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IKA120
BURNIDGE FOREST PRESERVE
- Location:
- Elgin Township. T41N R8E Sec 5, 6
- Rutland Township. T42N R7E Sec 36
Size: 508 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Dry-mesic loamy savanna (C)
- Dry-mesic woodland (C, D)
- Dry gravel prairie (C)
- Mesic prairie (D)
- Graminoid fen (D)
- Basin marsh (B, C, D)
- Sedge meadow (C)
- Tree plantations
- Unassociated growth - grasses
- Developed land
- Rare Plants:
- Goodyeara pubescens/Rattlesnake plantain
- Spiranthes magnacamporum /Great plains ladies' tresses
- Nymphea tuberosa/White water lily
- Ranunculus longirostris/White water buttercup
- Triglochin paulstris/Slender bog arrow grass (T)
- Rare Animals:
- Blanding's turtle (T)
- Coopers Hawk
- Pied-billed grebe (T)
Other Significant Features:
- Significant diversity of soil types and plant communities within a small geographic area
- Marshlands
- Dry prairie and barrens
Protection Status:
- Owned by the Kane County Forest Preserve District
Management Problems:
- Autumn olive
- Buckthorn
- White Sweet clover
- Canada thistle
