Carex cristatella (Crested Sedge) or Carex tribuloides (Blunt Broom Sedge)

Sedge Meadow looking east

Trametes cinnabarina (Northern Cinnabar Polypore)

Veronica scutellata (Marsh Speedwell), an IL threatened species

Pleurotus pulmonarius (Lung/Italian Oyster Mushroom)

Teucrium canadense var. occidentale (American Germander)

Carex atherodes (Slough Sedge)

Dryopteris carthusiana, Dryopteris cristata, Athyrium filix-femina (Spinulose Wood Fern, Crested Wood Fern, Lady Fern)

JIm Hansen, photographer, with bag of Carex lupuliformis seed heads

These seeds were collected under permit and given to the North Branch Restoration Project for distribution to local forest preserves with a wetland component.

Carex lupuliformis (False Hop Sedge)

Carex lupulina (Hop Sedge)

Carex tribuloides (Blunt Broom Sedge)and Carex vulpinoidea (Fox Sedge)

Persicaria coccinea (Scarlet Smartweed)

Proposed excavation area in publicly available plan; another revision is under review and is said to save the sedge meadow.

The treeless area under the lime green shape in the southeast quadrant is the sedge meadow.

iNaturalist observations

These can be explored at the iNaturalist site.