The terrain climbs gently above Burches Run and is covered by a mature oak-hickory second-growth forest.
Primarily passes through an oak-hickory forest, but views of the lakes, streams, and mountain are common.
The site was highly desirable due to its natural oak-hickory forest and its proximity to the Chicago Loop.
Their exploitation of the resources of the oak-hickory forest allowed them to establish permanent villages.
It is surrounded by a mesic oak-hickory forest.
The oak-hickory forests fade into prairie, but trees are still found near water sources.
This land snail is found in damp oak-hickory forest.
Much of the park is an oak-hickory forest, with chestnut oak the dominant hardwood.
Woodlands are of the oak-hickory forest and northern hardwood forest types.
Uplands - second and third-growth woodland, mostly oak-hickory forest.