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.
nice interpretive signage.
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 …
forget dune and swale; I’m starting a love affair with slag prairie
in a romance with dune and swale
Calumet Region Adventure Club 