| State |
Forest |
Candidate RNA |
Size
(acres) |
Description |
| Michigan |
Hiawatha
(17,785 acres) |
18 Mile Lakes |
402 |
The following forest types represented: red pine, paper birch, northern white cedar, and black ash-American elm-redmaple, white pine-hemlock. Contains relatively undisturbed hemlock white-pine. Also contains Northern fen. |
| Betchler Tamarack Flats |
421 |
Tamarack gap type; Northern shrub swamp; Northern wet meadow; and dry northern forest. |
| Dukes EXPANSION |
63 |
uncut Northern white cedar |
| Grand Island EXPANSION |
0 |
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| Lake Sixteen |
131 |
Paper birch |
| Lake Stella Bog |
634 |
Patterned fen. Also includes upland to peatland transition on outwash deposits. |
| Little Waiska Basin |
496 |
Red maple; hardwood-conifer swamps; mesic northern forest. Contains 60-ft deep gorges cut in clay plain by the river. |
| * Lost Lakes |
1604 |
Captures large and small sand dunes. |
| Nahma |
867 |
Represents the following forest types: Paper birch; Northern white cedar; Black ash-American elm-red maple; and Northern red oak. Also may be important in Piping plover federal recovery plan. |
| Oak Ridge North |
120 |
Northern red oak type. One of the best expressions of Lake Superior dunes on Forest Service land. |
| Ogontz Bay |
170 |
Rich Conifer swamp, interdunal wetland, Open dune, Great Lakes Marsh, Dry mesic northern forest, special plants. |
| Pointe aux Chenes |
4266 |
Interdunal wetlands; sand/gravel beach; Great Lakes Marsh, Northern Wet Meadow; Patterned Fen; Northern Fen; Wooded Dune and Swale; Dry meis northern forest; Dry northern forest. Contains special plants and animals. Currently used in piping plover recovery plan. May be useful in federal in Solidago houghtonii, and Cirsium pitcheri recovery plans. |
| Rock River Canyon |
83 |
Contains 50 acres of uncut Northern Hardwoods |
| Scott's Marsh |
1538 |
Patterned fen and scrub/shrub wetland |
| Shingleton Bog |
3366 |
Patterned fen |
| St. Martin Peninsula (Point) |
518 |
Wet cobble beach; fen-like wetlands; Northern fen; Rich conifer swamp; dry mesic northern forest. Contains special plants and animals. May be useful in federal recovery plan for Solidago houghtonii. |
| Lower Sturgeon River |
662 |
Southern floodplain forest |
| Summberby Swamp |
1668 |
Northern fen; Rich conifer swamp. Contains many calciphiles, special plants and animals. |
| Upper 18 Mile Lake |
478 |
Northern fen. Two rare plants occur here. |
| Upper Sturgeon River |
151 |
Represents the following forest types: Black ash- American elm-red maple and Northern white cedar. |
| Weden's Bay |
147 |
Represents the following forest types: Paper birch and Northern with cedar. May also be important for Iris lacustris federal recovery plan. |
Huron-Manistee
(9,187 acres) |
Bear Swamp (includes Yonker's Meadow) |
2139 |
A rich conifer swamp, a southern swamp, and intermittent wetlands. Five rare plant species and one rare animal species are known to inhabit these areas. |
| Big South (includes Whelan Lake) |
1842 |
Contains several vegetative communities including a bog, intermittent wetland, oak-pine barrens, southern floodplain forest, and emergent marsh. This area represents a large, diverse, highly undisturbed floodplain with high floral and faunal diversity. |
| Black River Complex |
750 |
Globally rare wooded dune and swale complex along the Lake Huron shoreline |
| Blockhouse Swamp |
1010 |
Rich conifer swamp and a small mesic northern forest. |
| Brandybrook |
1300 |
Located on poorly drained glacial outwash sands and includes a complex of wetland communities, of which five are considered high quality natural communities. |
| Hunter’s Lake |
28 |
Contains a shallow lake basin that supports an intermittent wetland with fluctuating water levels and is one of the larger unmanipulated wetlands of its type found on the Mio Ranger District. |
| Loon Lake |
439 |
Sandy outwash with numerous wet depressions, several of which support globally imperiled coastal plain marshes. Five rare plant species are documented within this area as well. |
| Loud Creek |
175 |
Rich conifer swamp dominated by northern white cedar on a narrow outwash channel. Represents a wetland type that is suffering from poor regeneration state-wide. |
| McDonald Creek Forest |
103 |
Dry-mesic northern forest with mature white pine, aspen and some red pine. Currently the best identified representative of white pine-aspen forest located in the Harrisville Moraines Subsection. |
| McMaster’s Bridge Bog |
85 |
A diverse, second growth, rich conifer swamp with good cedar regeneration. Relatively intact and therefore a good example of this type within the Mio Outwash Plains Subsection. |
| North Branch White River |
450 |
Outwash channel with a series of three northern wet meadows. Opportunity to study management of grass-dominated wetlands in a landscape context. |
| O’Brien Lake Forest and Swamp |
130 |
Dry-mesic northern forest dominated by red pine some of which are over 100 years old, and a poor conifer swamp dominated by black spruce. The best known example of a poor conifer swamp in the Mio Outwash Plains Subsection. |
| Pearl Lake |
49 |
Poor conifer swamp dominated by black spruce. The best representation of this type of wetland forest not occurring on private land within the Newaygo Outwash and Ice Contact Subdistrict. |
| South Branch (Foley) Bog |
104 |
Large, high quality bog displaying good, distinct, vegetative zones. This area serves as an excellent example of this wetland type in the Mio Outwash Plains Subdistrict. |
| South Olga Bog |
30 |
Located in Big Rapids loamy moraine subsection. |
| Toft Lake |
168 |
Small lake and a relict conifer swamp, strongly influenced by calcareous groundwater and contains numerous seeps and a variety of vegetation zones. |
| Trout Lake Swamp |
185 |
Second-growth hardwood-conifer swamp dominated by northern white cedar, black ash, balsam fir, and black spruce. This area is primarily in an undegraded state and contains a high level of diversity. |
| Vaughn Lake |
200 |
A high quality, highly diverse bog surrounded by a forested zone of tamarack, black spruce, white pine, and red maple. The sandy uplands around the forested wet zone support a dry-mesic forest. |
Ottawa
(210 acres) |
Sturgeon Gorge |
210 |
Gorge is deep V-shaped valley containing terraces, oxbow lakes and other landscape features. |
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| Minnesota |
Chippewa
(1,905 acres) |
Otter Tail |
434 |
LT 46- Fire Intolerant Northern Hardwood Forest; LT 55- Fire Intolerant Northern Hardwoods-Conifer Forest |
| Pimushe Lake |
500 |
LT 46- Fire Intolerant Northern Hardwood Forest |
| Sunken Lake |
971 |
Mature, Dry Mesic Pine/Oak; LT 6-Fire Dependent Red Pine Forest |
Superior
(19,635 acres) |
Big Lake-Seven Beavers |
5,599 |
Excellent representation of variety of characteristic upland and lowland plant communities. cRNA dominated by wetland communities including lowland black spruce, lowland cedar, shrub swamp, and bog, connected to Sand Lake Peatland SNA. |
| Blueberry Lake |
2,445 |
Good representation of jack pine, spruce-fir, aspen birch, paper birch, upland black spruce, and lowland black spruce plant communities, as well as well as aquatic communities in streams and small lakes. |
| Cabin Creek |
2,085 |
Large block of old growth upland forest communities including spruce-fir, sugar maple, upland cedar. Also aspen-birch, paper birch, lowland black spruce and lowland cedar forests, plus sedge meadows. |
| Dragon Lake |
2,075 |
Good representation of old growth red pine, upland and lowland black spruce, wetland bog, and wetland shrub swamp communities. Good representation of former Isabella pinery. Also aquatic communities. |
| Lake Agnes |
792 |
Site dominated by northern hardwoods forest community in uplands and lowland black spruce along Poplar River . Extensive river floodplain. |
| Lehtinen Creek |
478 |
Extensive forested wetland that has excellent representation of lowland forest communities including black spruce, cedar, and black ash, with smaller upland communities including upland white cedar and aspen-birch. |
| Loka Lake |
1,661 |
cRNA part of an extensive peatland dominated by stunted black spruce and tamarack with interspersed upland islands. Peatland has developed some patterning. |
| Pike Mountain |
709 |
Site is on top of Mesabi Range and has good representation of old growth northern hardwood communities (sugar maple and red oak), paper birch forest, and rock/talus communities. |
| Southwest Greenwood Creek |
1,199 |
Representation of birch-aspen, black ash, lowland black spruce, and high quality lowland and upland white cedar communities. |
| Sullivan Creek |
1,495 |
Site includes Toimi drumlins, Cloquet River floodplains, red maple-northern hardwoods and aspen-birch upland forests, lowland black spruce and tamarack forests, wetland shrub swamp. |
| Wolf Lake |
1,097 |
Good representation of paper birch and aspen-birch forest; boreal hardwood-conifer forest; upland and lowland white cedar; lowland black spruce and shrub swamps; and highly diverse aquatic plant communities. |
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| New Hampshire |
White Mountain
(3,035 acres) |
Bowl Extension |
510 |
This site enlarges and helps protect the integrity of “The Bowl" providing an additional area of old northern hardwood forest. Distinguishing features include old beech, yellow birch and spruce and its cirque-like shape. |
| Church Pond Bog |
70 |
Bog wetland |
| Cone Pond |
160 |
Cone Pond is a small watershed that lies on a mountainside slope near the Town of Waterville Valley. It is a spruce-fir forest generally surrounded by till soils shallow to ledge. |
| Gibbs Brook |
1,650 |
This property is considered to be nearly virgin timber. Cores from Red spruce trees date back to an average year-of-origin between 1755 to 1904. Gibbs Brook is located between 3700-4050 feet of elevation where 102 species of vascular plants have been identified. |
| Monroe Flats |
45 |
Alpine tundra. |
| Mountain Pond |
300 |
An excellent example of large-diameter northern hardwoods including old growth sugar maple and white ash up to 35 inches diameter breast height. |
| Owls Head |
70 |
Talus slope. There are six species of bryophytes found only in the red pine stand at this location. |
| Peabody Mountain |
230 |
Northern hardwood spruce forest. |
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| New York |
Finger Lakes
(544 acres) |
Hector Oak Woods |
332 |
Appalachian oak-hickory forest that is mature in some portions and provides rare plant habitat. |
| Sawmill Creek Ravine |
212 |
Mature hemlock-northern hardwood forest along a series of ravines formed by Sawmill Creek and its tributaries. |
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| Ohio |
Wayne
(981 acres) |
Kaiser Hollow |
981 |
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| Vermont |
Green Mountain
(168 acres) |
Blue Ridge Fen |
59 |
High quality rich fen wetland community at a high elevation surrounded by forest. |
| Mount Horrid |
119 |
High quality boreal calcareous cliff complex with surrounding northern hardwood and spruce-fir forest; includes habitat for many rare plants and peregrine falcon. |
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| West Virginia |
Monongahela
(2,240 acres) |
Black Cherry |
120 |
Even-aged stand dominated by mature black cherry. |
| Pike Knob |
1,950 |
Xeric oak and pine-oak forests and woodlands. Southernmost native stand of red pine. |
| Red Spruce |
60 |
Even-aged stand of pure red spruce and uneven-aged red spruce/northern hardwood mix. |
| Yellow Poplar |
110 |
Mature mixed deciduous forest dominated by yellow poplar. |
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| Wisconsin |
Chequamegon
(18,738 acres) |
Bear Creek Hemlocks |
922 |
Old-growth hemlock; stream |
| Bear Lake Slough |
452 |
Mature, mesic hardwood forest; lake; river; sedge meadow and wild rice marsh |
| Bearsdale Creek and Hyatt Spring |
490 |
Bur oak, basswood, black ash bottomland hardwood forest; spring-runs and ponds; exposed dry bedrock outcrops |
| Black Creek Bog and Esker |
608 |
Large open sphagnum bog; ericaceous shrubs; stunted black spruce and tamarack; gravel eskers with red pine |
| Brunsweiler River and Mineral Lake |
969 |
Old-growth hemlock-yellow birch-sugar maple forest; rocky river gorge; Mineral lake; stream |
| Brush Creek |
284 |
Super-canopy white pine, mixed conifer and hardwood swamps in kettle depressions, a forested reach of Brush Creek, a small ice-walled-lake-plain. |
| Camp Nine Pines |
860 |
Red, White, Jack Pine |
| County E Hardwoods/Mondeaux Esker |
721 |
Mesic hemlock-hardwood forest; super-canopy white pine; springs and spring runs |
| Doering Tract |
323 |
Mature hemlock-hardwoods; yellow birch, red maple, sugar maple, paper birch, white pine; black spruce, tamarack; streams; Flambeau river |
| Dry Lake |
358 |
Upland hemlock-hardwoods; lake; open wiregrass sphagnum bog and tussuck sedge meadow; cedar-black ash and tamarack-black spruce |
| Elk River Valley |
469 |
Northern white cedar-balsam fir-black spruce; Elk river ; spring pond; spring runs |
| English Lake Hemlocks |
139 |
Upland and swamp hemlock-white cedar forest; shaded rock outcrops; Canada yew; large diameter red and sugar maple and yellow birch; shoreline of English Lake |
| Fould's Creek |
1437 |
Black spruce-tamarack bog; northern white cedar; a prominent esker with hemlock, white cedar, red and white pine; spring runs; stream |
| Ghost Lake Cedars |
411 |
Sugar maple; paper birch; white cedar; black spruce-tamarack bog; pine forested esker; Ghost lake shoreline |
| Headwaters Lakes |
756 |
Sugar maple-beech-yellow birch; hemlock; lowland black spruce; Wabasso, Cedar and Favil Lakes |
| Highway GG Pines and Upper Brunet River |
514 |
Hemlock, white cedar, yellow birch, super-canopy white pine; upper Brunet river |
| Kidrick Swamp |
2384 |
Spruce and Tamarack bog; Black spruce muskeg; sugar maple, basswood, white ash, black ash, and red oak |
| Moose River Cedar Hills |
623 |
upland mesic white cedar; lowland Black spruce; Moose river |
| Namekagon Fen |
41 |
open water pools supporting a flora typical of both bogs and fens |
| No-Name Lake |
283 |
Sugar maple-basswood; black spruce-tamarack; soft water seepage lake; |
| Richter Lake Hemlocks |
308 |
Sugar maple-basswood; black ash-american elm-red maple; stream |
| Silver Creek and Mondeaux River |
599 |
Aspen; old-growth floodplain containing silver maple, red maple, bur oak, red oak, basswood, black ash, and American elm; Mondeaux River and Silver Creek |
| Snoose Creek |
825 |
Sugar maple; black spruce-tamarack bog, black ash swamp |
| St. Peter's Dome |
2269 |
Sugar maple-basswood; aspen; Long Lake; Morgan Falls; stream; gorge following a fracture in Keweenawan granite |
| Thornapple Hemlocks |
489 |
Sugar maple-beech-yellow birch; lowland Black spruce; hemlock-hardwood |
| Wilson Creek Wetlands |
1172 |
Lowland black spruce-tamarack; Wilson Creek , Wilson Lake and Star Lake, mosaic of sedge meadow communities |
Nicolet
(10,560 acres) |
Argonne Experimental Forest |
1102 |
Old-growth hemlock hardwood forest on drumlinized ground moraine |
| Atkins/Hiles Swamp |
2360 |
Hiles Swamp , Atkins Lake, and,upland drumlins |
| Battle Creek Pines |
99 |
Northern mesic forest dominated by White Pine, Hemlock; river |
| Blackjack Springs Wilderness |
1395 |
White, red pine; red oak, white spruce; Blackjack creek |
| Camp 3 Lake-Peshtigo River Bottoms |
801 |
Lowland, unbranched silver maple; black ash and white cedar; Camp Three lake; creeks |
| Echo Lake Hemlock Hardwoods |
422 |
Mature hemlock-yellow birch-sugar maple; white cedar, tamarack, balsam fir; Echo lake; bog mat; Ninemile creek |
| North Branch Bottoms and Hemlock Forest |
114 |
Black ash-American elm-red maple floodplain forest; North Branch of the Oconto River |
| Rat Lake Swamp - Popple River Headwaters |
1549 |
Black spruce-tamarack; northern white cedar; Popple river, Rat creek, and Rat lake; long, narrow esker |
| Scott Lake-Shelp Lake |
691 |
Black spruce-tamarack; old-growth hemlock-white pine forest; Scott and Shelp lake shoreline |
| South Branch Grove |
224 |
Mature beech and sugar maple forest |
| Waupee Lake |
335 |
White cedar, balsam fir, and black ash; headwaters for Little Waupee Creek; Waupee Lake |
| Wheeler Lake Pines |
776 |
Lowland Black spruce; tamarack; older-growth hemlock and fire origin red pine; Wheeler lake |
| Woods Creek Cedars |
692 |
Sugar maple-beech-yellow birch; northern white cedar; lowland black spruce; creek; moraine ridge |
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* Created by combining Ramsey-Lost Lakes and Ogontz Lake Plain cRNAs.
