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Land and Water Reserve Area
8
County
Lawrence
Location
The site is in east-central Lawrence County, approximately seven miles east of Lawrence. It is in the broad, old channel of the Wabash River.
Description
Robeson Hills Land and Water Reserve contains a portion of the Robeson Hills Illinois Natural Areas Inventory site. It contains mesic upland forest situated on nearly level uplands and moist slopes and ravines. On the level up-lands, white oak, sugar maple, and beech predominate with white ash, red elm, and hackberry are present. The most common shrub and tree species on these uplands are pawpaw, sugar maple, and beech. Beech, tulip tree, yellow chestnut oak, Kentucky coffee-tree, and sugar maple predominate on the slopes and ravines. Pawpaw, spicebush, and sugar maple are the most common understory species in these areas.
Ownership
Vincennes University
Natural Division
Bottomlands Section of the Wabash Border Natural Division (#10a)
Registered
September 1997
Size
22 acres
Access
The site is closed to the public.
Topographic Quad
Vincennes
For Further Information
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702
217-785-8686
DNR.INPC@illinois.gov