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- Title
VEGETATION AND SOILS OF THE OLIVER'S GROVE REGION, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
- Authors
Cooprider, Mary A.; Larimore, Richard L.; Ebinger, John E.; McClain, William E.; LaGesse, Vernon L.
- Abstract
During the growing seasons of 1999 and 2000, soils were examined and woody vegetation surveyed in Oliver's Grove, just south of Chatsworth. Illinois. The topography of the region is a result of glacial activity that occurred around 17,000 years ago during the late Wisconsin glaciation. Glacial plains, moraines, and a large erosional channel characterize the landscape. Quercus macrocarpa Michx. (bur oak) probably dominated Oliver's Grove at the time of European settlement. Three remnants of this grove were examined during the present study. One woodlot was almost exclusively bur oak, another was dominated by bur oak with Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch (shagbark hickory) fairly common, while the third, found in a lowland area protected from past prairie fires, was dominated by Tilia americana L. (basswood) and Celtis occidentalis L. (hackberry). We compared General Land Office survey maps and past aerial photographs, and observed that much of the original forest and savanna were greatly decreased in size by the late 1900s, mostly due to land-use practices. In general, soils were not useful in determining the extent of this grove.
- Subjects
ILLINOIS; VEGETATION classification; SOILS; OAK; BUR oak; SHAGBARK hickory; HICKORIES; LINDENS; HACKBERRY
- Publication
Erigenia: Journal of the Southern Illinois Native Plant Society, 2004, Issue 20, p22
- ISSN
8755-2000
- Publication type
Article