Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission
Location
East of Tully Place. North of Euclid Ave. West of Wheeling Road. In the City of Prospect Heights. Access is off of Tully Place
Size
2 acres
History
Owned by the Park District within the City of Prospect Heights. Historical land survey notes, 1957 aerial topography maps, and 1938 and 1960 satellite imagery indicate that the area was prairie mixed with wet prairie. Following settlement, the area was in agricultural use prior to acquisition by the Park District.
Local area residents reached out to the Prospect Heights Park District and PHNRC requesting that the area be converted into a natural area. After the Park District approval of such a conversion, PHNRC has been working strictly in an advisory position to help the residents with this conversion. PHNRC has offered knowledge, resources and time to help the residents of Tully Park.
Tully Park Species list
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Wood mint (Blephilia spp.)
Side Oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
Inland Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
Coreopsis (Coreopsis sp.)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Canadia Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis glaucifolius)
Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix)
Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)
Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Prairie Blazingstar (Liatris pycnostachya)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Field Mint (Mentha arvensis)
Monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Penstemon (Penstemon sp.)
Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)
Wild Plum (Prunus americana)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Brown eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra canadensis)
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Rosinweed (Silphium integrifolium)
Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum)
Asters (Symphyotrichum spp.)
Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)
Tully Park