The Wildlife of 12th St. Beach

An introduction to some of the most common plants and animals present at 12th Street Beach in Chicago, IL.

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American Searocket ¹
Cakile edentula

American Beachgrass ²
Ammophila breviligulata

eastern cottonwood ³
Populus deltoides

Bladder Campion ⁴
Silene vulgaris

common milkweed ⁵
Asclepias syriaca

field bindweed ⁶
Convolvulus arvensis

common evening-primrose ⁷
Oenothera biennis

Lance-leaved Coreopsis ⁸
Coreopsis lanceolata

Ring-billed Gull ⁹
Larus delawarensis

Mallard ¹⁰
Anas platyrhynchos

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