Tag: Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards
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Poplar Creek, Schaumburg Road Grasslands, 11/22/2025
Contents Map Images From Site Views 1. Prairie Grass Just After Sunset 2. Sunset Through Oak Trees 3. Late Fall Color of Birch (Yellow) and Raspberries (Red) with Lotus Seed Pods (Achenes) in Foreground Burn Scar 4. Looking north of the southernmost burn scar on 2/15/2023. 5. Looking north of the southernmost burn scar on…
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Poplar Creek Comparison Photos: Winter to Summer
West Woods Views North East South West Burn Scar with Black Tarp North East South West Burn Scar and Blue Tarp North East South West Cut Material Removed Treated Woody Invasive Species (7/2/2023) Asian bush honeysuckle Multiflora Rose Common buckthorn sprouting having missed being sprayed with herbicide. Josef Goder Tract Looking North Into Open Area…
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Poplar Creek, Near Shoe Factory Road Prairie Nature Preserve Preliminary Results
North of Shoe Factory Road I took a picture of this stump after it had been treated with herbicide. You can see this picture on the post labelled “Poplar Creek on 1/8/2023.” Now there are sprouts forming around the stump. The herbicide application did not kill it. This box elder tree likely had been cut…
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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 faded after what I believe has been two weeks. I did not map stumps that were treated, or not treated, because the dye had…
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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.
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Poplar Creek On 1/21/2023
Schaumburg Road Grasslands Joseph Goder Tract Here is a map showing locations of brush piles that were burned at today’s workday, burn scars from previous workdays, and brush piles covered with a tarp (gray or blue). The below view looks north toward the open area. This view looks south from the open area. This is…
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Poplar Creek On 1/8/2023
North of Shoe Factory Road The next day the brush piles have burned to ash. There are brush piles covered by tarps near the bicycle path so they will be easy to burn later. Some stumps had herbicide applied. Since the bark was covered, in addition to the cambium, and the temperature was near or…
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Poplar Creek On 1/7/2023
North of Shoe Factory Road This first image shows part of the work area where a brush pile is being burned. These are box elder trees that have been cut. Along the Bike Path North of the Carl R. Hanson Woods Parking Lot. This is a common buckthorn that was previously cut. If herbicide was…
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