Table 4. A sample from the Illinois Natural Areas Inventory showing acres of all grades A and B prairie natural communities for three of 14 natural divisions; "C" indicates that only Grade C habitat is present in the division or section, "P" indicates that this natural community is present in the division or section, but the quality is not known. (Extracted from Table 6 in White, 1978).
Natural Community |
Natural Division and Section |
State-wide totals for natural communities |
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1 |
2a |
2b |
3a |
3b |
3c |
3d |
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A |
B |
A |
B |
A |
B |
A |
B |
A |
B |
A |
B |
A |
B |
A |
B |
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Prairie |
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Dry prairie |
C |
C |
C |
1.3 |
0.1 |
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Dry-mesic prairie |
1.0 |
0.6 |
8.2 |
1.3 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
9.4 |
50 |
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Mesic prairie |
0.6 |
0.5 |
25 |
62 |
3.8 |
1.9 |
9.5 |
31 |
2.0 |
54 |
220 |
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Wet-mesic prairie |
1.9 |
3.1 |
26 |
99 |
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Wet prairie |
8.0 |
4.6 |
3.1 |
12 |
73 |
12 |
169 |
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Dry sand [prairie |
C |
122 |
16 |
C |
122 |
293 |
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Dry-mesic sand prairie |
0.4 |
0.6 |
219 |
20 |
14 |
21 |
256 |
81 |
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Mesic sand prairie |
55 |
38 |
9.0 |
44 |
C |
69 |
90 |
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Wet-mesic sand prairie |
14 |
7.0 |
12 |
16 |
26 |
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Wet sand prairie |
79 |
60 |
6.5 |
79 |
84 |
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Dry gravel prairie |
1.0 |
P |
3.0 |
9.2 |
0.4 |
5.2 |
3.4 |
15 |
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Dry-mesic gravel prairie |
11 |
2.4 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
8.5 |
19 |
9.5 |
34 |
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Mesic gravel prairie |
8.9 |
9.7 |
8.9 |
9.7 |
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Dry dolomite prairie |
P |
4.1 |
5.4 |
C |
C |
4.1 |
6.9 |
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Dry-mesic dolomite pr. |
1.0 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
7.2 |
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Mesic dolomite prairie |
1.0 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
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Wet -mesic dolomite pr. |
14 |
– |
14 |
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Wet dolomite prairie |
5.0 |
– |
5.0 |
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Loess hill prairie |
2.5 |
158 |
214 |
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Glacial drift hill prairie |
0.3 |
14 |
20 |
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Gravel hill prairie |
0.5 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
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Sand hill prairie |
1.6 |
0.5 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
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Shrub prairie |
3.1 |
C |
– |
60 |
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Total acreages for all natural communities in division /section |
1.6 |
3.0 |
9.2 |
177 |
1.9 |
22 |
1123 |
3692 |
880 |
889 |
122 |
381 |
11 |
36 |
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