A WINTER HIKE SILVER MAPLE TREE (ACER SACCHARINUM) With the surface of Wildflower

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

I quickly composed the wildflowers of eastern daisy fleabane

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the foreground is made up of mostly dogbane plants which are in the milkweed family

Heading back through the oak savanna

A WINTER HIKE SILVER MAPLE TREE (ACER SACCHARINUM) With the surface of WildflowerThe 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)