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Nature Preserve Area
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County
Whiteside
Location And Access
The site is northeast of Lyndon in the central part of Whiteside County.
Description
Lyndon Prairie Nature Preserve consists of wet-mesic prairie, mesic prairie, and dry-mesic prairie of the Mississippi River Section of the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois River Bottomlands Natural Division. The scattered prairie remnants occur along an abandoned railroad right-of-way. The Illinois Natural Areas Inventory recognizes the site as a mixture of Grades A, B, and C prairie. The wet-mesic prairie is characterized by cord grass and big bluestem; the dry-mesic prairie by big bluestem, little bluestem, and porcupine grass; and the mesic prairie by big bluestem, cord grass, and Indian grass.
Ownership
Natural Land Institute
Dedicated
May 1995
Size
39.9 acres with buffer
Topographic Quad
Prophetstown
Topo Map
For Further Information
Visit the Natural Land Institute Website or Contact the INPC
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702
217-785-8686
