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Nature Preserve Area
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County
Lake
Location And Access
Schreiber Lake Bog Nature Preserve is located within the Morainal Section of the Northeastern Morainal Natural Division of Illinois in southwest Lake County. It is west of the corporate limits of Hawthorn Woods in the southwest corner of Fremont Township, (Township 44 North – Range 10 East) in portions of Sections 28, 29 & 32, in the boundaries of the 2,835.1-acre Lakewood Forest Preserve. Public access is provided via the Millennium Trail which traverses through the preserve from the northwest corner at North Fairfield Road southward, looping around Schreiber Lake, then meandering east and north up to the northeast corner of the preserve boundary at West Hawley Street. Two additional trail connections exist on the south end of the boundary, at Owens Road and at West Schwerman Road. The main parking entrance is located west of the nature preserve boundary on North Fairfield Road.
Description
The rolling kettle and moraine topography of Schreiber Lake Bog Nature Preserve is a direct result of glacial influences, creating strong physical relief terrain. The site consists of a mosaic of upland oak/hickory woodlands, sedge meadow and wet prairie communities, cultural fields containing 30+ year old reforestation plantings, successional fields, and prairie restoration plantings. A significant feature of this dedication is the 5.36-acre glacial lake (Schreiber Lake) and its narrow fringe of floating sedge and willow hummocks that line portions of the lake’s edge. These floating vegetative mats provide habitat for six state-listed northern relict bog plant species. Additionally, two state-listed aquatic emergent macrophytes occur in the regionally noted exceptionally clear waters of Schreiber Lake. Schreiber Lake and the downstream artificial impoundments of Owen and Davis Lakes encompass two Lake County Advanced Identification wetlands (ADID #124 & #125) and Illinois Natural Inventory Site (INAI #1502). The site also provides habitat to 67 bird species, of which at least seven are state-endangered.
Ownership
Lake County Forest Preserve District
Dedicated
August 2021
Size
355 acres
Topographic Quad
Grayslake
For Further Information
Lake County Forest Preserve District
1899 West Winchester Rd.
Libertyville, Illinois 60048
(847) 367-6640