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northeast was pastured and much dis- 
turbed. Visits were made to this site on 
May 27, July 1, and September 8, 1950. 
Housen.—When visited April 24, 
1951, this hill prairie in the southeast 
quarter of section 7, T. 6 S., R. 5 W., on 
the Housen farm north of Rockport, Pike 
County, covered more than an acre of the 
uppermost southwest-facing slope of the 
Fig. 15.—The Clendenny hill prairie, northwest of Belleview, Calhoun County. Buchnera 
americana was common in parts of this prairie. 
ridge shown in fig. 14. Andropogon sco- 
parius was the dominant grass; 4. gerardi 
and Bouteloua curtipendula were present. 
The prairie and a part of the adjacent 
woodland on the slope to the northeast 
were burned during the autumn of 1950 
by a fire that swept the bluffs from Rock- 
port northward to a point beyond this 
prairie. 
Clendenny.—W hen last seen, this hill 
prairie, located in the northwest quarter 
of section 12, T. 8 S., R. 4 W., about 2.3 
miles north of Belleview, Calhoun Coun- 
ty, covered about 7 acres of the upper- 
most southwest-facing slope of a bluff. 
This bluff, fig. 15, served as the pasture 
of the Clendenny farm. Prairie covered 
the rocky slope above the rock ledge ex- 
cept in a few coves where a mixed forest 
extended upslope. Loess capped the bluff. 
Prairie covered the spurs and most of the 
coves; small trees and shrubs grew in 
scattered clumps in some coves. On the 
ILtinois Natura History Survey BULLETIN 
Vol. 26, Art. 5 
crest of the ridge grew a mixture of prai- 
rie, woodland, cultivated plants, and 
weeds. Some of the plants growing in this 
site were Lespedeza stipulacea, Symphori- 
carpos orbiculatus, Melilotus alba, Tri- 
dens flavus, Bouteloua curtipendula, An- 
dropogon scoparius, A. gerardi, Verbena 
stricta, and Eragrostis cilianensis. The 
inner, or northeast, slope of the ridge sup- 
ported both forest and prairie: mixed for- 
est on the northwest part and a mixture 
of prairie and forest on the southeast 
part. Clendenny prairie was visited April 
15, May 27, and September 8, 1950; Au- 
gust 30 and September 27, 1951. 
Swarnes.—An inscription on the mon- 
ument* at the crest of the bluff in the _ 
northeast quarter of section 35, T. 9 S., — 
R. 3 W., at the north limits of Hamburg, — 
Calhoun County, furnished the name for 
this hill prairie. When the site was last 
seen, prairie occupied about 2 acres of the 
west- and southwest-facing slope of the 
ridge. A fence located a few feet north — 
*The following inscription appears on this monument: 
In Memory of 
Capt. Lewis Swarnes 
Born 
May 23, 1821 
Died 
July 11, 1867. 
Lewis Swarnes, according to several residents of Ham- — 
burg, was a riverboat captain. He became ill on one of © 
his trips and requested that his body should be buried 
on the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River at Ham- 
burg. | 
