The Illinois State Tree
Did you know that the white oak tree is the Illinois state tree? Well, now you know. The white oak tree's leaves have round and smooth edges and is a rather dark green. The lines or veins are almost white but actually a light green! The acorns are green and brown. The top is a darkish light brown that has a small amount of white in it's creases. The body is green, brown and yellow. The green is almost all of the body. The yellow comes in at the bottom. And finally, the brown is at the very bottom. The twig is a reddish brown and some sort of grey. There are lots of buds that are small round and hairless. Twigs are almost all the time shiny. The bark of w white oak is white or ashy grey. Varying from scaly to irregularly platy and blocky in shape. The white oak can grown to a massive height of 100 feet tall!
The Illinois State Flower
Did you know the native violet is the Illinois state flower? Well, it's not the only one of it's kind. The native violet comes in many different colors such as yellow, white, blue-violet, and purple and even an unusual green! There are at the least 30 different species and 25 of them can be found in the Chicago land alone! A lot of the species are small and only have 5 petals. 1 violet species was nicknamed Johnny jump up, and many more are the subject of nursery rhymes and poems. It is also called nature's vitamin pill. Some you can even eat!
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