Illinois Master Naturalist April 17, 2014 Instructor: Christopher David Benda Burden Falls Wilderness
Jun 26, 2015
Illinois Master NaturalistApril 17, 2014
Instructor: Christopher David Benda
Burden Falls Wilderness
Chigger Poem
Oh why oh why do there have to be chiggers
for a reaction in me they sure do trigger
The many little red bites feel like Braille
And when they itch they make me want to wail!
If you like evolution, then you must love the chigger
For they would not be as bad if they happened to be bigger
But an invisible invertebrate has all the advantage
And leaves me with little else than to put on a bandage.
I guess I could prevent them by staying on the trail
Or if I took more time to scratch them with my nail
I could spray myself with nasty chemicals and deet
Or stay inside all together and beat the summer heat!
But that is not my style, I was born to explore
To see the nature and learn from it more
Plus if there were less chiggers there’d be more tourists
And it would be impossible to be a nature purist.
Plant Resources
Erigenia linkhttp://www.ill-inps.org/Erigenia
T & E Species Linkhttp://www.dnr.illinois.gov/ESPB/Documents/ETChecklist2011.pdf
Master Naturalist
Illinois Natural Areas InventoryNatural Areas vs. Nature Preserves
Rare Plants and Unique CommunitiesThreatened and Endangered Species Program
Illinois Natural Areas Inventory(INAI)
Category I – High Quality Natural CommunitiesCategory II – Threatened and Endangered SpeciesCategory III – Natural PreserveCategory IV – Geologic FeaturesCategory VI – Unusual Concentration of Flora or Fauna
(High Quality Streams)
Illinois Natural Areas InventoryCategory I – High Quality Natural Communities
Illinois Natural Areas InventoryCategory II - Threatened and Endangered Species
Illinois Natural Areas InventoryCategory III – Nature Preserves
Illinois Natural Areas InventoryCategory IV – Outstanding Geological Features
Illinois Natural Areas InventoryCategory VI – Unusual Concentration of
Flora or Fauna and High Quality Streams
Unique Ecological FeaturesUnique Floral Assemblages
Outstanding Invertebrate Cave FaunasLarge Bat Hibernacula
Other Unique Faunal AssemblagesHigh Quality Streams (mussels)
Timber Rattlesnakes – rookery (vs. den)
Timber Rattlesnakesnumber seen: 8
Timber Rattlesnake – Crotalus horridus
Illinois Natural Areas Inventory
Natural Area = meaningless to landownerNature Preserve = highest protection by law landowner gives up a majority of their rights and land is protected in perpetuity
Natural Areas vs. Nature Preserves
1st Illinois Nature PreserveIllinois Beach State Park
Tell story of Bohm Woods site
Original Inventory
Photo credit – Randy Nyboer
Why Update?•New science regarding natural community classification
•Better remote sensing capabilities and GIS data
•Focus on small and rare communities
•Restoration, management, and recovery
•Train a team of Natural Area Specialists for the state
Site Selection - INAI•Historical and Current Aerial Photos•Soil and Topographic Maps•Literature Search •Database/File Sources•Interviews with knowledgeable professionals
Digitize Boundaries
Nomination Packets
Illinois Natural Areas Inventorythe numbers:
19 counties
687 total sites
305 IGS sites
204 visited
50 new sites nominated
305
Illinois Natural Areas Inventorythe numbers:
33,727 photos taken
56,828 miles driven
632/984 days in the field
The Natural Communities of Southern Illinois
April 17th, 2014all photos & maps by presenter
except where noted
Camel Rock at Garden of the Gods Wilderness
Garden of the Gods – H Rock
Natural Areas in Southern Illinois
110 sites
Shawnee Hills & Shawnee Nat’l Forest
0.07% in a natural condition
Southern Illinois Natural Communities
FORESTUpland Forest
• Xeric• Dry• Dry-mesic• Mesic
Floodplain Forest• Mesic• Wet-mesic• Wet
Flatwoods• Southern Flatwoods
SAVANNABarren
• Dry Barren• Dry-mesic Barren• Mesic Barren
PRAIRIE• Loess Hill Prairie• Glacial Drift Hill Prairie
WETLANDSwamp
• Swamp• Shrub Swamp
Seeps and Springs• Seep • Acid Gravel Seep
OPEN WATER• Pond
STREAM• Small, Medium, Large
• High, Medium, Low GradientBEDROCK
Glades• Sandstone Glade• Limestone Glade• Shale Glade
Cliff• Dry Sandstone Cliff• Mesic Sandstone Cliff• Dry Limestone Cliff• Mesic Limestone Cliff• Sandstone Overhang
CULTURAL
Camp Ondessonk – Pakentuck
Camp Ondessonk – Pakentuck
Camp Ondessonk – Pakentuck
Japanese Stiltgrass – Microstegium vimineum
Obligate
Vs.
Facultative
Symbiosis Can Be One Of Two Conditions:
• 1. Obligatory: one organism cannot live without the other.
• 2. Facultative: can live symbiotically but can survive without one another.
Upland Forest/Woodland•Xeric•Dry•Dry-mesic•Mesic
•Wet-mesic or Wet?
Xeric/Dry Upland Forest/Woodland
Blackjack Oak - Quercus marilandica (6)
Post Oak - Quercus stellata (5)
Farkleberry – Vaccinium arboreum (6)
Lowbush Blueberry - Vaccinium pallidum (7)
Red Cedar - Juniperus virginiana (1)
Winged Elm - Ulmus alata (5)
Serviceberry - Amelanchier arborea (7)
Poverty Oats Grass - Danthonia spicata (3)
Goat’s Rue - Tephrosia virginiana (7)
Pencil Flower - Stylosanthes biflora (5)
Pussytoes – Antennaria parlinii (4)
False Dandelion - Krigia biflora (5)
Starry Campion – Silene stellata (6)
Barren•Dry•Dry-mesic•Mesic (rare)
Provo Cemetery Barrens – Alexander County
Rock Chestnut Oak - Quercus prinus (9)
Barrens - Gyp Williams Hollow
Simpson Township Barrens
Simpson Township Barrens
Dry-mesic Upland Forest
White Oak – Quercus alba (5)
Flowering Dogwood – Cornus florida (5)
Redbud - Cercis canadensis (3)
Wild Azalea - Rhododendron prinophyllum (10)
Red Buckeye – Aesculus pavia (7)
Carolina Rose - Rosa carolina (4)
Prairie Rose - Rosa setigera (5)
Indian Physic – Porteranthus stipulatus (6)
Bee-balm - Monarda bradburiana & fistulosa (5, 4)
Pagoda Plant – Blephilia hirsuta (5)
Wild Oregano (Dittany) – Cunila origanoides (5)
Skullcaps – Scutellaria elliptica (6)
Gray’s Sedge - Carex grayi (6)
Large-fruited Panic Grass - Dichanthelium boscii (5)
Marginal Shield Fern – Dryopteris marginalis (6)
Adam & Eve Orchid – Aplectrum hyemale (7)Cranefly Orchid -Tipularia discolor (7)
Twayblade Orchid – Liparis lilifolia (4)
Wood Betony – Pedicularis canadensis (7)
Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos
Racer – Coluber constrictor
Eastern Box Turtle – Terrapene carolina
Northern Slimy Salamander Plethodon glutinosus
Five-lined Skink - Plestiodon fasciatus
Broadhead Skink – Eumeces laticeps
Spicebush Swallowtail – Papilio troilus
Mesic Upland Forest – Cedar Creek
Tulip Tree – Liriodendron tulipifera (5)
Little Grand Canyon – Jackson County
Harbinger-of-Spring – Erigenia bulbosa (7)
Spring Beauty - Claytonia virginiana (1)
Dutchman’s Breeches – Dicentra cucullaria (5)
Squirrel Corn – Dicentra canadensis (7)
Goldenseal – Hydrastis canadensis (7)
Wild Ginseng – Panax quinquefolia (7)
Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis (5)
Rue Anemone (5) vs. False Rue Anemone (5)
Blue Cohosh – Caulophyllum thalictroides (8)
Jacob’s Ladder – Polemonium reptans (5)
Bellwort – Uvularia grandiflora (7)
White Trillium – Trillium flexipes (7)
Other Trilliums – Trillium recurvatum (5) & viride (9)
Wild Leek – Allium tricoccum (7)
Yellow Trout Lily – Erythronium americanum (7)
Miami Mist – Phacelia purshii (4)
Wild Columbine – Aquilegia canadensis (5)
Blue-eyed Mary – Collinsia verna (5)
Wild Ginger – Asarum canadense (5)
Wild Hyacinth – Camassia scilloides (7)
Wild Columbo – Frasera caroliniensis (8)
Doll’s Eyes – Actaea pachypoda (7)
Soloman’s Seal – Polygonatum biflorum (7)
Soloman’s Plume – Smilacina racemosa (4)
Green Dragon – Arisaema dracontium (4)
Yellow Lady Slipper Orchid –Cypripedium pubescens (8)
Bladdernut – Staphylea trifoliata (5)
Maidenhair Fern – Adiantum pedatum (6)
Maidenhair Spleenwort Fern –Asplenium trichomanes (10)
Broad Beech Fern – Phegopteris hexagonoptera (7)
Herps
Gray Treefrog – Hyla chrysoscelis
Green Treefrog – Hyla cinerea
BREAK
Loess Hill Prairie – Fults Hill Prairie
Loess Hill Prairie – Fults Hill Prairie
Loess Hill Prairie – Fults Hill Prairie
1972 1995
Green Milkweed – Asclepias viridiflora (9)
Blue Hearts– Buchnera americana (10)
Crested Coralroot Orchid– Hexalectris spicata (10)
Cylindric Blazing Star –Liatris cylindracea (8)
Stickleaf –Mentzelia oligosperma (10)
Slender Heliotrope – Heliotropium tenellum (10)
Missouri Coneflower – Rudbeckia missouriensis (10)
Photo credit – Marty KemperPhoto credit – Debbie Newman
Photo credit – Marty Kemper
Photo credit – Marty Kemper
Plains Scorpion – Centruoides vittatus
Glacial Drift Hill Prairie – Lake Murphysboro
Floodplain Forest – Hickory Bottoms, CCNWR
Cardinal Flower – Lobelia cardinalis (6)
Sensitive Fern – Onoclea sensibilis (5)
Copper Iris – Iris fulva (9)
Blue Flag Iris – Iris schrevei (5)
Purple Fringless Orchid – Platanthera peramoena (7)
White Swamp Milkweed – Asclepias perennis (10)
Swamp Milkweed – Asclepias incarnata (4)
Indian Pink - Spigelia marilandica (7)
Spider Lily – Hymenocallis caroliniana (9)
Dodder – Cuscuta gronovii (2)
Pink Turtlehead – Chelone obliqua (8)
Copperbelly Watersnake
Northern Watersnake – Nerodia sipedon
Marbled Salamander – Ambystoma opacum
Southern Flatwoods
Samson’s Snakeroot - Oxbexilum pendunculatum (6)
Shrubby St. Johnswort – Hypericum prolificum (6)
Swamp – Little Black Slough
Cypress Swamp – Little Black Slough
Cypress / Tupelo Swamp - Heron Pond
Buttonland Swamp – Lower Cache River
Swamp – LaRue Pine HillsWinter’s Pond
Shrub Swamp
Buttonbush – Cephalanthus occidentalis (4)
Arrowhead - Sagittaria latifolia (4)
Mosquito Fern – Azolla mexicana (8)
Marsh Mallow – Hibiscus lasiocarpos (5)
Pickerelweed – Pontederia cordata (8)
Water Lotus – Nelumbo lutea (5)
Cottonmouths
Eastern Newt – Notophthalmus viridescens
Illinois Chorus Frog – Pseudacris illinoensis
Stinkpot – Sternothorus odoratus
Stream – Bell Smith Springs
Seep – Greater Shawnee Hills
Cinnamon Fern – Osmunda cinnamomea (9)
Royal Fern – Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis (8)
Cretaceous Hills
Whorled Pogonia Orchid – Isotria verticillata (10)
Meadow Beauty – Rhexia virginica (10)
Sandstone Glade – Greater Shawnee Hills
Sandstone Glade - Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods – H Rock
Milk Snake – Lampropeltis triangulum
Todd Fink / Trigg Tower – Sandstone Glade
Lichen Grasshopper – Trimerotropis saxatilis
Small Bluets – Houstonia pusilla (3)
False Garlic – Nothoscordum bivalve (5)
Widow’s Cross – Sedum pulchellum (8)
Rushfoil – Crotonopsis elliptica (5)
Pineweed - Hypericum gentianoides (6)
Prickly Pear – Opuntia humifusa (5)
American Pennyroyal - Hedeoma pulgelioides (4)
Rough Buttonweed - Diodia teres (2)
American Agave - Manfreda virginiana (8)
Small-flowered Fameflower - Talinum parviflorum (10)
Blue Curls - Trichostema dichotomum (6)
Wild Orpine - Sedum telephioides (10)
Fence Lizard – Sceloporus undulatus
Six-lined Racerunner – Cnedimorphus sexlineatus
Degognia Canyon
Bishop’s Cap - Mitella diphylla (9)
Partridge-berry – Mitchella repens (8)
Shining Clubmoss – Huperzia lucidula (10)
Sphagnum Moss – Sphagnum compactum
Walking Fern – Asplenium rhizophyllum (8)
Liverleaf – Hepatica acutiloba
Cleft Phlox – Phlox bifida (7)
Forbe’s Saxifrage – Saxifraga forbesii (10)
Resurrection Ferns – Polypodium virginianum (8) and Pleopletis polypodioides (10)
Netted Chain Fern – Woodwardia areolata (8)
Spinulose Woodfern – Dryopteris carthusiana (6)
Bladder Fern – Cystopteris bulbifera (8)
Hairy Synandra – Synandra hispidula (10)
Small-flowered Alumroot - Heuchera parviflora (8)
Spleenwort Fern - Asplenium pinnatifidum (10)
Sandstone Overhang
Shooting Star – Dodecatheon frenchii (10)
Filmy Fern – Trichomanes boschianum (10)
Copperhead
Cricket Frog – Acris crepitans
Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve
Swayne Hollow Ravine Nature Preserve
Mill Creek Natural Area
Shale Glade – Union County
Shale Glade – Berryville and McClure
LaRue Pine Hills
Cricket Frog – Acris crepitans
Zigzag Salamander – Plethodon dorsalis
Cave Salamander – Eurycea lucifuga
Cave Creek Glade – Limestone Glade
Hoary Puccoon – Lithospermum canescens (6)
Blue-eyed Grass – Sisyrinchium albidum (4)
Wild Petunia - Ruellia humilis (3)
Gray-headed Coneflower - Ratibida pinnata (4)
Obedient Plant - Physostegia virginiana (6)
Butterfly Milkweed - Asclepias tuberosa (5)
Marbleseed – Onosmodium molle var. hispidissimum (8)
Blazing Stars – Liatris scabra (8) & aspera (7)
Prairie Dock - Silphium terebinthinaceum (4)
Silphium integrifolium – Rosinweed (5)
Cave Creek Glade – June 2010
Cave Creek Glade – June 2011FGB = Full Glorious Bloom
Pale Purple Coneflower - Echinacea simulata (7)
Pale Purple Coneflower - Echinacea simulata
Blue Sage – Salvia azurea var. grandiflora (9)
Whoopie Cat Glade – Hardin County
Leisure City Glade – Pope County
Climbing Milkweed – Matelea obliqua (10)
Mead’s Milkweed – Asclepias meadii (10)
Pounds Hollow / Rim Rock
Bell Smith Springs
Natural Bridge
Jackson Hollow
Lusk Creek – Indian Kitchen
Other Unique Illinois Natural Communities
•Calcareous Fen•Forest Fen•Seeps and Springs•Bog•Panne•Beach/Foredune•Northern Flatwoods•Savanna•Gravel Hill Prairie•Dolomite Prairie
Calcareous Fen
Valerian – Valeriana edulis
Forested Fen
Seeps and Springs
Bog
Panne
Beach/Foredune
Beach/Foredune
Northern Flatwoods
Savanna
Dolomite Prairie
Gravel Hill Prairie
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