Somme Prairie Grove: Printed Matter

Miracle Under the Oaks: The Revival of Nature in America, by William K. Stevens, Pocket Books, 1995.
Tells the story of the birth of ecological restoration, with a focus on Somme Prairie Grove.
In Service of the Wild: restoring and rehabilitating damaged land, by Stephanie Mills
Tells the story of the North Branch Prairie Project and its efforts, including Somme Prairie Grove.
Nature’s Restoration, People And Places on the Front Lines of Conservation, by Peter Frederici
Compares the work at Somme Prairie Grove to comparable projects in the United States and elsewhere.
Restoring Oak Ecosystems, by Stephen Packard, Restoration & Management Notes, Volume 11, Number 1, Summer, 1993.
Summarizes more than a decade of woodland restoration and responds to critics who recommended a “hands off” approach.

A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and Northcentral North America, Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKenny, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968.
Excellent drawings and descriptions. Organized by color.
Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, Lawrence Newcomb, Little Brown and Company, 1989.
A key guides you quickly to the right group of plants.
Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers, Douglas Ladd, Falcon, 1995.
Excellent photographs of the prairie species and many of the savanna species. Excellent summary of prairie ecology.

Plants of the Chicago Region, Floyd Swink and Gerould Wilhelm, Indiana Academy of Science, 1994.
Tallgrass Restoration Handbook: for Prairies, Savannas and Woodlands, Stephen Packard and Cornelia Mutel eds., Island Press, 1997.
Rediscovering the Tallgrass Savannas of Illinois, Proceedings of the Tenth North American Prairie Conference, Denton, Texas, 1986.
Restoring the Herb Layer in a Degraded Bur Oak ‘Closed’ Savanna, Stephen Packard and John Balaban in Proceedings of the North American Conference of Savannas and Barrens, James S. Fralish, Roger C. Anderson, John E. Ebinger, Robert Szafoni, eds. Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 1994.