Sugar River Alder Nature Preserve

Winnebago County

Location and Access:

On Sugar river 5 miles northwest of Shirland

Description:

Wet and wet mesic floodplain forest, sedge meadow, dry mesic sand savanna, dry mesic upland forest, dry dolomite prairie and pond of the Winnebago Drift Section of the Northeastern Morainal Natural Division.

Ownership: Winnebago County Forest Preserve District

Dedicated: February 1994

Size: 184.7 acres of nature preserve and 1.4 acres of nature preserve buffer

Topo Map: Durand 7.5

For Further Information Contact: Winnebago County Forest Preserve District, 5500 Northrock Dr., Rockford IL 61103 (815/877-6100)

1/2009 - R. Heidorn