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IMC012
CARY MAIN STREET PRAIRIE
- Location:
- Algonquin Township (T43N,R9E) Section 18
Size: 115 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Dry gravel prairie (B,C)
- Rare Plants:
- Cirsium hillii/Hill's thistle (T)
- Ranunculus rhomboideus/Prairie buttercup (T)
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Protected by Cary Park District (all dedicated nature preserve)
Management Problems:
- Soil erosion
- Brush encroachment
- Inbred Great Plains prairie grasses in restoration
