List of old growth forests

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This is a list of existing old growth ("virgin") forests, or remnants of forest. (NB: The terms "old growth" and "virgin" may have various definitions and meanings throughout the world. See old growth forest and primeval forest for more information.)

Contents 1 Eurasia 1.1 Belarus 1.2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3 Finland 1.4 Montenegro 1.5 Norway 1.6 Poland 1.7 Romania 1.8 Russian Federation 1.9 Slovakia 1.10 United Kingdom 2 North America 2.1 Canada 2.1.1 British Columbia 2.1.2 Nova Scotia 2.1.3 Ontario 2.2 United States 2.2.1 California 2.2.2 Florida 2.2.3 Georgia 2.2.4 Illinois 2.2.5 Indiana 2.2.6 Kentucky 2.2.7 Maine 2.2.8 Maryland 2.2.9 Massachusetts 2.2.10 Michigan 2.2.11 Minnesota 2.2.12 Missouri 2.2.13 New Hampshire 2.2.14 New Jersey 2.2.15 New York 2.2.16 North Carolina 2.2.17 Ohio 2.2.18 Oregon 2.2.19 Pennsylvania 2.2.20 Rhode Island 2.2.21 South Carolina 2.2.22 Tennessee 2.2.23 Virginia 2.2.24 Washington 2.2.25 West Virginia 2.2.26 Wisconsin 3 South America 4 Africa 4.1 Ethiopia 4.2 Kenya 4.3 Uganda 5 Australia 6 Notes 7 References

[edit] Eurasia

[edit] Belarus

• Białowieża Forest

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Perucica

[edit] Finland

• Pyhä-Häkki National Park: 13 square kilometres (3,200 acres); coniferous forest

[edit] Montenegro

• Biogradska Gora: 16 square kilometres (4,000 acres)

[edit] Norway

• Trillemarka

[edit] Poland

• Białowieża Forest

[edit] Romania

• Retezat National Park

[edit] Russian Federation

• Central Sikhote-Alin: 3,985 square kilometres (985,000 acres)
• Virgin Komi Forests: 32,800 square kilometres (8,100,000 acres); coniferous forest
• Western Caucasus: 2,750 square kilometres (680,000 acres)

[edit] Slovakia

• Stužica: 7.6149 square kilometres (1,881.7 acres) of beech forest

[edit] United Kingdom

• Borthwood Copse

[edit] North America

[edit] Canada

[edit] British Columbia

• Clayoquot Sound
• Great Bear Rainforest

[edit] Nova Scotia

• Acadian Forest

[edit] Ontario

• Obabika Lake Forest
• White Bear Forest

[edit] United States

[edit] California

• Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, and Redwood National Park: some 40,000 acres (160 km²) total of old growth, mostly redwood, with half in the National Park and half in the State Parks^[1]
• Humboldt Redwoods State Park: 17,000 acres (69 km²) of old growth redwood, with 10,000 contiguous acres in the Rockefeller Forest^[2]
• Año Nuevo State Park
• Muir Woods National Monument: Old growth redwood
• Big Basin Redwoods State Park: Old growth redwood
• Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park: Old growth redwood
• Headwaters Forest Reserve: some 3,000 acres (12 km²) of old growth redwood^[3]
• Smith River National Recreation Area: Old growth Port Orford cedar, redwood, and Coast Douglas-fir forests^[4]
• Red Buttes Wilderness
• Inyo National Forest: Great Basin Bristlecone Pine

[edit] Florida

• Eglin Air Force Base: 5,000 acres (20 km²) of longleaf pine^[5].
• Apalachicola National Forest: tupelo swamps and pondcypress^[6].
• Big Cypress National Preserve: 23,000 acres (93 km²) of slash pine forests and 158,000 acres (640 km²) of pondcypress forests^[7].

[edit] Georgia

• Chattahoochee National Forest: 2,000 acres (8.1 km²) to 4,000 acres (16 km²)of upland oak and pine forests and over 1,000 acres (4.0 km²) of mixed oak forest^[8].

[edit] Illinois

• Shawnee National Forest: 2,800 acres (11 km²) in patches of post oak - blackjack oak^[9].
• Cache River: Old-growth wetlands, with approximately 1,600 acres (6.5 km²) in the Lower Cache River State Natural Area, 500 acres (2.0 km²) in the Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge, and 1,000 acres (4.0 km²) contiguous in Little Black Slough ^[10].

[edit] Indiana

• Hoosier National Forest: Approximately 10,000 acres (40 km²) of dry upland forest, dominated by post oak^[11].

[edit] Kentucky

• Blanton Forest: Over 2,000 acres (8.1 km²)^[12].

[edit] Maine

• Baxter State Park: 23,000 acres (93 km²) of balsam fir forest, over 5,000 of these on Mount Katahdin^[13]
• Mahoosuc Mountain: 2,444 acres (9.89 km²) of balsam fir forest^[14]
• Mount Bigelow: 1,300 acres (5.3 km²)^[15]
• Big Reed Forest Preserve: 5,000 acres (20 km²) of uncut northern hardwoods, spruce-fir, rich woods, and cedar swamps^[16]
• Mount Kineo

[edit] Maryland

• Belt Woods, Prince George's County, Maryland
• Hemlock Grove in Swallow Falls State Park, Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

• Wachusett Mountain State Reservation

[edit] Michigan

• Hartwick Pines State Park: includes "Hartwick Pines": a 49 acre old-growth remnant of white and red pine forest
• Isle Royale National Park: 57,000 to 86,000 acres (350 km²), including aspen, swamp conifers, birch - fir, and northern hardwoods^[17]
• Porcupine Mountains: 35,000 acres (140 km²) of old growth forest, including sugar maple, American basswood, Eastern hemlock, and yellow birch^[18]
• Sylvania Wilderness: some 15,000 acres (61 km²) of old growth Eastern white pine, red pine, and Eastern hemlock forests.

[edit] Minnesota

• Boundary Waters: 376,000 acres (1,520 km²), including forests of fir - birch, jack pine - black spruce, black spruce bogs, and maple - aspen - birch ^[19].
• Keeley Creek Natural Area: 1,280 acres (5.2 km²) of bog and upland forest ^[20].
• Itasca State Park: 3,000 to 3,500 acres (14 km²) of Eastern white pine and red pine forest ^[21].
• Approximately 250,000 acres (1,000 km²) of swamp conifers and 87,000 acres (350 km²) of birch - aspen forests ^[22].

[edit] Missouri

• Mark Twain National Forest: About 30,000 acres (120 km²) of unlogged savanna and flatwoods dominated by post oak and chinkapin oak^[23].
• Caney Mountain: 4,000 acres (16 km²) of unlogged post oak savanna^[24].
• Fort Leavenworth: At least 1,000 acres (4.0 km²) of Eastern floodplain forest ^[25].

[edit] New Hampshire

• Nash Stream Forest: 8,000 acres (32 km²) of high-elevation spruce - fir forest^[26]
• White Mountain National Forest: Great Gulf Wilderness and Crawford Notch^[27]
• Shawangunk Mountains Dwarf Pine Plains: 5,000 acres (20 km²) in Minnewaska State Park and Mohonk Preserve^[28]

[edit] New Jersey

• Saddler's Woods: 25 acres of old growth forest and wetlands ^[29]
• Bear Swamp: Forest of sour gum, sweet gum, and tulip poplar^[30]
• Rutgers Ecological Preserve: Old growth oak, ash, maple, and beech^[31]

[edit] New York

• Catskill Park: 54,000 acres (220 km²), mostly at elevations over 3,000 feet (910 m)^[32]
• Adirondack Park: 50,000 acres (200 km²) in the Five Ponds Wilderness, and perhaps 500,000 acres (2,000 km²) total^[33]

[edit] North Carolina

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park: perhaps 175,000 acres (710 km²) of old growth^[34].
• Pisgah National Forest: 4,000 to 7,000 acres (28 km²) of old growth^[35].
• Nantahala National Forest: 3,800 acres (15 km²) of cove hemlock forest in the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, 3,000 acres (12 km²) in the upper Slickrock Creek watershed of Joyce Kilmer - Slickrock Wilderness, and 2,000 acres (8.1 km²) on Standing Indian Mountain^[36].
• Croatan National Forest: 63,000 acres (250 km²) of unlogged pocosin^[37].

[edit] Ohio

• Dysart Woods
• Riddle State Nature Preserve: includes "Hawk Woods", about 85 acres of old-growth forest

[edit] Oregon

• Badger Creek Wilderness
• Boulder Creek Wilderness
• Cummins Creek Wilderness
• Bull of the Woods Wilderness
• Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area
• Gearhart Mountain Wilderness
• Grassy Knob Wilderness
• Middle Santiam Wilderness
• Mount Jefferson Wilderness
• Mount Washington Wilderness
• Opal Creek Wilderness
• Red Buttes Wilderness
• Rock Creek Wilderness
• Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
• Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness

[edit] Pennsylvania

• Cook Forest State Park: 1,500 acres (6.1 km²) of white pine and hemlock forest^[38]
• Alan Seeger Natural Area
• Anders Run Natural Area
• Hearts Content Recreation Area in the Allegheny National Forest
• Tionesta National Scenic and Research Natural Areas: about 4,000 acres (16 km²) of unlogged hemlock-beech forest^[39]
• Pine Creek Gorge (Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania)
• Bark Cabin Natural Area
• Quehanna Wild Area/Wykoff Run Natural Area
• Johnson Run Natural Area
• Lower Jerry Run Natural Area
• Bucktail State Park Natural Area
• Cranberry Swamp
• Sproul State Forest
• Forrest H. Duttlinger Natural Area
• The Hook Natural Area
• Snyder Middleswarth Natural Area
• Tall Timbers Natural Area
• Detweiler Run Natural Area
• Bear Meadows Natural Area

See Old Growth Forests of Pennsylvania

[edit] Rhode Island

• Lawton's Valley Forest
• Oakland Forest

[edit] South Carolina

• Congaree National Park: largest tract (22,000 acres (89 km²)) of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the U.S.
• Beidler Sanctuary: 1,700 acres (6.9 km²) of mixed hardwoods and cypress-tupelo swamp^[40].
• Sumter National Forest: 1,700 acres (6.9 km²) in the Ellicott Rock Wilderness^[41].

[edit] Tennessee

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park: perhaps 175,000 acres (710 km²) of old growth^[42].
• Virgin Falls Pocket Wilderness[1]

[edit] Virginia

• George Washington National Forest^[43]:
  • Ramsey's Draft Wilderness, 3,000 acres (12 km²) to 6,000 acres (24 km²)of white pine, oaks, tulip trees, and hemlocks
  • Little Laurel Run, at least 1,000 acres (4.0 km²)
  • James River Ranger District, 3,600 acres (15 km²)
  • Also perhaps 35,000 acres (140 km²) of dry-mesic oak forests as well as xeric pine and pine oak
• Caledon Natural Area, ?? acres of oak-tulip poplar-dominated virgin upland forest

[edit] Washington

• Gifford Pinchot National Forest
• Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
• Mount Rainier National Park
• North Cascades National Park
• Olympic National Park
• Olympic National Forest
• Schmitz Preserve Park, Seattle
• Salmo-Priest Wilderness

[edit] West Virginia

• Cathedral State Park: 133 acres (0.54 km²) of virgin eastern hemlock forest
• Monongahela National Forest:
  • Fanny Bennett Hemlock Grove: a 70 acre eastern hemlock stand
  • Gaudineer Scenic Area: 50 acres of virgin red spruce forest
  • North Fork Mountain Red Pine Botanical Area: 10 acres of red pine old growth forest
  • North Spruce Mountain Old Growth Site: about 17 acres
  • Shavers Mountain Spruce-Hemlock Stand: a 68 acre red spruce-hemlock stand, partly in the Otter Creek Wilderness
  • Virgin White Pine Botanical Area: a 13 acre white pine stand
  • Sawmill Run Hemlock Stand: several acres of hemlock-northern hardwoods virgin forest

[edit] Wisconsin

• Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: 1,500 acres (6.1 km²) of old growth
• Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
• Namekagon Barrens: Some 4,000 acres (16 km²) of unlogged Jack pine and scrub oak^[44]

[edit] South America

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[edit] Africa

[edit] Ethiopia

• Hugumburda State Forest

[edit] Kenya

• Kakamega Forest, about 100 km² of remnant indigenous forest

[edit] Uganda

• Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

[edit] Australia

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[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Davis, Mary Byrd (1996). Eastern Old-Growth Forests: Prospects For Rediscovery And Recovery. Island Press. ISBN 978-1559634090. 
• Eifert, Larry (2000). Field Guide to Old-Growth Forests: Exploring Ancient Forest Ecosystems from California to the Pacific Northwest. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1570612343. 
• Redwood National Park Frequently Asked Questions. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.
• Rutgers Ecological Preserve. Highland Park Environmental Commission. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.
• Old Growth Forest. Natural Lands Trust. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.
• Saddler's Woods. Saddler's Woods Conservation Association. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.