Illinois

   


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    Bur oak #3, West Chicago Prairie, DuPage County, Illinois. - 
    photo by Miles Lowry

 


  • Beall Woods Nature Preserve and Park, southeastern Illinois (Wabash County): about 270 acres of old growth in a 329-acre site owned by the Illinois Department of Conservation. Includes 6 species of hickory and 11 of oak.  Located on the banks of the Wabash River in southeastern Illinois, Beall Woods attracts visitors from around the world wanting to glimpse of one of the few remaining tracts of old-growth forest found east of the Mississippi River.  http://www.beall-woods.wabash.il.us/