Exploring nature in Illinois : a field guide to the Prairie State /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeffords, Michael R.
Other Authors: Post, Susan L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana, Chicago, and Springifield, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A brief natural history of Illinois
  • How to use this book
  • I. North
  • Apple River Canyon State Park
  • Ayers Sand Prairie
  • Bluff Spring Fen
  • Gensburg-Markham Prairie Nature Preserve
  • Glacial Park Conservation Area
  • Goose Lake Prairie State Park
  • Green River State Wildlife Area
  • Harlem Hills Nature Preserve
  • Illinois Beach State Park
  • Matthiessen State Park
  • Mississippi Palisades State Park
  • Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
  • Moraine Hills State Park
  • Nachusa Grasslands
  • Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve
  • Spring Lake Wildlife Conservation Area
  • Starved Rock State Park
  • Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
  • Volo Bog State Natural Area
  • II. Central
  • Emiquon Preserve
  • Forest Park Nature Preserve
  • Funks Grove
  • Kankakee Sands
  • Ballard Nature Center
  • Along the Vermilion and Wabash Rivers
  • Lodge County Park
  • Pere Marquette State Park & the Lower Illinois River Valley
  • Loda cemetery prairie nature preserve
  • Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve
  • Prairie Ridge State Natural Area & Illinois Audubon Sanctuaries
  • Robert Allerton Park
  • Mason County Sand Areas
  • III. South
  • Bell Smith Springs Recreational Area
  • Cache River Ecosystem
  • Cedar Lake
  • Devil's Kitchen Lake-Rocky Bluff Trail
  • Ferne Clyffe State Park
  • Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve
  • Garden of the Gods Recreation Area
  • Giant City State Park-Trillium Trail
  • Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area
  • La Rue Swamp/Pine Hills Research Natural Area
  • Little Grand Canyon
  • Mermet Lake Conservation Area
  • Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve
  • Rim Rock/Pounds Hollow
  • Simpson Township Barrens Natural Area
  • Trail of Tears State Forest
  • War Bluff Valley Audubon Sanctuary
  • Epilogue: Your own backyard
  • Appendix A: Directions to sites
  • Appendix B: Natural divisions of Illinois.