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ICO004
Crabtree Forest Preserve
- Location:
- Barrington Township T42N, R9E, Sec 11,12,13,14,22,23
Size: 2500 acres (est)
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
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- Rare Plants:
- Filipendula rubra/Queen-of-the-prairie (E)
- Rare Animals:
- Ammodramus henslowii/Henslow’s sparrow (E)
- Chlidonias niger/Black tern (E)
- Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus/Yellow-headed blackbird (E)
- Gallinula chloropus/Common moorhen (T)
- Podilymbus podiceps/Pied-billed grebe (T)
- Emydoidea blandingii/Blanding’s turtle (T)
- Dolichonyx oryzivorus/Bobolink (W-SC)
- Porzana carolina/Sora (W-SU)
- Rallus limicola/Virginia rail (W-SU)
Other Significant Features:
- Heron rookery; large grassland bird reserve and wetland wildlife area.
Protection Status:
- Protected by Cook County Forest Preserve District
Management Problems:
- Brush encroachment
- Water table alteration (tiles, man-made ponds);
- Water level regulation problems for wetland wildlife retention
- Hybrid cattail, garlic mustard, and reed canary grass
- Lack of native upland plant species except in prairie restoration
- Nebraska grasses in old prairie restorations
