|
Name |
Image |
Date |
County |
Description |
1 |
Abraham's Woods |
|
A remnant of regional climax maple-basswood forest. |
Green |
01973 1973 |
2 |
Avoca River- Bottom Prairie |
|
The largest intact prairie in Wisconsin. |
Iowa |
01980 1980 |
3 |
Baraboo Range |
|
An example of an exhumed mountain range. |
Columbia / Sauk |
01980 1980 |
4 |
Bose Lake Hemlock Hardwoods |
|
The best virgin stand of hemlock in Wisconsin. |
Forest |
01980 1980 |
5 |
Cave of the Mounds |
|
Cave richly decorated with cave formations of most known varieties. |
Dane |
01973 1973 |
6 |
Cedarburg Bog |
|
The largest and most outstanding bog in southeastern Wisconsin. |
Ozaukee |
01973 1973 |
7 |
Chippewa River Bottoms |
|
The largest single stand of bottomland hardwood forest along the once widespread post-glacial forest. |
Buffalo |
01973 1973 |
8 |
Chiwaukee Prairie |
|
The best remaining wet prairie in Wisconsin. |
Kenosha |
01973 1973 |
9 |
Finnerud Forest Scientific Area |
|
An excellent representative of the northern coniferous forest complex. |
Oneida |
01973 1973 |
10 |
Flambeau River Hemlock-Harwood Forest |
|
The best and largest remnant of old-growth conifer-hardwood forest in Wisconsin. |
Price / Sawyer |
01973 1973 |
11 |
Kakagon Sloughs |
|
One of the finest marsh complexes on the upper Great Lakes. |
Ashland |
01966 1966 |
12 |
Kickapoo River Natural Area |
|
The largest undisturbed concentration of exposed seeping sandstone in Wisconsin. |
Vernon |
01975 1975 |
13 |
Moquah Barrens Research Natural Area |
|
Representative of the jack pine-scrub oak barrens (savannas) of the glacial outwash area of northwestern Wisconsin. |
Bayfield |
01980 1980 |
14 |
Point Beach Ridges |
|
Alternating ridges and swales formed by previous water levels of Lake Michigan. |
Manitowoc |
01980 1980 |
15 |
Ridges Sanctuary |
|
A series of sand ridges and swales with associated boreal forest and bog vegetation. |
Door |
01967 1967 |
16 |
Spruce Lake Bog |
|
A superb, unspoiled example of a northern bog. |
Fond du Lac |
01967 1967 |
17 |
Summerton Bog |
|
An undisturbed and floristically diverse area providing habitat for many rare plant and animal species. |
Marquette |
01973 1973 |
18 |
Wyalusing Hardwood Forest |
|
Contains several rare plant species and abundant wildlife, including some endangered species. |
Grant |
01973 1973 |