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The Kinnickinnic River is one of three primary rivers that flows into the harbor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at Lake Michigan, along with the Menomonee River and Milwaukee River. [1] It is locally called the "KK River". [2] Kinnickinnic is an Ojibwe word that literally means "what is mixed", referring to the mixing of indigenous plants and tobaccos.
Menomonee River. The Menomonee Valley or Menomonee River Valley is a U-shaped land formation along the southern bend of the Menomonee River in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Because of its easy access to Lake Michigan and other waterways, the neighborhood has historically been home to the city's stockyards, rendering plants, shipping, and other heavy industry.
University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum: University of Wisconsin: Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison Botany Garden and Greenhouse: University of Wisconsin: Madison: Yerkes Observatory (50 acre Olmsted-designed landscape) Williams Bay, WI
The Menomonee River is 33.0 miles (53.1 km) long, [2] and empties into Lake Michigan at Milwaukee. Not to be confused with longer rivers named after the same Indian tribe. With a watershed that covers approximately 140 square miles (360 km 2 ) of urban landscape, it is home to a population of more than 336,670 people.
Gardeners are increasingly seeing the value in plants that encourage nature's diversity, say local nursery experts..
Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory (Mitchell Park Domes or The Domes) is a conservatory located at Mitchell Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is owned and operated by the Milwaukee County Park System, and replaced the original Milwaukee Conservatory which stood from 1898 to 1955. The three domes display a large variety of ...
This category contains the native flora of Wisconsin as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
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