Native Skokie Parks
Pollinators and plants native to Illinois in Skokie Parks
This native planting will help create a base for a food web that attracts pollinators and insects which produces food for birds and small mammals which in turn provides food for larger animals that keep our ecosystem in balance.
Here are some of the native plants and flowers that you'll find in Emerson Park:
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Photos by Bill Glass except where noted*.