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ILS006
SHALE BLUFF SEEPS
- Location:
- T34N R04E, Sec 21,16
Size: 37 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Neutral Seep (A,B)
- Dry Mesic Woodland (B,C)
- Eroding Shale Bluff (A,B)
- Rare Plants:
- Aster furcatus/Forked aster (T)
- Juglans cinerea/Butternut (W-SC)
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
- Coal-shale exposures
- Fossil plants of Pennsylvanian
Protection Status:
- Unprotected private land; landowner contact is in process
Management Problems:
- Woody plant encroachment
- Flood of 1996 caused severe slope erosion
- Garlic mustard
- Active grazing
