ecoregions

Illinois contains at least 14 distinct bioregions, according to the Illinois Natural History Survey. These include the driftless region and Rock River Hill country in the northwest; the woods and ravines in the northeastern part of the state; the bottomlands of the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers in the west-central part of the state; a […]

To many residents of the Badger State, there are only two ecoregions of note: Up North, the land of forests and lakes and vacation rentals, and the Rest of the State. Biologists, however, are a bit more definitive in describing Wisconsin’s ecoregions, each with a unique combination of vegetation, physical features, and other characteristics that

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There are three primary ecoregions in Indiana, if we view the state from a bird/habitat distribution perspective. Going from north to south in Indiana, these are the Lake Plain, the Till Plain, and the Hill Country. To residents of southern Indiana anyone who lives north of Shelbyville, Franklin, or Martinsville is a flat-lander. Those cities