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IKA055
BURR WOODS MARSH
- Location:
- Campton Township T40N R08E, Sec 19
Size: 20 acres (est.)
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Basin marsh (B)
- Calcareous floating mat fen (B)
- Woodland - dry-mesic (D)
- Rare Plants:
- Potamogeton pulcher/Pondweed (E)
- Sparganium americanum/Bur-reed (E)
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
- Spring peepers known from this site, a rare species in Campton Twp
Protection Status:
- Privately owned Illinois Natural Area
Management Problems:
- Not undergoing management
- Reed canary grass encroachment in marsh
- Buckthorn in surrounding woodland
- Housing development occurring adjacent to site
