Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Celebrating the surprising biodiversity of a county sometimes relegated to being thought of as just cornfields! Will be adding to this incrementally with confirmed observations of all forms of life in Lee County, using sources such as INHS, several guides, natural area catalogs, and of course ...more ↓

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Northern Spiny Softshell Turtle ¹
Apalone spinifera spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle ²
Chelydra serpentina

Ornate Box Turtle ³
Terrapene ornata

Blanding's Turtle ⁴
Emydoidea blandingii

Western Painted Turtle ⁵
Chrysemys picta bellii

Midland Painted Turtle ⁶
Chrysemys picta marginata

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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Northern Spiny Softshell Turtle 1 Apalone spinifera spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle 2 Chelydra serpentina

Ornate Box Turtle 3 Terrapene ornata

Blanding's Turtle 4 Emydoidea blandingii

Western Painted Turtle 5 Chrysemys picta bellii

Midland Painted Turtle 6 Chrysemys picta marginata