-May - July
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Leucanthemum vulgare
Blooms mid-May - October
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Cornus racemosa
Blooms mid-May - June
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Shrub (common)
Rosa multiflora
Blooms mid-May - June
Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil
Shrub (common)
Lonicera maackii
Blooms mid-May - August
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Shrub (common)
Field
Peppergrass (Field Cress)
Lepidium campestre
Blooms May - June
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Heracleum maximum
Blooms mid-May - June
Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (common)
Downy
Arrow-wood (Rafinesque's Arrow-wood)
Viburnum rafinesquianum
Blooms mid-May - mid-June
Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry to slightly moist soil
Shrub (uncommon)
Ptelea trifoliata
Blooms mid-May - mid-June
Prefers full to part sun, slightly dry soil
Shrub (common)
Trifolium repens
Blooms mid-May - October
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (very common)
Foxglove
Beard Tongue (Foxglove
Penstemon)
Penstemon digitalis
Blooms mid-May - June
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Rubus allegheniensis
Blooms mid-May - June
Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Shrub (common)
Rubus pensyvanicus
Blooms mid-May - June
Prefers part sun, slightly moist soil
Shrub (common)
Rubus occidentalis
Blooms mid-May - June
Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Shrub (common)
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Blooms mid-April - June
Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Annual
Bedstraw (Cleavers)
Galium aparine
Blooms mid-April - June
Prefers part sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Starry False Solomon's
SealSmilacina stellata
Blooms mid-April - June
Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Polygonatum commutatum
Blooms May - June
Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Ornithogalum umbellatum
Blooms May - mid-June
Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
White Baneberry (Doll's Eyes)
Actaea pachypoda
Blooms May - mid-June
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Smilacina racemosa
Blooms May - mid-June
Prefers part sun to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Viburnum trilobum
Blooms mid-May - mid-June
Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil
Shrub (rare)
Crataegus crus-galli
Blooms mid-May - mid-June
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Shrub (common)
Galium concinnum
Blooms June - mid-July
Prefers light shade, medium moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Nymphaea odorata
Blooms June - mid-September
Prefers full sun, wet soil
Aquatic (uncommon)
Indian
Hemp (Common
Dogbane)
Apocynum cannabinum
Blooms June - mid July
Prefers full sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (common)
Catalpa speciosa
Blooms June
Prefers full sun, moist to slightly moist soil
Tree (uncommon)
Rubus argutus
Blooms June
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Shrub (rare)
Wild
Onion (Wild
Garlic)
Allium canadense
Blooms June
Prefers part to full sun, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Pussy
WillowSalix discolor
Blooms April - mid-June
Prefers full sun, wet to moist soil
Tree (common)
Menispermum canadense
Blooms May - mid-June
Prefers shade to light shade, moist to slightly moist soil
Vine (common)
Smooth Sweet Cicely (Aniseroot)
Osmorhiza longistylis
Blooms May - mid-June
Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Lemna minor
Blooms May - mid-June
Prefers full to part sun, wet soil
Aquatic (common)
Prunus serotina
Blooms May
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Tree (common)
Anthriscus sylvestris
Blooms May
Prefers part sun, moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Cerastium arvense
Blooms May
Prefers full sun, dry to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Baptisia alba macrophylla
Blooms June - July
Prefers full sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Wildflower (rare)
Thalictrum dasycarpum
Blooms June - mid-July
Prefers full to part sun, moist to wet soil
Wildflower (uncommon)
Wood Avens (White Avens)
Geum canadense
Blooms June - mid-August
Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Cryptotaenia canadensis
Blooms June - July
Prefers shade to light shade, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Tall Anemone (Thimbleweed)
Anemone virginiana
Blooms June - July
Prefers part sun, slightly moist to moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Conium maculatum
Blooms June - mid-July
Prefers full to part sun, moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Galium circaezans
Blooms June
Prefers part sun to light shade, slightly moist soil
Wildflower (common)
Grass-leaved Arrowhead (Grassy Arrowhead)
Sagittaria graminea
Blooms June - September
Prefers full to part sun, wet soil
Aquatic (uncommon)
Melilotus alba
Blooms mid-June - September
Prefers full sun, slightly dry soil
Wildflower (common)
Phleum pratense
Blooms mid-June - July
Prefers full to part sun, slightly moist to slightly dry soil
Grass/sedge (common)
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