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IKA114
BIG ROCK FOREST PRESERVE
- Location:
- Big Rock Township. T38N R6E Sec 25, 26, 35, 36
Size: 400 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Graminoid fen (B, C)
- Mesic woodland (C, D)
- Cropland
- Unassociated growth grasses/shrubs
- Wet floodplain forest (C)
- Wet-mesic floodplain forest (C)
- Mesic savanna (D)
- Rare Plants:
- Cacalia atriplicifolia/Indian plantina
- Aristolochia serpentaria/Virginia snakeroot
- Carex lupuliformisKnobbed hop sedge
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
- Site is contiguous with other preseved open space
- Big Rock quarry recently bought by FPD
- Sycamore, wafer ash and buckeye found at this site
Protection Status:
- Owned by the Kane County Forest Preserve District
Management Problems:
- Garlic Mustard
- Yellow Tansy
- Burdock
- Erosion of gullies leading toward creek
