Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Eurybia furcata, commonly called forked aster, is an herbaceous perennial in the family Asteraceae. It is native primarily to the Great Lakes region and the Ozark Mountains in the United States . It is uncommon throughout its range, and occurs in the states of Michigan and Wisconsin in the north, south through Nebraska , Illinois , Iowa , and ...
Saukville was the site of a Native American village at the crossroads of two trails, one of which became the north-south Green Bay Road and the other the east-west Dekora Road. [3] Also located on the banks of the Milwaukee River, the village's inhabitants were probably Menominee and Sauk people. [4]
A plant survey conducted from 1999 to 2000 documented 333 native plant species including several threatened species such as Burgess Forked Aster and White Cedar.The deep valleys with a prevailing northern exposure and heavy tree cover make the site a glacial refugium that supports species that would typically be found in more northern latitudes such as Swamp Saxifrage.
Town of Lake is part of Milwaukee's "Garden District," which encompasses all neighborhoods in the 13th Aldermanic District. The Garden District is known for its long-time community garden, ...
Some of the ruins at this park, on Lake Michigan about 35 miles north of Milwaukee, are underwater. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the park was the site of a limestone quarry.
Lake Park was designed in the late 19th century by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park in New York City along with many others. Believing that access to nature had a civilizing and restorative effect on the urban public, Olmsted designed Lake Park in the Romantic tradition, with a preference for natural (over formal) landscaping, winding paths, a variety of vistas ...
The trail, designed by the County Supervisor at the time, was inspired by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. Under a public-private partnership, the trail was built by WE energies in exchange for rights to access the power lines through the park. Sheridan: 4800 S Lake Dr 131.8-acre (533,000 m 2)