Carl R. Hansen Woods, Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Solidago ulmifolia and Geum canadensis

Geum canadensis

Unknown Grass

Carex blanda growing on root flare

Closeup of above

Carex and Asteraceae growing in crack in log

More Carex

Various things growing between log and bark

Grasses and two species of sedges

Carex in cracks in log

A different log with Carex growing in the cracks

Logs Decomposed To Form Troughs

Various species

Ribes sp. (Gooseberries)

Closeup of above

Log hollowed out by fire

Lichens and Moss

Bonus

Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary in Schaumburg, IL

Wild Geranium, Sedges (probably Carex amphibola), Black Raspberry, White Snakeroot?, and a few buckthorn seedlings

At first, I thought the seedling in the stump was a wild ginger. However, after further consideration I think it is a bloodroot seedling. It only looks like wild ginger because it has not grown large enough to develop the deep lobes characteristic of adult bloodroot plants.

Watersmeet Woods

Sedges growing on what I believe is a fallen cottonwood log.