Marion Brooks Natural Area Explained

Marion Brooks Natural Area
Iucn Category:V
Photo Alt: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.
Map:USA Pennsylvania
Location:Elk County, Pennsylvania
Nearest City:Benezette
Coordinates:41.2763°N -78.2879°W
Coords Ref:[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 917acres 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marion Brooks Natural Area State Natural Area. protectedplanet.net.
  2. Web site: Elk Scenic Drive: An Adventure in 23 Chapters . PDF . Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources . March 16, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101127023951/http://pawilds.com/stay-informed/download-pdf-guides/download.aspx?id=280 . November 27, 2010 . dead .
  3. Book: Fergus, Charles . Natural Pennsylvania: Exploring the State Forest Natural Areas . Stackpole Books . 2002 . 0-8117-2038-1 . 1st . Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania . 117–120 . Chapter 32. Marion Brooks Natural Area . 2010-02-28.
  4. Book: McGeehan, Dennis . Elk County . Arcadia Publishing . 2007 . 978-0-7385-5479-2 . Images of America . Charleston, South Carolina . 113.
  5. Book: Seeley . Ralph . Foot Trails of the Moshannon and Southern Elk State Forests . 2014 . Scott Adams Enterprises . 9780985193973 . Spring Mills, PA . 25-26.
  6. Charles Fergus, Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books,, 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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