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Sweet Clover
A Lawn Down the Block Yellow sweet clover growing and flowering in a mowed lawn. Closer view of some yellow sweet clover plants in a mowed lawn. White sweet clover will also send up sprouts when mowed in a lawn. I will add images of this when I have taken some. Added 8/9/2025 A Nature…
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Citizens for Conservation Spring Ephemeral Hike at Flint Creek Savanna 5/3/2025
Contents Map Seed Garden Trail Through Savanna Map Seed Garden 1. Prairie Violet (Viola pedatifida) and Early Buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis) 2. Robin’s Fleabane (Erigeron pulchellus) 3. Violet Woodsorrel (Oxalis violacea) Trail Through Savanna 4. Wood Betony (Pedicularis canadensis) 5. Burr Oaks in Flint Creek Savanna 6. Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia) I did not mark this…
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Hosah Workday 6/14/2025
Contents Map Images From Site Crown Vetch Control Area East of the South Side of the Panne Comparison From When Treatment Occurred Versus This Visit Crown Vetch That Missed Being Treated Off-Target Damage Crown Vetch Control Area in the Northeast Corner of Preserve Comparison From When Treatment Occurred Versus This Visit Crown Vetch That Missed…
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Minimizing Damage From Burn Scars
Deer Grove Forest Preserve 4/29/2025 Summary Map Explanation of Images Images From Site Burn Pile Over Snow 3/7/2015 1. Looking North 2. Looking East 3. Looking South 4. Looking West Spring Ephemerals That Emerged Through the Charcoal and Ash 5. Trillium and Erythronium 6. Closer View of Trillium and Charcoal 7. Claytonia virginica 8. Hepatica…
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Orland Grassland 2/3/2025
Websites with information about the preserve are included below. https://www.orlandgrassland.org/ https://volunteer-fpdcc.givepulse.com/event/414052-orland-grassland-stewardship-volunteer-days https://fpdcc.com/places/locations/orland-grassland/ https://dnr.illinois.gov/inpc/lwr-display.orland-grassland%C2%A0.html Summary Map Images From Site 1. Meeting location according to FPCC volunteer website. 2. Sign at Old Farm Road Trail entrance. 3. View beyond cable gate at Old Farm Road Trail entrance. 4. Looking toward Bobolink Hill. 5. Looking up Bobolink Hill…
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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…
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Vegetation Development on Decomposed Common Buckthorn Wood Chips
The below image is a four year old pile of wood chips from buckthorn clearing. The wood chips were directed out of the wood chipper into this preserve. This was done by city staff. I complained, but nothing was done to fix the issue. The wood chip pile shown was about a foot deep before…
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Drought Impacts on Prairie Plants
Drought impacts on prairie plants at the Shoe Factory Road Nature Preserve in Poplar Creek are shown.
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Crown Vetch Control At Hosah Park on 9/14/2024
Summary Introduction Crown Vetch by the Cable Fence Crown Vetch Under Oak Trees Discussion Time to Complete Work, Dispensing Glyphosate Foam, Herbicide Mixes, Maximum Use Rate, Future Work, Patches of Crown Vetch Still Needing to be Treated at Hosah Park, Applying Herbicide Foam to Stems Versus Spraying Related Posts Introduction Below is a link to…
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Getting Basal Bark Application Right
Summary View of Work Area View of Canopy Time After Treatment Until Control Occurs Basal Sprouting Discussion Effectiveness, Efficiency, Trade-offs, Future Goals View of Work Area The below image is the ground under common buckthorns (Rhamnus cathartica) that had been controlled with 20 percent (V/V) triclopyr ester in basal oil applied to the basal bark.…
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Documenting Land Management in Northern Illinois
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