Habitat:
Very steep W facing slope of Mississippi River valley bluff, with limestone outcrops. Much grown up with brush and small trees, Rhus glabra, Rhamnus lanceolata, Celastrus scandens, Ulmus rubra, Juniperus virginiana, Quercus macrocarpa, Fraxinus pennsylvanica. Once undoubtedly all prairie and still with a rich flora including Onosmodium, Desmodium illinoense, Silphium laciniatum, Coreopsis palmata, Amorpha canescens, Helianthus occidentalis, Potentilla arguta.