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Land and Water Reserve Area
9
County
Union, Johnson
Location
The site is a satellite of Ferne Clyffe State Park located approximately 1.5 miles east of Mt. Pleasant and 3 miles southwest of Buncombe.
Description
Cypress Pond Land and Water Reserve is a large compact pure stand of cypress-tupelo contained in a depressional pond identified by the Illinois Natural Areas Inventory (Cypress Pond INAI #0062). The area is highly significant in that it is one of the two largest cypress-tupelo stands in the state. In addition, it is the northernmost cypress-tupelo pond of its size found so far away from the Mississippi and Ohio River. The swamp community is categorized as Grade B and the wet floodplain forest Grade C and D.
Ownership
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Natural Division
Bottomlands Section of the Coastal Plain Natural Division (#14b)
Registered
October 1998
Size
310 acres
Access
The site is open to the public. To access the reserve, proceed 4.2 miles east from I-57 on State Road 146 and turn north on Mt. Pleasant Road (2500E), and then travel 1.6 miles and turn right (east) on Cook Lane (900N), proceed 0.75 miles to where the road curves south and use the field lane straight ahead (due east) to access an IDNR parking lot. An informational kiosk located just east to the large yellow gate gives site regulations and provides a map showing the site and access trail.
Topographic Quad
Mt. Pleasant
For Further Information
Visit the State Park Website or Contact the INPC
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702
217-785-8686
DNR.INPC@illinois.gov