Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve
Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve is a 254-acre (1.03 km2) Natural Area Preserve located in Lancaster County, Virginia. The preserve's mixed pine-hardwood forests, ravines, and swampland form a habitat for various songbirds, wild turkeys, and a rare species of plant. The swamp is an example of a globally rare natural community known as a "coastal plain basic seepage swamp", and supports a high level of biological diversity.[2]
Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve is owned by the Northern Neck Audubon Society, who purchased the land from Lancaster County in 1999. It was dedicated as a Natural Area Preserve on July 12, 2000.[3]
The preserve is open to the public, and contains a parking area and hiking trails.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Hickory Hollow". ProtectedPlanet. United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve". Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
- ^ "History". Northern Neck Audubon Society. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
External links
- Northern Neck Audubon Society Archived 2011-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation: Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve
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