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Nature Preserve Area
2
County
Cook
Location And Access
The site is located within the Chicago Lake Plain Section of the Northeastern Morainal Natural Division in the northeastern portion of Cook County. Access to the preserve is from Compass Road via an entrance to the Evelyn Pease Tyner Center. A pedestrian/bike trail with a crushed gravel surface extends from the Evelyn Pease Tyner Center to and circumscribes the prairie.
Description
Glenview Naval Air Station Prairie Nature Preserve encompasses the Glenview Naval Air Station Prairie Illinois Natural Areas Inventory site (INAI # 1496) which consists of mesic and wet-mesic prairie, wet prairie, and fresh-water marsh. The mesic and wet-mesic prairies are arrayed along very subtle elevational, moisture, and soil gradients and frequently transition from one community to other along these gradients. In wet prairies, standing water is present on the surface during the winter and spring and the soil is nearly always saturated. Consequently, plant species diversity is lower than other prairie communities. The freshwater marsh community is restricted to two wetland basins. Characteristic species include water smartweed, great bulrush, narrow-leaved cattail), and common water plantain.
Ownership
Glenview Park District
Dedicated
September 2017
Size
30.24 acres
Topographic Quad
Park Ridge
For Further Information
Visit the Glenview Park District Website or Contact the INPC
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702
217-785-8686