Fox Valley Land Foundation received a $79,500 grant through the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Private Stewardship Program to improve habitat for this state endangered prairie orchid
Land Protected by the Conservation Easements held by Fox Valley Land Foundation
Raceway
Woods Four parcels of delineated wetland
and fens containing a total of 1.87 acres were donated by Springacres
Hills Ltd. when the area was developed with residential homes.
One of the fens is noted for its Great Angelica (Angelica atropurpurea),
an uncommon marsh and wetland perennial that is one of our largest
herbaceous plants.
Sleepy Hollow Ravine This
4.3 acres includes portions of Sleepy Hollow Ravine and a buffer
area within the Randall Pointe Executive Center.and was dedicated
as an addition to the Sleep Hollow Ravine Nature Preserve. This
area is listed as one of 37 of Kane County’s finer natural
areas by Dick Young in Wild Plants and Natural Areas of Kane
County. The White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) is found in the
rich undisturbed woods.
Massion Woods This 6.4-acre tract in private ownership
is predominantly mature dry-mesic woodlands, but also encompasses
two small ephemeral ponds and a restored prairie
Taenzer Woods This
approximately one acre of flat mesic to moist bottomland woods
is adjacent to Fitchie Creek and is in private ownership. The
White Oak (Quercus alba) is the Illinois State tree, but is
reproducing now in only a few locations.
Batavia Sedge Meadow Listed
as a high quality natural area in the Chicago Wilderness Fox
River Watershed Biodiversity Inventory (IKA 146), this easement
contains 25.5 acres of floodplain and high quality sedge meadow
along Mill Creek within the Deerpath subdivision. Marsh Marigolds
(Caltha palustris) are among the first spring blooms.
Schessler's Fen Located in Kendall County, this high
quality fen wetland on Blackberry Creek is slightly under four
acres. The private owner is donating the easement to Kendall
County Forest Preserve. Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) graces the
fen with its blossoms in late summer
