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Prairie Plants That Survive in Harsh Suburban Environments
The images in this post were taken at Henry Terada Park in Schaumburg. Dry Mesic Area The two most common plants are wild bergamot and spiderwort. The bergamot shows impacts from herbicide vapor drift. In this case, probably 2-D and dicamba used to control lawn weeds in nearby areas. However, I was still able to…
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Death to a Native Plant Garden 5/6/2023
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein This is the garden at a nature sanctuary on June 28th, 2018. Another view of the garden on June 28th, 2018. This is the garden on April 28th, the year before the above pictures were taken.…
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Poplar Creek On 4/30/2023
Sign Along Shoe Factory Hill Road East Side of Shoe Factory Road Nature Preserve – Lots of tree thinning has occurred here over the years. I was worried that the tree thinning that had been done on the east side of the Shoe Factory Road Nature Preserve was too much for many of the woodland…
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Middlefork Savanna 4/22/2023
Points of Interest Are Numbered and Target Area is Outlined in Red Point of Interest One: Kiosk at Entrance Point of Interest Two: Blanding’s Turtle Sign The Fire Did a Good Job of Top-Killing Shrubs Point of Interest Three: Diversity of Habitats Sign Point of Interest Four: A Wetland is More Than Water Sign Young…
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Things Growing On Logs
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…
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Glenview Woods and Harms Woods 3/18/2023
Areas Visited Outlined In Red Sign At Entrance Bridge Over North Branch Chicago River Looking North of Bridge Along North Branch Chicago River Sign Along Orange Gravel Trail Other Side of Above Sign North Work Area The new burn piles are labelled. Piles of logs are labelled. Previous burn piles are the dots that are…
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Watersmeet Woods 3/18/2023
Area visited is outlined in red. Points of interest are labeled and burn scars are numbered. Sign at entrance across from Avon Avenue. Marsh Log pavers on trail. Buckthorn thicket that is being cut. The pile is visible in the lower right. The ground water is right at the surface. Waterproof boots are needed for…
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Baker’s Lake 3/4/2023
Points of interest are numbered, and the target area visited is outlined in red. Point of Interest One: Lookout from South Side of Lake. Point of Interest Two: Sign for Younghusband Prairie This is a prairie reconstruction. Point of Interest Three: Brush Mowing Along Trail. Point of Interest Four: Baker’s Lake Wetland Sign Point of…
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Bluff Spring Fen 2/18/2023
The areas outlined in red are where I visited today. Today’s work area. Burn pile with today’s work area in the background. Every stump had been carefully treated with herbicide. Closer view of a treated stump. Herbicide has been applied liberally to the point some has run down the stem. It would be possible to…
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Poplar Creek 2/15/2023
The area outlined in red is where I visited today. I believe work occurred in this area on January 29th, 2023. West of the horse trail. Stump with dye from herbicide that has faded. I believe this stump had been treated two weeks ago. I did not map stumps that were treated, or not treated,…
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Documenting Land Management in Northern Illinois
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