Fairy ponds are dry right now, but it’s full on gentian season in the oak openings!
Thornton-Lansing Woods, IL • October 2018
dune and swale
Thornton-Lansing Woods, IL • May 2018
Sand Ridge Nature Center trails, IL • May 2018
Jack in the Pulpit is unmistakeable in the late spring.
Rather than early spring ephemerals, who bask in full sun underneath the leafless trees, plants active in the late spring enjoy the more dappled light that comes through as the tree canopy is leafing out.
Clark and Pine, IN • December 2017
it blows my mind that in the midst of industrial development over the past century, somehow, greater than zero acres of remnant dune and swale are going strong — ‘wastelands’ between rail yards and steel mills …
Sand Ridge Preserve and Prairie, IL • March 2017
in a romance with dune and swale
burned oak savanna to the left, prairie to the right
Ivanhoe South, IN • February 2017
Shirley Heinze property and part of the most incredible dune and swale complex remaining in NW Indiana.
Thornton-Lansing Woods, IL • January 2017
Miller Woods, IN • April 2016
It’s always a treat to visit here. Pannes, oaks, dunes, and views for days.
The water is high and a beaver is busy near the boardwalk across the closest wetland!
And the NPS folks don’t neglect poetry and important science.
Powderhorn, Chicago IL • January 2016
Calumet Region Adventure Club 