Marion Brooks Natural Area
Natural area in Pennsylvania
41°16′35″N 78°17′16″W / 41.2763°N 78.2879°W / 41.2763; -78.2879[1]Marion Brooks Natural Area is a state forest natural area in Moshannon State Forest in Benezette Township, Elk County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The 917-acre (371 ha) natural area is on the northwest edge of Quehanna Wild Area.[2] It was originally known as Paige Run Natural Area; in 1975 it was renamed in honor of Marion E. Brooks, a local environmentalist.[3][4] The area was set aside to protect one of the largest known stands of white birch trees in the eastern United States;[5] in this region the tree is fairly close to the southern limit of its native range.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Marion Brooks Natural Area State Natural Area". protectedplanet.net.
- ^ "Elk Scenic Drive: An Adventure in 23 Chapters". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ Fergus, Charles (2002). "Chapter 32. Marion Brooks Natural Area". Natural Pennsylvania: Exploring the State Forest Natural Areas (1st ed.). Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. pp. 117–120. ISBN 0-8117-2038-1. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ McGeehan, Dennis (2007). Elk County. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7385-5479-2.
- ^ Seeley, Ralph (2014). Foot Trails of the Moshannon and Southern Elk State Forests. Spring Mills, PA: Scott Adams Enterprises. p. 25-26. ISBN 9780985193973.
- ^ Charles Fergus, Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, ISBN 0-8117-2092-6, 2002, p. 92.
- ^ Joseph Illick, ‘’Pennsylvania trees. “White Birch”. Pennsylvania Department of Forests. Harrisburg: Wm Stanley Ray, 1914, p. 114.
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