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  • Linne Woods

    Linne Woods 6316 Dempster, Morton Grove, il

    Linne Woods boasts such spring wildflowers as windflower and toothwort under a canopy of oaks and hickories with an understory of ironwood and black cherry. Directions: For Linne Woods north, go west...

    Free
  • Watersmeet Prairie Grove

    Watersmeet Prairie Grove 1899 winnetka road, northfield, il

    Named for the joining of the Middle and East Forks of the North Branch of the Chicago River, Watersmeet Prairie Grove has a wide variety of communities, from a limey, wet woods...

    Free
  • St Paul Woods

    St Paul Woods Forest Preserve 6500 Oakton Ave, Morton Grove, il

    St Paul Woods is an inviting oak-hickory woodland situated east of the North Branch of the Chicago River. Like many of our native woodlands, it needs management to clear invasive brush and...

    Free
  • Somme Prairie Nature Preserve

    Somme Prairie Nature Preserve 800 Western Ave, Northbrook, il

    Located in the village of Northbrook, in northern Cook County, these forest preserves span the original continuum of prairie to the west and north and savanna and woodland to the east and...

    Free
  • Harms Woods

    Glenview Woods parking lot, west side of Harms Road, just south of Glenview Rd. 721 Harms Road, Glenview, Il

    This fine oak woodland lies on the west side of the North Branch of the Chicago River in the village of Glenview. Several different species of oak are represented here; red oaks...

    Free