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White Pines Forest State Park, more commonly referred to as White Pines State Park, is an Illinois state park in Ogle County, Illinois. It is located near the communities of Polo, Mount Morris and Oregon. The 385-acre (156 ha) park contains the southernmost remaining stand of native white pine trees in the state of Illinois, and that area, 43 ...
UTC-5 ( CDT) Area code. 618. FIPS code. 17-26012. GNIS feature ID. 2398874 [2] Fieldon is a village in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 176.
P. subsect. Ponderosae. Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, [ 3] bull pine, blackjack pine, [ 4] western yellow-pine, [ 5] or filipinus pine, [ 6] is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America. It is the most widely distributed pine species in North America. [ 7]: 4.
Beall Woods State Park is an Illinois state park on 635 acres (257 ha) bordering the Wabash River and Keensburg in Wabash County, Illinois in the United States. 329 acres (133 ha) of the state park is an old-growth forest designated as a Natural Area by the state of Illinois. The trees within the forest consist overwhelmingly of hardwoods of ...
3,700 acres (1,500 ha) Canada geese on Salt Creek looking toward Busse Woods. The Ned Brown Forest Preserve, popularly known as Busse Woods, adjoining Rolling Meadows, Elk Grove Village and Schaumburg in Illinois, is a 3,700-acre (1,500 ha) unit of the Cook County Forest Preserve system. It is named after Edward "Ned" Eagle Brown.
Magnolia grandiflora is a medium to large evergreen tree which may grow 120 ft (37 m) tall. [ 6] It typically has a single stem (or trunk) and a pyramidal shape. [ 7] The leaves are simple and broadly ovate, 12–20 cm ( – in) long and 6–12 cm ( – in) broad, [ 7] with smooth margins. They are dark green, stiff, and leathery, and often ...
It is distinguished from most other oaks by its leaves, which are shaped like willow leaves, 5–12 centimeters (2– inches) long and 1–2.5 cm ( –1 in) broad with an entire (untoothed and unlobed) margin; they are bright green above, paler beneath, usually hairless but sometimes downy beneath. The fruit is an acorn, 8–12 millimeters ...
In the lines, "the weary traveller sees / In desert or prairie vast, / Blue lakes, overhung with trees / That a pleasant shadow cast", because of the mention of blue lakes, it is clear that the author is actually describing not a Fata Morgana, but rather a common inferior or desert mirage. The 1886 drawing shown here of a "Fata Morgana" in a ...