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Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates Anderson Japanese Gardens: Rockford: Bethalto Arboretum Bethalto: Cantigny: Wheaton: Century Park Arboretum Vernon Hills
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.
The Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). [1] To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the ...
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.
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (formerly Aster oblongifolius), commonly known as aromatic aster [4] or oblong-leaved aster, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is native to parts of the eastern and central United States.
Chamaebatia foliolosa is a North American species of aromatic evergreen shrub in the rose family known by the common names mountain misery, bearclover, [2] and tarweed. Description [ edit ]
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 ...
State parks are owned by the state and generally administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. [3] Specifically, “State Park” refers to sites “exhibiting exceptional scenic and natural features and terrain” and that “offer a wide range of recreational opportunities for the public to enjoy”.