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WV 2. Blister Run Bog. Acreage: 100. 



Location: Randolph County; Durbin Quadrangle; 4.5 miles NW of Durbin; ad- 

 jacent to U.S. 250. 



Description: Typical sphagnum bog with balsam fir; this may be the southern- 

 most extension of this species in the United States. Occasional beaver flooding 

 occurs. 



References: Rigg, G. B. and P. D. Strausbaugh. 1949. Some stages in the 

 development of sphagnum bogs in West Virginia. Castanea 14(4): 129- 148; 

 Clarkson, R. B. 1966. Vascular flora of Monongahela National Forest, W. Va. 

 Castanea 31 (1): 1-1 19. 



Ownership: USPS, Monongahela National Forest, Box 1231, Elkins, W. Va. 

 26241. 



Data source: E. M. Olliver, Box 1231, Elkins, W. Va. 26241. 



Other knowledgeable persons: E. B. Vinoski, District Ranger, Greenbrier 

 Ranger District, Bartow, W. Va. 24920; Dabney Kisner, Durbin, W. Va. 26264; 

 Earl L. Core, Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 

 W. Va. 26505. 



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