|
Name |
Image |
Date |
Location |
County |
Ownership |
Description |
1 |
Arthur B. Williams Memorial Woods |
|
000000001974-01-01-00001974 |
Cleveland |
Cuyahoga |
municipal |
A remarkably pristine remnant beech-maple forest |
2 |
Blacklick Woods |
|
000000001974-01-01-00001974 |
|
Fairfield |
county |
An outstanding example of relatively undisturbed, old-growth beech-maple and swamp forest communities |
3 |
Brown's Lake Bog |
|
000000001967-01-01-00001967 |
|
Wayne |
private |
One of the few well-preserved, virgin boreal acid bogs remaining in a region where wetlands have been drained for agricultural use. |
4 |
Buzzardroost Rock, Lynx Prairie, The Wilderness |
|
000000001967-01-01-00001967 |
|
Adams |
private |
Supports many rare or uncommon species and it has an almost 50- year history of scientific observations. |
5 |
Cedar Bog |
|
000000001967-01-01-00001967 |
Urbana |
state |
Champaign |
An excellent example of a marl swamp. Part of Cedar Bog State Nature Preserve. |
6 |
Clear Fork Gorge |
|
000000001967-01-01-00001967 |
|
Ashland |
state |
Clearly illustrates evidence of stream reversal due to the Wisconsin glacier. Located in Mohican State Park. |
7 |
Clifton Gorge |
|
000000001967-01-01-00001967 |
|
Greene |
state |
Exemplary of interglacial and postglacial canyon-cutting into the dolomites of the Niagara Escarpment. Part of Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve. |
8 |
Crall Woods |
|
000000001974-01-01-00001974 |
|
Ashland |
private |
A near-virgin remnant of maple-basswood-beech forest-type. |
9 |
Cranberry Bog |
|
000000001968-01-01-00001968 |
|
Licking |
state |
The only known bog of its type in existence. Part of Cranberry Bog State Nature Preserve. |
10 |
Dysart Woods |
|
000000001967-01-01-00001967 |
Belmont |
Belmont |
state |
One of the finest remaining examples of the white oak forests of eastern Ohio. Managed by Ohio University. |
11 |
Fort Hill State Memorial |
|
000000001974-01-01-00001974 |
Hillsboro39°06′47″N 83°24′23″W / 39.1131°N 83.4063°W / 39.1131; -83.4063 (Fort Hill State Memorial) |
Highland |
state |
Excellent outcrops of Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian sedimentary bedrock and a natural bridge. |
12 |
Glacial Grooves State Memorial |
|
000000001967-01-01-00001967 |
|
Erie |
state |
Very large limestone glacial grooves. |
13 |
Glen Helen Natural Area |
|
000000001965-01-01-00001965 |
Yellow Springs |
Greene |
private |
Includes a waterfall that carved a large travertine bowl around its pool. |
14 |
Goll Woods |
|
000000001974-01-01-00001974 |
|
Fulton |
state |
One of the best remaining examples of an oak-hickory dominated forest in Ohio. Part of Goll Woods State Nature Preserve. |
15 |
Hazelwood Botanical Preserve |
|
000000001974-01-01-00001974 |
|
Hamilton |
state |
Highly detailed study of the site’s plant ecology was published in 1929. Managed by the University of Cincinnati. |
16 |
Highbanks Natural Area |
|
000000001980-01-01-00001980 |
|
Delaware, Franklin |
county |
A forested bluff overlooking the Olentangy River. |
17 |
Holden Natural Area |
|
000000001967-01-01-00001967 |
|
Geauga, Lake |
private |
A complex of three natural areas. |
18 |
Hueston Woods |
|
000000001967-01-01-00001967 |
|
Butler, Preble |
state |
A noteworthy example of beech-maple climax forest that has never been cut. Located in Hueston Woods State Park. |
19 |
Mantua Swamp |
|
000000001976-01-01-00001976 |
|
Portage |
private |
Contains many different wetland communities. |
20 |
Mentor Marsh |
|
000000001964-01-01-00001964 |
|
Lake |
state |
Consists of marsh vegetation, aquatic plants, swamp and bottomland forest, and upland forest. Part of Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve. |
21 |
Serpent Mound Cryptoexplosive Structure |
|
000000001980-01-01-00001980 |
|
Adams, Highland, Pike |
private |
A structure of undetermined origin exposed by differential erosion. |
22 |
Tinkers Creek Gorge |
|
000000001967-01-01-00001967 |
|
Cuyahoga |
municipal |
Contains a virgin oak-hickory and virgin beech-maple-hemlock forest. |
23 |
White Pine Bog Forest |
|
000000001976-01-01-00001976 |
|
Geauga |
municipal, private |
The only remaining near-virgin remnant white pine boreal bog in Ohio. |