Delcomyn, F. and J. Ellis. 2021. A Backyard Prairie: The Hidden Beauty of Tallgrass and Wildflowers. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.
Ellis, J. L., and K. J. Wolz. 2018. Vegetation of Tomlinson Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve, Champaign County, Illinois. Transactions Illinois State Academy of Science 111:11-16.
Molano-Flores, B., L. Phillippe, P. B. Marcum, C. Carroll-Cunningham, J. L. Ellis, D. T. Busemeyer, and J. E. Ebinger. 2015. A floristic inventory and vegetation survey of three dolomite prairies in northeastern Illinois. Castanea, in press.
Spyreas, G., B. W. Wilm, A.E. Plocher, D.M. Ketzner, J. W. Matthews, J. Ellis, E. J. Heske. 2010. Biological consequences of invasion by reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea). Biological Invasions 12(5): 1253-1267.
Phillippe, L.R., M.A. Feist, R.L. Larimore, D.T. Busemeyer, P.B. Marcum, C.J. Carroll-Cunningham, J.L. Ellis, and J.E. Ebinger. 2009. Composition and structure of the ground layer vegetation at Iroquois County Conservation Area, northeastern Illinois. Phytologia 91(3):401-438.
Phillippe, L. R., J. Ellis, D. T. Busemeyer, W. E. McClain, and J. E. Ebinger. 2009. Vegetation Survey of Tomlin Timber Nature Preserve, Mason County, IL. Erigenia 22:36-44.
Phillippe, L. R., D. T. Busemeyer, P. B. Marcum, J. L. Ellis, M. A. Feist, R. L. Larimore, and J. E. Ebinger. 2006. Vegetation inventory of the Emiquon Preserve, Fulton County, Illinois. Erigenia 21:10-21.
Spyreas, G., B. Molano-Flores, C. Carroll, J. Ellis. 2004. Non-native plant commonness and dominance in Illinois