Native Skokie Parks
Pollinators and plants native to Illinois in Skokie Parks
This native planting will help create a base for a food web that attracts pollinators and insects which produces food for birds and small mammals which in turn provides food for larger animals that keep our ecosystem in balance.
Central Park's native habitat areas were made possible in partnership with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Open Space Lands Aquisition and Development program.
Here are some of the native plants and flowers that you'll find in Central Park:
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| PLANT |
COMMON NAME |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
COLOR |
BLOOM |
HEIGHT |
 |
Angelica atropurpurea
|
American angelica |
Green |
May–June |
7' |
 |
Asclepias incarnata
|
Swamp milkweed |
PInk |
June-August |
4' |
 |
Carex stipata
|
Prickly sedge |
Tan |
June |
3' |
 |
Cephalanthus occidentalis
|
Buttonbush |
White |
June-August |
12' |
 |
Eupatorium perfoliatum
|
Common boneset |
White |
July-September |
4' |
 |
Eutrochium maculatum
|
Spotted Joe-pye weed |
PInk |
July-September |
5' |
 |
Iris virginica shrevei
|
Blue flag iris |
Blue |
May-June |
3'
|
 |
Lycopus americanus
|
Common water horehound |
White |
July-September |
2' |
 |
Pilea pumila
|
Clearweed |
Green |
July-September |
0.5'-2' |
 |
Thelypteris palustris
|
Marsh fern |
Green |
June-October |
1'-2.5' |
 |
Verbena hastata
|
Blue vervain |
Blue |
July-September |
5' |