Pellsville Cemetery Prairie
Vermillion County, Illinois
Plants and Wildlife
Bird Checklist for Pellsville Prairie Cemetery.pdfIn 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, Betz and Lamp (1989), and sightings submitted using the link in the sub-bullet point below. Submitted species are added to the table as time allows.
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Bloom periods are based on those provided by the Illinois Plants Database.
About this natural area:
Pellsville is a spectacular remnant prairie cemetery located in Rankin, Illinois. Although the cemetery is very small, it is packed with a great diversity of native flowers and grasses and is a must see.
Amenities:
No amenities provided at this location.
Literature and links:
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Betz, Robert F. and Lamp, Herbert F. 1989. Species Composition of Old Settler Silt-loam Prairies. Proceedings of the Eleventh North American Prairie Conference.
Bowles, M. L., J. L. McBride, and T. J. Bell. 2015. Long-term processes affecting restoration and viability of the federal threatened Mead’s milkweed (Asclepias meadii). Ecosphere 6(1):11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00240.1
Borelli, Christopher. August 4th, 2017. Pellsville and Loda Cemetery Prairies featured in Chicago Tribune Column and Video. Chicago Tribune
Borelli, Christopher. AUG 04, 2017 AT 5:00 AM. In pioneer cemeteries, a disappearing part of Illinois' landscape lives on. CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
Borelli, Christopher. A little history on the prairie: Pioneer cemeteries show us what Illinois looked like before European settlers. Chicago Tribune.
Moorehouse and Hassen. 2004. Protecting Pioneer Cemetery Prairies: Balancing the Need to Preserve Cultural and Natural Heritage Values. Proceedings of the 19th North American Prairie Conference. Pgs 163-167.
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.
Spyreas*, G., Pearse*, I.S., Nickrent, D.L., Greenwood, N.M., Epstein, A., and Anders. P., (eds.) 2017. Illinois Plants: a web-based database for the flora of Illinois. https://www.inhs.illinois.edu/data/plantdb
Click here to listen to the In Defense of Plants Ep. 51podcast on cemetery prairies.
Click here to view the Wild Ones webpage for this site.