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Land and Water Reserve Area
5
County
Cass
Location
The site is in Cass County within Panther Creek Township. It is located on the very steep slopes overlooking the intersection of the Sangamon River valley and Panther Creek.
Description
Chandlerville Cemetery Hill Prairie is included within the Chandlerville-Snyder Hill Prairie Illinois Natural Areas Inventory (INAI #1535) site. The reserve contains 0.5 acres of Grade A, 0.4 aces of Grade B, and 0.6 acres of Grace C loess hill prairie. High quality loess hill prairie is an exceedingly rare natural community type in Illinois. Prairies at the reserve are characterized by a high diversity of drought-tolerant species, especially little bluestem grass and side-oats grama. There is also adjacent woodlands located along the bluff sides near the junction of Panther Creek and the Sangamon River valley. The Illinois Natural Areas Inventory identified 0.4 acres of the early successional woodlands as Grade C.
Ownership
Village of Chandlerville
Natural Division
Springfield Section of the Grand Prairie Natural Division (#4b)
Registered
February 2001
Size
2 acres
Access
The site is open to the public from sunrise to sunset during cemetery hours. Entry is from the Chandlerville Cemetery access road at the top of the bluff.
Topographic Quad
Chandlerville
For Further Information
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702
217-785-8686
DNR.INPC@illinois.gov