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ILA001
ANTIOCH BOG
- Location:
- Antioch Twp. T46N R10E, Sec 14,15
Size: 92 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Tall shrub bog (B,C)
- Sedge Meadow
- Rare Plants:
- Larix laricin/Tamarack (T)
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Illinois Natural Area Inventory
- No legal protection
- Private (unprotected)
- ADID #18
Management Problems:
- Intensive agriculture last observed by plane in 1986, no purple loosestrife problem at that time
- Site is an INAI site #640, noted for its bog plants found earlier this century
- Plants seen in 1940's and 50's include Eriophorum virginicum, Rhamnus alnifolia, Amelanchier inteior, Sambucus pubens, and Galium trifidum: none of these plants were observed in a September 1998 visit
- Suitable habitat appears to have been destroyed by silver maple invasion and likely hydrologic perturbations
- Adjacent residential development imminent.
