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This is a slideshow presentation of the plants and animals of Cave Creek Glade Natural Area, a high quality limestone glade in the Cache River Region.
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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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