This study was undertaken to determine vascular plant species composition, vegetation
structure, and floristic quality of the major plant communities in the windblown sand deposits …

ABSTRACT The 590 ha Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak Nature Preserve in Mason County, Illinois
contains remnant dry sand prairies, sand savanna, sand forest, and successional fields …

ABSTRACT Vegetation of the Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve in Will
County, Illinois, was studied during the growing seasons of 2004 and 2005. Located in the …

ABSTRACT The Matanzas Prairie Nature Preserve is located near Bath, Mason County,
Illinois, in the extensive glacial sand deposits associated with the Illinois River. This …

Burns and Quiver prairies, located about 3 km apart, are dry sand prairies in small forest
openings on ridges and swales of large stabilized dunes at Sand Ridge State Forest, Mason …

This study is a review of the vegetation of the major plant communities in the wind-blown
glacial sand deposits of the lower Illinois River Valley (inland sand deposits of HA Gleason) …

ABSTRACT The 7.8 km2 Iroquois County Conservation Area in northeastern Illinois contains
many of the plant communities found at this site during pre-settlement times. A sedge …

This study was undertaken to document the vascular plant species of Sand Prairie
Conservation Area, an 80 hectare site located at roughly 37° 05′ N; 89° 30′ W in Scott …

Schizachyrium scoparium, a dominant species of mature dry sand prairies in Illinois, is not
found in the early stages of old field succession. A 30-year-old abandoned field at Sand …