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IMC017
CRYSTAL LAKE BARRENS
- Location:
- Algonquin Township (T43N,R8E) Section 10
Size: 2 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Dry mesic shrubland (C)
- Rare Plants:
- Lathyrus ochroleucus/Pale vetchling (T)
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
Management Problems:
- Brush encroachment
- Damage from railroad maintenance - soil scraping and ballast piles;
- Eurasian forb and grass invasion
- Crown vetch overgrowth
- ATV damage - soil erosion and compaction
- Garlic mustard
