Cultural / Natural Areas located Northern Illinois Region.
In all, more than 420 plant species contribute to the beauty and rich biological diversity in the Glacial Park-Lost Valley Marsh area. Examples include bur, white, black, and Hill’s oak, and forbs such as Culver’s root, shooting star, and yellow grass. There are also 222 species of birds found regularly in McHenry County. Canada geese, ducks, frogs, turtles and a variety of bird types are observed regularly around the wetlands, and around feeding time, raccoons and the occasional coyote visit the area in search of food.
The most notable feature in the park is a camelback kame with a terrace pattern and borrow pit etched into the side of the kame probably due to cattle grazing. Another geologic marvel includes, a rare, nicely sorted, fine, sand kame that was a glacial top stream deposit.
Though a rarity in such a small area, Glacial Park contains all three types of kettle lake remnant wetlands- fens, bogs and marshes. The park has an elevated fen, and well-developed stream, bog, and marsh ecosystems. It also has prairie and oak savanna ecosystems.
Area:
Glacial Park spans some 2,806 acres in Ringwood, Illinois
Contact Information:
6316 Harts Road, Ringwood
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Images include both Flora(Flowers, Tree, & Grass) and the Cultural landscape. The cultural landscape includes homes build, erosion due to people not walking on the trails, and paths cut in the landscape to decrease erosion and damage to endangered species.
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