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Nature Preserve Area
9
County
Union
Location And Access
From Jonesboro take Highway 127/146 west 0.5 mile to a county road (Berryville Road). Turn south on the road and go 0.75 mile. The preserve is on the east side of the road.
Description
Barrens are plant communities that contain widely scattered and stunted trees. The trees develop their stunted growth forms because of the thin poor soil which contains little moisture and few nutrients. The trees present in this barren are blackjack oak, post oak, black oak, hickory and winged elm. The herbaceous flora of the site is naturally depauperate due to the moisture and mineral deficiencies of the shale. The plants that are present here are little bluestem, butterfly weed, prairie spurge and false boneset.
Ownership
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Dedicated
August 1989
Size
40.72 acres
Topographic Quad
Jonesboro
Topo Map
For Further Information
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Biologist, Ferne Clyffe State Park, P.O. Box 67, Goreville, IL 62939 (618/995-2568)