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ILS001
BLAKE'S LANDING/SNOWBERRY BLUFFS
- Location:
- T35N, R4E, Sec. 34, 35
- T34N, R4E, Sec. 3
Size: 195 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Dry-mesic Woodland (B,C)
- Wet-mesic Floodplain Forest (B,A)
- Forested Fen (A)
- Sandstone Cliff (A)
- Loamy Dry-mesic Savanna (B,C)
- Mesic Upland Forest (A,B,C)
- Rare Plants:
- Symphoricarpus albus var. albus/Snowberry (E)
- Aster furcatus/Forked aster (T)
- Rare Animals:
- Lontra candensis/River otter (T)
- Buteo lineatus/Red-shouldered Hawk (T)
Other Significant Features:
- Intermittent stream
- Cave (historic cultural feature)
- Rock shelf historic cultural feature
- Boreal relict community
Protection Status:
- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources owns Blakes Landing, 17 acres of which are a dedicated Illinois Nature Preserve
- The Great Cedar Bluffs are part privately owned and unprotected, part privately owned and protected by Conservation Foundation
Management Problems:
- ATVs are a problem
- Low-level to high-level recreation use
- Invasive woody exotics
- Erosion of bluff faces by run-off from adjacent uplands
- Garlic mustard
