United States, Illinois, Grundy, 2 miles north of Coal City; Short (Pioneer) Cemetery, north side of private road at north side of large coal strip mining area, about 1 mile southeast of Dell Abbey.
41.3311 -88.2881
T. 33N, R. 8E, NE1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4 Sect. 22; 41.3311, 88.2881
166 meters
545 ft.
Dry-mesic sand prairie, with Schizachyrium, Andropogon gerardi, Sorghastrum nutans, Lespedeza capitata, Opuntia humifusa, Helianthus occidentalis, Amorpha canescens, Euphorbia corollata. Deep sand, probably calcareous, Kankakee Sand Areas. Flowers wine-red; infrequent local perennial herb with long taproot.