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Illinois' ecology is in a land area of 56,400 square miles (146,000 km 2); the state is 385 miles (620 km) long and 218 miles (351 km) wide and is located between latitude: 36.9540° to 42.4951° N, and longitude: 87.3840° to 91.4244° W, [1] with primarily a humid continental climate.
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Illinois is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Illinois. [1 ...
Its grounds, covering 1,700 acres (6.9 square kilometres), include cataloged collections of trees and other living plants, gardens, and restored areas, [3] [4] [5] among which is a restored tallgrass prairie. The living collections include more than 4,100 different plant species.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Sandstone bluffs at Mitchell's Grove Mitchell's Grove Nature Preserve is a 184 acres (74 ha) nature preserve and State Natural Area [ 2 ] located in LaSalle County, Illinois , situated between Tomahawk Creek and the Little Vermillion River north of their confluence.
40 acres, operated by the Illinois Audubon Society Andresen Nature Center: Fulton: Whiteside: Northwest: information, operated by volunteers, open for city events and education programs, features displays of local wildlife, insects, and flora found along the local watershed of the upper Mississippi River Anita Purves Nature Center: Urbana ...
_Allium schoenoprasum_, better known as chives. Andreas Rockstein/Flickr, CC BY-SA Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send ...
In a neighborhood of neatly groomed lawns, Barbara Dolan’s stands out. Emerald-green grasses compete for attention with knee-high dandelion puffs, while closer to the ground blue violets and ...
Lincoln Memorial Garden (LMG) is the inspiration of Springfield Civic Garden Club leader Harriet Knudson. When Knudson learned that the city of Springfield was acquiring land for the basin of a new reservoir, intended to serve as a source of city drinking water, she asked the city to set aside approximately 0.6 miles (1 km) of future shoreline as a garden to memorialize Abraham Lincoln.