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Marion Brooks Natural Area

Marion Brooks Natural Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
The trunks of many trees with white bark poke up through snow. The trees are leafless against a bright blue sky, sunshine shows dark patterns on their bark.
White birch trees in Marion Brooks Natural Area
Map showing the location of Marion Brooks Natural Area
Map showing the location of Marion Brooks Natural Area
Location within Pennsylvania
LocationElk County, Pennsylvania
Nearest cityBenezette
Coordinates41°16′35″N 78°17′16″W / 41.2763°N 78.2879°W / 41.2763; -78.2879[1]
Area917 acres (371 ha)

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 located on the northwest edge of Quehanna Wild Area.[2] It was originally known as Paige Run Natural Area but was later renamed in 1975, after Marion E. Brooks, a local environmentalist.[3][4] The area was set aside for protection of one of the largest known stands of white birch trees in the eastern United States.[5] In this region, the trees are fairly close to the southern limit of its native range.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Marion Brooks Natural Area State Natural Area". protectedplanet.net.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ McGeehan, Dennis (2007). Elk County. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7385-5479-2.
  5. ^ Seeley, Ralph (2014). Foot Trails of the Moshannon and Southern Elk State Forests. Spring Mills, PA: Scott Adams Enterprises. p. 25-26. ISBN 9780985193973.
  6. ^ Charles Fergus, Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, ISBN 0-8117-2092-6, 2002, p. 92.
  7. ^ Joseph Illick, ‘’Pennsylvania trees. “White Birch”. Pennsylvania Department of Forests. Harrisburg: Wm Stanley Ray, 1914, p. 114.
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