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Gilboa Fossil Forest. Coordinates: 42°23′48.98″N 74°27′7.84″W. Gilboa tree fossil (Wattieza) Gilboa Fossil Forest, New York, United States, is a petrified forest and one of the oldest known forests. [1][2] Located near the Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County, New York, the region is home to tree trunks from the Devonian period.
Sumatran lowland rain forests. tropical rainforest. tropical montane forest. Indonesia. Lorentz National Park. New Guinea mangroves Southern New Guinea lowland forests New Guinea montane forests. Indonesia. Mamberamo Foja Wildlife Reserve. Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests.
The Thain Family Forest is a 50-acre (20 ha) section of old-growth forest along the Bronx River in the New York Botanical Garden, for a time known as the Native Forest and historically as the Hemlock Grove. [1][2] Its heritage dates in part to pre-colonial Lenapehoking. New York City acquired 4,000 acres (~1620 ha) as parkland in 1888, and in ...
Scientists working in southwest England have found the oldest fossilized forest known on Earth, according to a new study. Fossilized trees dating back 390 million years are world’s oldest Skip ...
Adirondack. 83,405 acres (337.53 km 2) [9] Delaware. Delaware. Catskill. 27,800 acres (113 km 2) [4] Created in 2008 through re-classification of Cherry Ridge-Campbell Mountain Wild Forest and Middle Mountain Wild Forest. [10] Dry Brook Ridge.
An old-growth forest[a] (also referred to as primary forest) is a forest that has developed over a long period of time without disturbance. Due to this, old-growth forests exhibit unique ecological features. [1] The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations defines primary forests as naturally regenerated forests of native tree ...
New York State Forests. An old logging road through a pine plantation at Morgan Hill State Forest in Onondaga County, New York. New York State Forests are public lands administered by the Division of Lands and Forests of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). New York State Forests are designated as reforestation ...
Ferncliff Forest. Ferncliff Forest is a 200-acre (0.81 km 2) old-growth forest preserve of deciduous and hemlock trees located in Rhinebeck, a town in the northern part of Dutchess County, New York, US. [1] The property had been bought in 1900 by John Jacob Astor IV and remained in the Astor family until 1964, when it was donated as a forest ...