Belmont Prairie - Downers Grove, IL - Flower Fields on Waymarking.com

NOTICE: Dogs are not permitted within the prairie. If you wish to walk your dog, please use these coordinates N 41° 47.883; W 088° 03.135.

For the preservation of this locality, collection or picking is prohibited.

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From the entrance sign:
Belmont Prairie was just a field where the neighborhood kids played until it was “discovered” in the 1970’s. A nearby neighbor turned in a photography assignment that caused his instructors to ask where he took the shots. Botanists and ecological experts found a 10 acre remnant prairie supporting more than 300 plant species from the familiar Purple Coneflower to the Illinois threatened White Lady’s Slipper Orchid.

Species: Listed on information boards as being present - Round-headed Bush Clover: Lespedeza capitata Cream Gentian: Gentiana flavida Turtlehead: Chelone glabra Bottle Gentian: Gentiana andrewsii Purple Coneflower: Echinacea purpurea White Lady’s Slipper Orchid: Cypripedium candidum (Illinois Threatened Species) Visible on my visit (09/09/07) - Goldenrod: Solidago spp. Heath Aster: Aster ericoides New England Aster: Aster novae-angeliae Tall Coreopsis: Coreopsis tripteris Habitat Type: remnant prairie Terrain Rating: Best Viewing Time: From: 08/15/2007 To: 10/15/2007 Parking Area: Not Listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   05/16/2013 Go Boilers! visited it 04/04/2011 NESAMOH visited it 06/30/2007 adgorn visited it

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