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IKA062
CAMPTON HILLS PARK
- Location:
- Campton Township T40N R7E Sec 25, 36
- St. Charles Township T40N R8E Sec 30
Size: 240 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Dry-mesic woodland (C)
- Mesic loamy savanna (C)
- Dry gravel prairie (B)
- Basin marsh (C)
- Graminoid fen (B,C)
- Sedge meadow (C)
- Rare Plants:
- Asclepias viridiflora/Short green milkweed
- Aster ptarmicoides/Stiff aster
- Aster sericeus/Silky aster
- Baptisia leucophaea/Cream wild indigo
- Botrychium dissectum/Cut-leaved grape fern
- Cirsium hillii/Hill's thistle (T)
- Monotropa uniflora/Indian pipe
- Oxalis violacea/Violet wood sorrel
- Parnassia glauca/Grass of Parnassus
- Veronica comosa/Water speedwell
- Rare Animals:
- Dolichonyx oryzivorus/Bobolink
- Hyla crucifer crucifer/Northern spring peeper
- Taxidea taxus/Badger
Other Significant Features:
- Northern border of park is a kamic ridge
Protection Status:
- Owned by the Illinois Department of Corrections
- Leased, managed and protected by St. Charles Park District
Management Problems:
- Buckthorn
- Hydrology has been drastically changed but is being restored
