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IKA079
ELBURN FOREST PRESERVE
- Location:
- T40N R06E, Sec 36
- T39N R06E, Sec 01
Size: 87 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Dry-mesic upland forest (B,D)
- Sedge meadow (C)
- Rare Plants:
- none
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Site is owned and managed by the Kane County Forest Preserve District.
Management Problems:
- Garlic mustard
- Buckthorn
- Multiflora rose
- Low-intensity recreation resulting in site being heavily transected by trails with heavy compaction
- Prescribed burns are setting back garlic mustard
