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Species of Concern for Northwest Illinois - Updated August 20, 2004 |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Habitat |
Size |
Drift. |
Kish. |
Lower |
Rock |
Sugar |
Winn. |
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Habitat |
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River |
Rock |
River |
Pec. |
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Bog bedstraw |
Galium labradoricum |
KREP |
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Glade mallow |
Napeaea diocia |
TNC |
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Birds |
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Northern goshawk |
Accipter gentillis |
KREP |
Forest |
Mature mixed forest bordering agricultural or other open areas |
500 acres < |
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X |
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Le Conte's sparrow |
Ammodramus leconteii |
NAWCA |
Grassland |
Tall grasslands with mesic areas |
>85 acres |
X |
X |
X |
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Grasshopper sparrow |
Ammodramus savannarum |
NAWCA |
Grassland |
Intermediate height grasses with interspersed bare ground patches |
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X |
X |
X |
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X |
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White-rumped sandpiper |
Calidris fuscicollis |
NAWCA |
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X |
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Stilt sandpiper |
Calidris himantopus |
NAWCA |
Wetland |
Inhabits sedge meadows interrupted by old beach ridges, eskers, or other |
>25 acres |
X |
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elevated areas dominated by dwarf birch, heaths, willows, crowberries, and |
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dryads. Sometimes occurs in wet tundra areas with fairly high willows, or
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much drier slopes with moderate vegetative cover, avoiding truly barren
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Whip-poor-will |
Caprimulgus vociferus |
KREP |
Forest |
Deciduous Forest |
500 acres or < |
X |
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Chimney swift |
Chaetura pelagica |
KREP |
Forest |
Open bottomland hardwood forest nests |
500m Riparian |
X |
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X |
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Marsh wren |
Cistothorus palustris |
NAWCA |
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Sedge wren |
Cistothorus platensis |
NAWCA |
Wetland |
Prefers wet meadows dominated by sedges, cottongrass, mannagrass, and reed |
>25 acres |
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