A WINTER HIKE SILVER MAPLE TREE (ACER SACCHARINUM) (683-3291)

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With the surface of Wildflower Lake beginning to freeze over and the sunlight glistening on the surface

Quietness overcomes this scene with a blue heron standing still along the banks of Wildflower Lake in Northern Illinois

monarch butterflies are a common site from may through September at Wildflower Park

A very windy afternoon as the pampas grasses are shaken back and forth with the Lake behind

A WINTER HIKE SILVER MAPLE TREE (ACER SACCHARINUM) (683-3291)The campanula trail or boardwalk at Starved Rock State Park, is named after the harebell flower, its scientific name, campanula, which guides you through the mostly deciduous forest of red and white oak, maple and hickory with an understory of pawpaw, hornbeam and dogwood. Conifers of white pine are also abundant. The boardwalk guides you through french canyon and ends at the wildcat canyon overlook where an impressive falls can be seen. (687 3513)