Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve

37°46′34″N 76°26′59″W / 37.7762°N 76.4496°W / 37.7762; -76.4496[1]Area254 acres (1.03 km2)EstablishedJuly 12, 2000 (2000-07-12)OwnerNorthern Neck Audubon Society

Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve is a 254-acre (1.03 km2) Natural Area Preserve located in Lancaster County, Virginia. The preserve's mixed pine-hardwood forests, ravines, and swampland form a habitat for various songbirds, wild turkeys, and a rare species of plant. The swamp is an example of a globally rare natural community known as a "coastal plain basic seepage swamp", and supports a high level of biological diversity.[2]

Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve is owned by the Northern Neck Audubon Society, who purchased the land from Lancaster County in 1999. It was dedicated as a Natural Area Preserve on July 12, 2000.[3]

The preserve is open to the public, and contains a parking area and hiking trails.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hickory Hollow". ProtectedPlanet. United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve". Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  3. ^ "History". Northern Neck Audubon Society. Retrieved December 20, 2016.

External links

  • Northern Neck Audubon Society
  • Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation: Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve
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