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IKA039
LEROY OAKES FOREST PRESERVE and MURRAY PRAIRIE
- Location:
- St. Charles Township T40N R8E Sec 20, 29
Size: 264 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Dry gravel prairie (A, B,C)
- Mesic woodland (C, D)
- Unassociated woody growth- grasses
- Tree plantations
- Turf grass
- Rare Plants:
- Prairie gentian
- Cylindrical blazing star
- Short green Milkweed
- Rare Animals:
- Bobolink (breeding population present)
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Owned by the Kane County Forest Preserve District
- Murray Prairie is a 20 acre dedicated Illinois Nature Preserve owned by Kane County Forest Preserve District
Management Problems:
- Buckthorn
- Garlic mustard
- Smooth brome
- Multiflora rose
- Hawthorn
- Locust
- Sumac
