Chris Benda is a Botanist, and the President of the Illinois Native Plant Society, and in this feature he leads a group of hikers on a wildflower hike at Dixon Springs State Park in Pope County Illinois.
To learn more about the geography and cultural history of Dixon Springs, just go to their website at:http://www.dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/r5/dixon.htm
You can also see all of Chris Benda's photographs taken that day at Dixon Springs State Park by going to his Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1504106699804504.1073741840.1443386332543208&type=3
