Agencies
Services
Nature Preserve Area
3
County
Will
Location And Access
From Braidwood, take Highway 113 east 3 miles to a county road. Turn north on the road and go 1.5 miles. The preserve is on the west side of the road. Access to the preserve is by walking back a half mile on a lane.
Description
This site is one of the few remaining examples of shrub prairie in Illinois. The shrub prairie community contains hardhack, bristly blackberry, big bluestem, running pine and other herbaceous prairie plants. Other community types are mesic sand prairie, wet-mesic prairie, dry-mesic sand savanna, sedge meadow and marsh. Management activities at this site include prescribed burning and brush removal.
Ownership
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Dedicated
August 1989
Size
142.687 acres
Topographic Quad
Wilmington
Topo Map
For Further Information
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Biologist, Silver Springs State Park, 13608 Fox Road, Yorkville, IL 60560 (630/553-1372)