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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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At the following link after page 15 are many plant communities and the land types where they dominate.
http://www.natureserve.org/library/illinoissubset.pdf example... Quote:
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Heron
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Tinley Park, Illinois, USA
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A very interesting document, Gloria, thanks for posting that!
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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another example...
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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John, yes it is interesting. I love all the information. I keep going back for more.
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Heron
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Minnesota
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There is an excellent book similar to this which is solely for MN called Field Guide to the Native Plant Communities of Minnesota. I wonder if other States have resources similar to MN's or are we just lucky?
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Fox
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Wisconsin
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The NatureServe Network of Member Programs (scroll down to the bottom of the page "Programs in the United States") Typing Your State and Natural Heritage Program in a search engine will usually find the programs also. Not all of them have published books, but there's a lot of information available online. I like to check plant community information before I visit state natural areas so that I can keep an eye out for all of the plant species that are likely to be present there. .
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Offical Silphium Abuser
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Southeast Ohio
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Gloria, the oak ecosystem sounds like what is attempting to establish itself in our back yard, where the original property owners planted two white oaks more than sixty years ago. We don't have all the plants on the list, but all of our volunteers are represented. This part of WV has always felt more Midwestern than Appalachian to me; now I know why.
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Heron
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Minnesota
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