Greenlee Prairie Cemetery Preserve
Henry County, Illinois
Greenlee Prairie Cemetery Plants and Wildlife
In the table below:
Click on the Plant, Bird, Reptile and Amphibian, Insect and Arachnid, and Mammal tabs at the bottom of the table to scroll through the lists.
These lists are based on species identified during site visits and sightings submitted using the link in the sub-bullet point below. Submitted species are added to the table as time allows.
Click here if you would like to submit records of plants or wildlife you have seen at this location.
Bloom periods are based on those provided by the Illinois Plants Database.
About Greenlee Cemetery
Greenlee is a small prairie cemetery preserve housing a moderate number of characteristic dry-mesic prairie species. Also of interest are civil war era gravestones. White poplar is invading this prairie, a considerable threat considering this prairie's small size and how quickly this clonal invasive spreads.
Amenities
There are no maintained trails, restrooms, or amenities available at this location.
Literature and links:
Click here to visit the IDNR webpage for this site.
Click here to search Google Scholar for additional literature sources with the pre-filled term of "Greenlee Cemetery Prairie Illinois."
Click here to view the Wild Ones webpage for this site.
Click here to view additional information from the book, “Prairie Directory of North America: The United States, Canada, and Mexico.”
Moorehouse, Angella K. and Hassen, Harold, "Protecting Pioneer Cemetery Prairies: Balancing the Need to Preserve Cultural and Natural Heritage Values" (2004). Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences. Paper 81. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/napcproceedings/81
Click here to view the Wild Ones webpage for this site. https://dupage.wildones.org/pioneer-cemetery-prairies-of-illinois/
A little history on the prairie: Pioneer cemeteries show us what Illinois looked like before European settlers. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune.
Click here to listen to the In Defense of Plants Ep. 51podcast on cemetery prairies.
Panzer, Ron. (2002). Compatibility of Prescribed Burning with the Conservation of Insects in Small, Isolated Prairie Reserves. Conservation Biology. 16. 1296 - 1307. 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.01077.x.