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Nature Preserve Area
1
County
Carroll
Location And Access
From Brookville, take Hwy. 52 northwest to jct. Hwy. 64, continue northwest 0.1 mi. The nature preserve is northeast of the highway.
Description
Brookville Lutheran Cemetery Prairie is a small remnant of black soil prairie. It is one of only 2 small areas remaining that represent the mesic prairie vegetation of the Freeport Section of the Rock River Hill Country Natural Division. The prairie lies on Ogle Till which was deposited during the Illinoisan Stage of the Pleistocene glaciation. The till is covered by rich soils that formed under grasses and scattered forest vegetation. The dominant native plants in the cemetery are Indian grass, little bluestem, big bluestem, and sedge species. Some associated forbs include prairie violet, New Jersey tea, flowering spurge, and rosinweed.
Ownership
Brookville Cemetery Association
Dedicated
May 1984
Size
0.75 acres
Topographic Quad
Brookville
Topo Map
For Further Information
Brookville Cemetery Association, c/o Emerson Iske, 313 W. Pearl, Lanark, IL 61046 (815/493-6335)