Botany

1
Botany

• Illinois Plant Life

2
Illinois State Tree

• The White Oak
• Start producing acorns at 20 years old
• Can live up to 200 years or more

3
Largest Oak Tree On Record

• Oak Tree Handout

4

• 851 Plant species native to Illinois Prairies

5
Illinois Prairie Grasses

• Prairie - Prairie is a vegetative community
  dominated by native grasses and featuring many
  colorful flowers (forbs).

6
Illinois State Prairie Grass

• Big Bluestem Adropogon Gerardii

7
(No Transcript)
8
Tall Prairie Grasses

• Indian Grass
• Switch Grass

9
Tallest Prairie Grass

• Prairie Cordgrass

10
(No Transcript)
11
Resources

• Chicago Botanical Gardens
• Chicago Wilderness Magazine
• Mathematics for Elementary School Children
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchgrass
• http//www.blueplanetbiomes.org/indian_grass.htm
• http//www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/indiangrass.html
  
  
• http//www.prairiepages.com/
• http//www.arcytech.org/java/population/facts_oaks
  .html