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Land and Water Reserve Area
10
County
La Salle
Location
The site is on the N1200 gravel road forming the south boundary of La Salle County. The city of Streator is 4.5 miles west and the village of Kernan 2.5 miles north. Sunbury Railroad Prairie Nature Preserve is five miles east.
Description
The Voight Pauper Cemetery Prairie was used as a family cemetery in the mid-1800s. It sits atop a small hill overlooking a vast landscape of farms and homesteads. The surrounding land is primarily in agricultural production. The natural character consists of 1-acre of Grade C mesic prairie, which is some of the last remaining mesic prairie in LaSalle County. Approximately 40 native prairie plant species inhabit the site including lead plant, rattlesnake master, yellow star grass, and prairie dropseed. The prairie exhibits amazing floral diversity for such a small site.
Ownership
Otter Creek Township
Natural Division
Grand Prairie Section of the Grand Prairie Natural Division (#4a)
Registered
June 1997
Size
1-acre
Access
The site is open to the public.
Topographic Quad
Blackstone
For Further Information
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702
217-785-8686
DNR.INPC@illinois.gov