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Oak Forest is served by U.S. Route 6 (159th Street) and Illinois Route 50 (Cicero Avenue). Central Avenue serves as a sort of Main Street for Oak Forest, where the local Jewel-Osco, Food 4 Less, post office, Acorn Public Library, Oak Forest Park District, Police Station/Fire Department/City Hall, and Oak Forest High School are all located.
The word acorn (earlier akerne, and acharn) is related to the Gothic name akran, which had the sense of "fruit of the unenclosed land". [5] The word was applied to the most important forest produce, that of the oak. Chaucer spoke of "achornes of okes" in the 14th century. By degrees, popular etymology connected the word both with "corn" and ...
Quercus macrocarpa is a large deciduous tree growing up to 30 metres (98 feet), rarely 50 m (160 ft), in height, [3] and is one of the most massive oaks with a trunk diameter of up to 3 m (10 ft). It is one of the slowest-growing oaks, with a growth rate of 30 centimetres (12 in) per year when young.
The Oak Park Public Library is the public library system serving the village of Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb just west of Chicago. Founded as a public library in 1903, the library has three locations offering books, magazines, movies, music, computer access, and programs for all ages. In 2015, the three buildings were open 356 days, circulated ...
Acorns are especially high in potassium, iron, vitamins A and E, and several other important minerals ( 8 ). Plus, these nuts are low in calories. Most of their calories come in the form of ...
Acorns are the fruit of oak trees. There are hundreds of species of oak trees around the world, with about 90 oak trees native to the US. ... Acorn pests. Acorn weevils will lay eggs in developing ...
Oak Forest Site. / 41.73361°N 87.66694°W / 41.73361; -87.66694. The Oak Forest Site (11Ck-53) is located in Oak Forest, Cook County, Illinois, near the city of Chicago. It is classified as a late prehistoric to Protohistoric /Early Historic site with Upper Mississippian Huber affiliation.
Melanerpes formicivorus. ( Swainson, 1827) Range of M. formicivorus. The acorn woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus) is a medium-sized woodpecker with a length of around 20 cm (8 in), [2] and an average weight of 85 g (3.0 oz). [citation needed] It is found across Central America, as well as North into the western United States and South into ...