| The Biota of Illinois Caves and Springs (916 words) |
 | Aquatic macrophytes were scarce in most springs examined, although the moss Leptodictyum riparium was abundant in the spring head of Old Driver Spring and the forb Mentha piperita plugged the upper reaches of the outflow channel of Old Driver and Rose springs. |
| The terrestrial fauna of the cave was dominated by insects (heleomyzid and mycetophilid flies, collembolans, carabid and staphylinid beetles, and camel crickets), amphibians (seven species), and bats (seven species). |
| In Illinois, the biota of springs and cave streams typifies the hypothesis that hardwater springs in eastern North America are dominated by noninsect macroinvertebrates (Glazier 1991). |
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