cave creek glade natural area

Cave Creek Glade

Natural AreaJune 11th, 2011

all photos & maps by presenter

except where noted

Christopher D. Benda – Regional Ecologist

Garden of the Gods Wilderness – Saline County

Photo credit – Randy Nyboer

Statewide Project5 Regional Ecologists

Illinois Native Plant SocietySouthern Chapter

Deer Pond – Johnson County

What is a glade?•Most generally means a treeless area (e.g. the Everglades)•Typically a glade is an opening in a wooded area (montane glades)•In Illinois, glades are typically south and west facing

•Sometimes referred to as Hill Prairies•Hot and dry conditions•Bedrock is close to or at the surface•Only certain tree species are adapted to grow in this environment

Types of glades in Southern Illinois•Limestone

•Sandstone •Shale

Cave Creek Glade – Historical Aerial Imagery

Cave Creek Glade – Maps

Cave Creek Glade – 2011 Aerial Photo

Photo credit – Randy Nyboer

Cave Creek Glade

Cave Creek Glade – April 30, 2008

Cave Creek Glade – April 12th, 2010

Cave Creek Glade – May 15th, 2010

Cave Creek Glade – April 1st, 2011

Cave Creek Glade – June 10th, 2011

Cave Creek Glade – June 2010

Cave Creek Glade – June 2011Full Glorious Bloom

Echinacea simulata - Pale Purple Coneflower

Echinacea simulata - Pale Purple Coneflower

Cave Creek Glade

Invasive Species – Chinese Lespedeza

Binomial Nomenclature

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their rightful names.”

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

Animalia Cordata Reptilia Testudines Emydidae Emydoidea E. blandingii

Lithospermum canescens – Hoary Puccoon

Camassia scilloides – Wild Hyacinth

Nothoscordum bivalve - False Garlic

Sisrhynchium albidum - Blue-eyed Grass

Sisrhynchium albidum - Blue-eyed Grass

Amsonia tabernaemontana - Bluestar

Scutellaria parvula – Small Skullcap

Claytonia virginiana – Spring Beauty

Frasera caroliniensis – American Columbo

Uvularia grandiflora – Bellwort

Carex grayi – Gray’s Sedge

Dichanthelium boscii – Large-fruited Panic Grass

Spigelia marilandica - Indian Pink

Penstemon pallidus – Pale Beardstongue

Penstemon digitalis – Foxsglove Beardstongue

Taenidia integerimma – Yellow Pimpernel

Zizia – Golden Alexanders

Manfreda virginica –Agave (False Aloe)

Ruellia strepens – Wild Petunia

Verbesina helianthoides – Yellow Wingstem

Houstonia lanceolata – Bluets

Ceanothus americana – New Jersey Tea

Rosa carolina – Carolina Rose

Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Milkweed

Phlox pilosa – Downy Phlox

Asclepias viridiflora – Green Milkweed

Salvia azurea var. grandiflora – Blue Sage

Ratibida pinnata – Gray-headed Coneflower

Physostegia virginiana – Obedient Plant

Silphium terebinthinaceum – Prairie Dock

Silphium integrifolium – Rosinweed

Melica nitens – Melic Grass

Bouteloua curtipendula – Side-oats Grama Grass

Pellaea atropurpurea – Purple Cliffbreak Fern

Cheilanthes lanosa – Hairy Lip Fern

Trees and GrassesSchizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem

Sorghastrum nutans – Indian GrassSporobolus compositus (asper) – Dropseed Quercus muhlenbergii – Chinquapin Oak

Cave Creek Glade

Ulmus alata – Winged Elm

Amelanchier arboreum – Serviceberry

Cercis canadensis – Redbud

Antennaria parlinii – Pussytoes

Dodecatheon meadia – Shooting Star

Monarda bradburiana – Bradbury’s Bee-balm

Speyeria cybele – Greater Spangled Fritillary

Latin name – 13-year Periodical Cicada

Plestiodon fasciatus - Five-lined Skink

Sceloporus undulatus - Fence Lizard

Plethodon glutinosus - Northern Slimy Salamander

Coluber constrictor – Racer

Elaphe obsoleta – Black Rat Snake

Agkistrodon contortrix - Copperhead

Banded Watersnake

Crotalus horridus - Timber Rattlesnake

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