Tag: photography

• Thelma Carpenter Prairie, Nachusa Grasslands, 4/18/2026 Flowers, Badger Mound Succession, and Red Clover

  

  Contents Introduction Fire Intensity Maps Images From Site 1. Bison in Distance (South Lowden Road) 2. Sign 3. Prairie Violet (Viola pedatifida) 4. Hoary Puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) 5. Pasture Thistle (Cirsium discolor) 6. Thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica) 7. Arrowleaf Violet (Viola sagittata) 8. Bird’s-foot Violet (Viola pedata) 9. Early Buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis) 10. False Toadflax (Comandra…

  jamesandrewmcgee

  April 27, 2026

  Badger Mound Succession, Ecological Restoration, Flowers, Red Clover, Uncategorized

  Badger Mounds, Flowers, photography, Prairie, Red Clover, Succession, travel

• Soil Crust

  

  Draft: I plan to add more images later Bluff Spring Fen Map of Areas Visited 1. Moss growing on small ridge 2. Wider view showing small ridge. The slight increase in elevation helps keep leaves blowing in the wind from depositing. 3. Moss growing on infrequently used trail. People walking keep the trail relatively free…

  jamesandrewmcgee

  March 12, 2026

  ecology, Uncategorized

  Ecological Restoration, Moss, nature, photography, Soil Crust

• Busse Woods 1/10/2026 Failure of a Restoration Group

  

  Contents Map Introduction Workday Location 1. Area cleared of common buckthorn ten years ago Sumac Expansion 2. Expanding patch of staghorn sumac 3. Closer view 4. An even closer view 5. Sumac stems scorched by fire Soil 6. Soil profile Hickories Top Killed 7. Hickories that regrew after fire Sedge 8. Carex albursina Map Introduction…

  jamesandrewmcgee

  January 14, 2026

  Ecological Restoration, ecology, Herbicide Applications, Prescribed Fire, Prescribed Fire, Uncategorized

  biodiversity, Common Buckthorn, Ecological Restoration, native-plants, nature, photography, plants, Rhamnus cathcartica