Agencies
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Land and Water Reserve Area
1
County
Jo Daviess
Location
The reserve is in the southwestern part of Jo Daviess County, about one mile southwest of the Town of Hanover, on the south side of Hanover Road. It is part of a large complex of protected lands owned by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, The Nature Conservancy, The Prairie Enthusiasts, and Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation.
Description
The Hanover Forest encompasses the north central portion of the Hanover Bluff Illinois Natural Areas Inventory Site (INAI #1058). The reserve consists primarily of dry-mesic and mesic upland forest (30 acres) bisected by wide utility power lines and former cropland/successional fields (4.64 acres). The dry-mesic and mesic upland forest communities are found on well drained thin soils over bedrock dominated by red oak, black oak, pin oak, shagbark hickory, black walnut, eastern cottonwood, and basswood. Principal understory shrubs are prickly ash and hazelnut. The natural communities provide valuable habitat to a variety of plants and animals.
Ownership
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Natural Division
Wisconsin Driftless Natural Division (#1)
Registered
February 2004
Size
35 acres
Access
The site is closed to the public.
Topographic Quad
Green Island
For Further Information
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702
217-785-8686
DNR.INPC@illinois.gov