Trees With Knees - Heron Pond - Belknap, IL - Flora and Fauna Information Signs on Waymarking.com

The sign, "Trees with Knees" gives information Cypress Trees. Cypress trees are rare in Illinois. "No other tree has "knees" except bald cypress growing in wet conditions. Roughly conical in shape and up ot six fee tall, the knees are part of the root system and help support the tree in unstable trees."

Make sure to walk the boardwalk to get close to cypress trees and their "knees".

From (visit link) "Located in Little Black Slough Nature Preserve is a wonderful piece of wetlands landscape unique to Southern Illinois: Heron Pond, located near Belnap, Illinois, and part of the Cache River State Natural Area. Heron Pond is home to over 100 endangered and threatened plant and animal species on the Ohio River flood plain. These wetland locations are an important resource for migrating birds and other unique plants and animals and are a prime location to view nature at it’s finest."

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