Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: Forest Met Prairie (3.19510)
Date: 1940 – 1960Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Primarily textual teaching aid depicting Arboretum landscape. This material is depicted in the shape of a bur oak leaf. It describes how a line of bur oaks indicates where the climax forest and climax prairie met.
Header: FOREST met PRAIRIE [illustration of grass and trees]
Text and illustrations from top to bottom:
- The Record
- 1. a curving line of bur oaks
- 2. the heavy corky bark of the bur oaks, in comparison with bark of red oak.
- 3. the change in soil profiles at edge of oaks this [illustration of soil] to this [illustration of darker soil]
- Interpreting the Record
- 1) Because bur oaks, with their corky bark were best able to withstand the fires that swept the prairies (often set by Indians) and
- 2) because bur oaks are best at withstanding dry prairie winds
- 3) because bur oaks are seldom found in the heart of the woods
- We Read that: this line of bur oaks marks the place where the climax forest met the prairie climax
Extent: 1 sheet
Prairie swale & fire sketch [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24407)
Date: 1989Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w image 9 x 30 cm., on sheet 23 x 31 cm.
Prairie trail [graphic] : The Morton Arboretum / Hart. (3.24436)
Date: 1973Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w image 45 x 72 cm., on board 51 x 77 cm. + 1 lettering (layout features) (b&w, image 40 x 72 cm., on board 51 x 77 cm.).
Prairie trail [graphic] : The Morton Arboretum / Hart. (3.24485)
Date: 1973Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w image 45 x 72 cm., on board 51 x 77 cm. + 1 lettering (layout features) (b&w, image 40 x 72 cm., on board 51 x 77 cm.).
View from prairie remnant on Meadow Road looking northwest over Cutten land (3.3027)
Date: 1940sType: Photographic image
Description:View from prairie remnant on Meadow Road looking northwest over Cutten land
Extent: 1 photograph
Illinois tallgrass prairie underground / Carol Lerner. (3.30508)
Date: 2001Creator: Lerner, Carol
Type: Painting
Extent: 1 print : commerical halftone reproduction, color 64 x 98 cm.
Illinois tallgrass prairie underground / Carol Lerner. (3.30509)
Date: 2001Creator: Lerner, Carol
Type: Painting
Extent: 1 print : commerical halftone reproduction, color 64 x 98 cm.
Lecture by Ray Schulenberg: The Story of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration (3.31580)
Date: September 11 1987Type: Audio
Description:Lecture titled "The Story of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration" given by Ray Schulenberg as part of the 25th Anniversary Celebration of The Morton Arboretum Prairie.
Extent: 1 audio cassette
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 10 No. 03 (3.34469)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1974Type: Serial
Description:
- Immigrant Plants (33-39)
- Norway Maple, Acer platanoides: Maple Family (Aceraceae) (40-41)
- Impressions of Wolf Road Prairie (42-44)
- Research Notes/ People & Projects/ Climatological Summary (45-47)
- Acorns Large & Small (48)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 03 No. 02 (3.34551)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1967Type: Serial
Description:
- Prairie in a Post-Prairie Era (17-27)
- The Lookout (27)
- Notes on Prairie Plant Cultivation (28-31)
- Arboretum News and Notes/ Climatological Summary (32)
Extent: 16 pages
Prairie Restoration Project sign at old prairie (3.3558)
Date: 1970sType: Photographic image
Description:Prairie Restoration Project sign at old prairie
Extent: 1 photograph
Big bluestem and prairie dock (3.3559)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Prairie bluestem and prairie dock
Extent: 1 photograph
Volunteers at work in the prairie, laying stones for path (3.3560)
Date: 1970sType: Photographic image
Description:Volunteers at work in the prairie, laying stones for path
Extent: 1 photograph
Men hoeing ground to plant prairie (3.3561)
Date: 1970sCreator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Men hoeing ground to plant prairie
Extent: 1 photograph
Gravestones in a prairie cemetery (3.36230)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Two tombstones in a prairie cemetery are surrounded by prairie flowers and plants. One of the stones is barely visible in the grass.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Gravestones in a prairie cemetery (3.36231)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Two tombstones in a prairie cemetery are surrounded by prairie flowers and plants. One of the stones is barely visible in the grass.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Gravestone and flowers in a prairie cemetery (3.36232)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A tombstone surrounded by prairie flowers and plants.
The inscription on the stone reads, in part:
--- / BIRDIE / ---
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Gravestone in a prairie cemetery (3.36233)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A tombstone surrounded by prairie plants.
The inscription on the stone reads, in part:
JERUSHA / wife of / ---
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Plants in a prairie cemetery (3.36234)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Goldenrod grows in a prairie cemetery among other prairie plants. A white headstone is also visible, as well as farm buildings and cropland in the background.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Gravestone surrounded by needlegrass (3.36235)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Needlegrass surrounds a tombstone in a prairie cemetery.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Gravestones in a prairie cemetery (3.36236)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Tombstones in a prairie cemetery surrounded by prairie plants. The stone on the left is barely visible through the grass.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Blazing star and bluestem (3.36237)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Blazing star and bluestem grow in a prairie cemetery. Farmland appears in the background.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Gentian in a prairie cemetery (3.36239)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Gentian growing in a prairie cemetery.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Gentian growing in a prairie cemetery (3.36240)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A close-up view of gentian growing in a prairie cemetery.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Wildflowers in a prairie cemetery (3.36241)
Type: Photographic image
Description:White prairie flowers growing in a prairie cemetery.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Purple and white wildflowers in a prairie cemetery (3.36242)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Purple and white prairie flowers growing in a prairie cemetery.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Purple and white wildflowers in a prairie cemetery (3.36243)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Purple and white prairie flowers growing in a prairie cemetery.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Big bluestem and blazing star (3.36260)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Big bluestem and blazing star growing near plowed fields.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Prairie plants and cornstalks (3.36261)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Prairie grasses and flowers growing in front of a barbed wire fence, behind which is growing a field of cornstalks.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Rosinweed (3.36262)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A rosinweed plant grows among other prairie plants in front of a barbed wire fence. In the background is a road, behind which rows of corn are growing.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Prairie flowers (3.36263)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Wildflowers growing among prairie plants.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Tiger lilies (3.36264)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Tiger lily flowers growing among prairie plants.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Tiger lilies and other prairie plants (3.36265)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Tiger lily flowers growing among prairie plants.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Tiger lily flowers and buds (3.36266)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A close-up view of tiger lily flowers growing among prairie plants.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Prairie flowers (3.36267)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pink and white flowers growing among prairie plants.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Big bluestem on a grave (3.36268)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A cluster of big bluestem grows next to a tombstone.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide