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IKE014
TUCKER FEN
- Location:
- T36N R06E, Sec 30
Size: 14 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Graminoid Fen (A,B)
- Calcareous Seep & Spring Run (A,B)
- Forested Fen (B)
- Rare Plants:
- Rhamnus alnifolia/Alder Buckthorn (E)
- Juglans cinerea/Butternut (W-SC)
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- 4.5 acres are a privately owned Illinois Nature Preserve
- Remainder informally protected
Management Problems:
- Railroad maintenance and non-authorized visitation threatens this delicate site
- Rhamnus alnifolia grows in shrubby areas so it is natural to maintain some woody native species while eradicating exotics
- Plant poaching
