Desmodium+illinoiense

Desmodium illinoense Desmodium illnoense Illinois Tick Trefoil Category: Usually in Prairie areas Moderate Moistures Found in Illinois and the Midwest. Dry Black Soil Praries. 2 to 4 feet tall The Bean Family

The leaves of the plant are used to collect pollen. These flowers attract bees. This plant is usually only found in the northern part of Illinois and not in the southern part. The plant feeds of the foliage of other Tick Trefoil plant. There are not many flowers that bloom on the plant so it is not consiered a very showy plant. The seeds of the plant are eaten by the, Wild Turkey, and White-Footed Mouse. They grow in black soil prairies and they are close to cornfields. In Ohio this plant is considered as an endangered. This plant itself has no floral scent so there is no smell. This plant is important to the Eagle Marsh because it collects pollen. []