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IKE012
SILVER SPRINGS RAILROAD PRAIRIE
- Location:
- T36N R06E, Sec 11
Size: 3 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Loamy-Mesic Prairie (A,B,C)
- Rare Plants:
- Tomanthera auriculata/Earleaf Foxglove (T)
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Privately owned Illinois Natural Heritage Landmark
Management Problems:
- Woody encroachment, some willow cut (1995)
- Sweet clover and other invasive exotics continue to persist
- Some past railroad maintenance damage
- Site is regularly burned and managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources
