Johnson Run Natural Area Explained

Johnson Run Natural Area
Iucn Category:V
Map:USA Pennsylvania
Location:Cameron County, Pennsylvania
Nearest City:Driftwood
Coordinates:41.359°N -78.1191°W
Area:216acres
Url:http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/FORESTRY/oldgrowth/johnsonrun.aspx

Johnson Run Natural Area is a 216acres nature preserve located in Cameron County, Pennsylvania.[1] The topography consists of a rugged, bouldered plateau dissected by steep-sided streams and covered with somewhere from 26acres to 50acres of old-growth forest containing Eastern Hemlock and Eastern White Pine. Some of the white pines are nearly 4feet in diameter at breast height.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Johnson Run Natural Area. https://archive.today/20121224173119/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/FORESTRY/oldgrowth/johnsonrun.aspx. dead. December 24, 2012. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
  2. Web site: Old Growth in the East: A Survey. Pennsylvania . Mary Byrd Davis . 23 January 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091229080859/http://www.primalnature.org/ogeast/pa.pdf . 29 December 2009.