Fall trees at the Morton Arboretum

The Morton Arboretum covers 1,700 acres (6.9 Square kilometres) and is made up of gardens of various plant types and collections of trees from specific taxonomical and geographical areas. It includes some native woodland forest preserves and a restored Illinois prairie. The Arboretum has over 4,000 different species of trees, shrubs and other woody plants from around the globe. In all, there are over 185,000 catalogued plants.