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Hetzler Cemetery Prairie

Nature Preserve Area

10

County

Bureau

Location And Access

Proceed east from LaMoille on Illinois Route 92/34 for 1.5 miles. Turn north on a county road and travel north for approximately one mile. The preserve lies on the east side of the road.

Description

This pioneer prairie is dominated by big bluestem, little bluestem and Indian grass. Prairie forbs include sky-blue aster, leadplant, wild bergamot and purple prairie clover. This mesic prairie is in the Grand Prairie Section of the Grand Prairie Natural Division.

Ownership

Greenfield Cemetery Association

Dedicated

March 1988

Size

1 acre

Topographic Quad

Mendota West

Topo Map

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For Further Information

Frederick L. Faber, President of Greenfield Cemetery Association, R.R. 1, LaMoille, IL 61330; Bureau County Soil and Water Conservation District, R.R. 1, Princeton, IL 61356 (815/879-5251)