savanna Downers Grove east of DuPage River E branch; Morton G Chicago North Branch; Elk G Des Plaines
T americana deep moist soil; wing (bract) on pedicel.
white_oak Acorn Weevil
cottonwood Need spring flood cycle, exposed soil to germinate, but sapling can be swept by meandering river.
Fast grow -> heart rot (fungus) Bufflehead, chickadee nest.
PAPPUS; P189: Aspens (P tremuloides) also dioceous, NOT monecious. Ruffed Grouse Michgan; Sharp-tailed, Gr Sage
LEAFMINER=Lepidoptera, Diptera.
woodland_birds This is a wild turkey? Arbor Day last Fri April Sterling Morton NE, Joy
Perching Passerines; Downy Woodpecker, Chipping Sparrow, American Crow, Merlin, Nuthatch
Interbreed: Yellow/Red-shafted Northern Flicker; Baltimore/Bullock's Oriole; Indigo/Lazuli Bunting
Dickcissel, Pipit, Bobolink, Short-eared Owl; Starling, Northern Cardinal

edge Savage does not mention fragmented woodlands
fox_squirrel Rodentia; Fox bigger, middens, do not raid nest (Grays do)
cowbird BBC-LifeOfBirds/3.8_DemandsOfTheEgg/#42:00 cowbird/gnatcatcher
Cowbird brood parasitism: as seen from nestcam cowbird rm L egg 1/3 way 500 NOV NOVA scienceNOW 2009, episode 7: Cowbirds are gangster birds: they make an offer you can't refuse
white-tailed_deer Mule deer more open grassland w brush; stott
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