Category: ecology

• Skokie River Nature Preserve 1/25/2025

  

  Descriptions of this preserve can be viewed at the following sites. https://dnr.illinois.gov/inpc/area.area2lakeskokieriver.html Summary Map Images From Site 1. View from parking lot toward bike trail 2. Preserve Entrance 3. Monument Rock 4. Aspen encroaching on prairie that had been controlled by girdling. 5. McLaughlin Meadow 6. Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) and Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) along southern…

  jamesandrewmcgee

  January 28, 2025

  ecology, Uncategorized

  Asian Bush Honeysuckle, Bennett Meadow, biodiversity, Burn Scar, Common Buckthorn, Ecological Restoration, Herbicide, hiking, McLaughlin Meadow, native-plants, nature, Rhamnus cathcartica, Shaw Prairie, Shaw Woods, Skokie River Nature Preserve, Swinging Bridge, travel

• Drought Impacts on Prairie Plants

  

  Drought impacts on prairie plants at the Shoe Factory Road Nature Preserve in Poplar Creek are shown.

  jamesandrewmcgee

  October 10, 2024

  ecology, Uncategorized

  Drought, environment, native-plants, nature, Poplar Creek Forest Preserve, Prairie

• When A Tree Dies

  

  This is where a tree died and was removed. In this closer view, you can readily see the multiflora rose growing around the cut stump. Around this dead tree is thick common buckthorn and some autumn olive. As the old oaks die, many are being replaced by invasive species.

  jamesandrewmcgee

  January 30, 2023

  ecology

  Autumn Olive, Common Buckthorn, Elaeaganthus umbellata, Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards, Rhamnus cathcartica