Oxbow Prairie
Oxbow Prairie 6800 N Caldwell Ave, Chicago, ilOxbow Prairie, formed by an old loop in the river’s course, lies northwest of Bunker Hill Savanna. This old oxbow in the Chicago River’s North Branch is a combination of low, wet...
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Forest Glen Woods
Forest Glen Woods Forest Preserve 5420 N Forest Glen Ave, ChicagoAn important corridor for migratory birds, Forest Glen is part of the Lower North Branch Preserves. This unique woodland, savanna, and floodplain ecosystem needs help from our volunteer community to remove invasive...
Linne Woods
Linne Woods 6316 Dempster, Morton Grove, ilLinne 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...
Bunker Hill Savanna
Bunker Hill Forest Preserve 6800 Caldwell Ave, Chicago, ilWinding west and north along the bluff above the Chicago River, the bike path runs through the Forest Preserve known as Bunker Hill Savanna and Sidney Yates Flatwoods . Bounded by Caldwell,...
Somme Woods
Somme Woods 1714 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL, United StatesSomme Woods has bur and white oak savannas and woodlands with massive old oaks, open marshes, and ephemeral ponds. Rich with native plants and animals, the savannas and woodlands are being restored to...
Harms Flatwoods
Harms Flatwoods IL, United StatesIn the village of Skokie, east of the Chicago River’s North Branch, Harms Flatwoods is dominated by huge old bur and swamp white oaks, with an understory of black ash, winterberry, hazelnut...