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Morton Arboretum

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The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle, Illinois, is a public garden and outdoor museum with a library, herbarium, and program in tree research including the Center for Tree Science. [1]

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Acre

The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems.

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Arbor Day

Arbor Day (or Arbour; from the Latin arbor, meaning tree) is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees.

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Arboretum

An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees.

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Book

A book is a series of pages assembled for easy portability and reading, as well as the composition contained in it.

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Chicago Botanic Garden

The Chicago Botanic Garden is a living plant museum situated on nine islands in the Cook County Forest Preserves.

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Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries, Inc.

The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries, Inc. (CBHL) is A professional organization in the field of botanical and horticultural information services.

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Donald C. Peattie

Donald Culross Peattie (June 21, 1898 – November 16, 1964) was an American botanist, naturalist and author.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a community made up of living organisms and nonliving components such as air, water, and mineral soil.

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Harry Weese

Harry Mohr Weese (June 30, 1915 – October 29, 1998) was an American architect, born in Evanston, Illinois in the Chicago suburbs, who had an important role in 20th century modernism and historic preservation.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Jens Jensen (landscape architect)

Jens Jensen (September 13, 1860 - October 1, 1951) was a Danish-American landscape architect.

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Joy Morton

Joy Sterling Morton (September 27, 1855 – May 10, 1934) was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding Morton Salt and establishing the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois.

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Julius Sterling Morton

Julius Sterling Morton (April 22, 1832 – April 27, 1902) was a Nebraska newspaper editor who served as President Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture.

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Lake

A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.

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Landscaping

Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including.

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Lisle, Illinois

Lisle is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.

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List of botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States

This list is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States.

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List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago

The city of Chicago, Illinois has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.

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Magazine

A magazine is a publication, usually a periodical publication, which is printed or electronically published (sometimes referred to as an online magazine).

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May Theilgaard Watts

May Theilgaard Watts (1893 – 20 August 1975) was an American writer, illustrator, and teacher.

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Morton Salt

Morton Salt is an American food company producing salt for food, water conditioning, industrial, agricultural, and road/highway use.

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Ossian Cole Simonds

Ossian Cole Simonds (1855–1931), often known as O. C. Simonds, was an American landscape designer.

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Plant Collections Network

The Plant Collections Network (PCN) (formerly the North American Plant Collections Consortium) is a group of North American botanical gardens and arboreta that coordinates a continent-wide approach to plant germplasm preservation, and promotes excellence in plant collections management.

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Prairie

Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type.

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Prairie restoration

Prairie restoration is an ecologically friendly way to restore some of the prairie land that was lost to industry, farming and commerce.

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Printmaking

Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper.

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Savanna

A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (UM, U-M, U of M, or UMich), often simply referred to as Michigan, is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Wetland

A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.

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Woodland

Woodland, is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Arboretum

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