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Woodland Trail Guide Illinois River Watershed Sanctuary At the Watershed Sanctuary, we have found almost 30 different species of trees! Discover the diversity of the Watershed Sanctuary by looking at the different leaf shapes, colors, and bark texture of trees along the Woodland Trail. When you find the following trees, use a crayon or pencil to make a bark rubbing next to the leaf shape. Common Name: White Oak Latin Name: Quercus alba Common Name: Red Oak Latin Name: Quercus rubra Common Name: Eastern Redbud Latin Name: Cercis canadensis Common Name: Sassafras Latin Name: Sassafras albidum Common Name: Red Maple Latin Name: Acer rubrum

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Woodland  Trail  Guide  Illinois  River  Watershed  Sanctuary  

 At  the  Watershed  Sanctuary,  we  have  found  almost  30  different  species  of  trees!    Discover  the  diversity  of  the  Watershed  Sanctuary  by  looking  at  the  different  leaf  shapes,  colors,  

and  bark  texture  of  trees  along  the  Woodland  Trail.    When  you  find  the  following  trees,  use  a  crayon  or  pencil  to  make  a  bark  rubbing  next  to  the  leaf  shape.  

   

Common  Name:    White  Oak  Latin  Name:    Quercus  alba  

                 Common  Name:    Red  Oak  Latin  Name:    Quercus  rubra                          Common  Name:    Eastern  Redbud  Latin  Name:    Cercis  canadensis      

           

 Common  Name:    Sassafras  Latin  Name:    Sassafras  albidum        

               

   Common  Name:    Red  Maple  Latin  Name:    Acer  rubrum      

             

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   Common  Name:    Black  Walnut  Latin  Name:    Juglans  nigra                                Common  Name:    Red  Mulberry  Latin  Name:    Morus  rubra                          

     Common  Name:  Black  Oak  Latin  Name:    Quercus  velutina            

                   

 Common  Name:    American  Sycamore  Latin  Name:    Platanus  occidentalis      

                     

     Common  Name:    Silver  Maple  Latin  Name:    Acer  saccharinum        

   

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Common  Name:  Pignut  Hickory  Latin  Name:  Carya  glabra                              Common  Name:  Bitternut  Hickory    Latin  Name:  Carya  cordiformis                                        Common  Name:  Box  Elder  Latin  Name:  Acer  negunda

Common  Name:  American  Elm  Latin  Name:  Ulmus  americana  

Common  Name:  Black  Cherry  Latin  Name:  Prunus  serotina  

       

 

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Historical  Landmarks    This  old  staircase  at  the  beginning  of  the  Woodland  Trail  used  to  lead  up  the  hill  to  cabins,  a  restaurant,  a  swimming  pool,  and  a  skating  rink.    “Lake  Keith  Resort,”  as  this  property  was  named  in  the  1950’s  thru  1970’s,  brought  in  tourists  from  all  over  the  region  for  fishing,  boating,  recreation,  and  

leisure.    

         

 The  water  wheel  at  the  mouth  of  the  cave  used  to  pump  the  cave’s  spring  water  to  the  top  of  the  south  slope  of  the  property,  where  a  water  

tower  stood.    The  residents  of  Cave  Springs  got  their  municipal  water  supply  directly  from  the  cave  from  

the  mid-­‐1950’s  until  1967.    

 The  concrete  raceways  are  remnants  of  the  old  

trout  hatchery.    The  constant  54-­‐degree  temperature  of  the  cave’s  spring  water  provided  a  suitable  location  to  raise  trout.    When  the  trout  reached  maturity,  they  would  be  released  from  the  raceways  into  the  lake  for  fishermen  to  catch.  

   

 On  the  exposed  concrete  dam,  you  may  notice  the  raised  lettering  that  says,  “Loch  Lono,  Wilton  Mortimer  Bartlett,  1914.”    

The  earthen  dam  that  first  formed  the  lake  broke  in  1912,  so  Bartlett  built  this  dam  in  1914  and  named  the  subsequent  body  of  water  “Loch  Lono”  after  his  daughter,  Lono  

Bartlett.