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LA 5.Coochie Brake. Acreage: About 800. 



Location: Winn Parish; Calvin Quadrangle; about 18 miles WSW of Winnfield; 

 reached via U.S. 84 and undesignated local roads. 



Description: An extensive swamp with varying wetness, and a wide variety of 

 wetland trees and shrubs. There are cypress-tupelo brakes, oak flats, and 

 streamside communities of red maple-hornbeam, and beech. The area is a 

 geological peculiarity with a large wet area associated with numerous scattered 

 springs adjacent to a layer of bedrock. Exposed bedrock is uncommon in Loui- 

 siana. 



Encroachments: Scattered logging continues. Because most of the species of the 

 lowland areas in Louisiana (similar to Coochie Brake) are presently not sought 

 out, disturbance is generally not drastic in such areas. 



Ownership: Partly by USFS. 



Data source: George H. Ware, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, III. 60532. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Mr. Hans Raun, Chief Ranger, Kisatchie National 

 Forest, Alexandria, La. 7 1 301 . 



