NATURAL AREAS AND REGIONS 



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ing ground for botanists of Ohio from the 

 time of Sullivant down. 



The only railroad station with in the 

 region is Sugar Grove, on the Hocking 

 Valley Railroad. Logan on the east, 

 and Circleville to the west, are other 

 stations from which the region may be 

 approached. 



References: 



Bigelow, John M. 1841. Florula 

 Lancastriensis or a catalog of nearly 

 all the flowering and felicoid plants 

 growing naturally within the limits 

 of Fairfield County with notes on 

 such as are medicinal. Proc. Med. 

 Convent of Ohio at Columbus, May, 

 1341, pp. 49-79. 



Griggs, Robert F. 1913. Observa- 

 tions on the geographical composi- 

 tion of the Sugar Grove Flora. 

 Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 40: 487-499. 



Griggs, Robert F. 1914. On the be- 

 havior of some species at the edges 

 of their ranges. Ibid., 41: 25^49. 



Griggs, Robert F. 1914. A botanical 

 survey of the Sugar Grove Region. 

 Ohio Biol. Survey, Bull. 3. 



Maps: Lancaster and Laurelville quad- 

 rangles. 



*0ld Man's Cave and the Gulf}. (A4.) 

 Cavern, gorge, waterfalls. Hemlock, 

 birch, and mixed mesophytic forest 

 below, pine and oak forests above. 750- 

 1000 ft.; dissected. 



Logan!, 12 mi. S.W.; in Section 11, 

 Benton Tsp., Hocking County. 



Circleville!, 24 mi. S.E. (a), South 

 Bloomingville ; then two mi. east (a, 

 very poor road) . E. N. Transeau. 



Cantwell Cliffs. (B4.) One sq. mi. of 

 deciduous forest, with cliffs and talus 

 slopes vegetation, ravine. At the west- 

 ern edge of the Allegheny Plateau. 

 Danger of timber cutting. 800-1000 ft. ; 

 dissected. 



Lancaster!, 11 mi. south, Hocking 

 Valley R. R.; Rock Bridge, 5 mi. S. W.; 

 Hocking County, Ohio. E. N. Transeau. 



Crystal Springs. (D5.) Two sq. mi. 

 of deciduous and conifer borderline for- 

 est, talus slopes, ravines and cliffs. 

 Danger of cutting. 800-1000 ft.; dis- 

 sected. 



Lancaster!, 7 mi. south, Hocking Val- 

 ley R. R. ; Sugar Grove, one mi. west (w) 

 "Crystal Springs" (owner, Mr. Baum- 

 gardner, has cottages to rent) ; Fairfield 

 County. E. N. Transeau, Freda Det- 

 mers. 



Cedar Falls Forest}. (B4.) Narrow 

 canyon-like valley of Queer Creek, 

 extending from Cedar Falls west about 

 one mi. to the mouth of the Gulf. 



Abrupt or overhanging high cliffs of 

 massive sandstone with many species of 

 rock-loving ferns, some lycopods and 

 many mosses. Some virgin forest with 

 hemlock, yew, and yellow birch, on the 

 valley floor. One of the very few areas 

 of virgin forest left in this part of the 

 state. Stream small, constant; water- 

 falls numerous. Of special interest in 

 being located just outside the margin of 

 the glaciated region and having neither 

 till nor outwash gravels present. Fauna 

 includes red fox, raccoon, opossum, 

 skunk, squirrels and many other smaller 

 mammals; birds numerous; insect fauna 

 very abundant. Camp outfit desirable. 

 740-1010 ft.; abrupt. 



Logan!, 15 mi. southwest (a) hilly 

 road, passable in good weather; or 



Circleville!, 24 mi. southeast (a) level 

 road, to South Bloomingville, then 4 mi. 

 east (w). Hocking County, Ohio. 

 Clara G. Mark. 



* Ash Cave Ravine. (B4.) Ravine mi. 

 long of a small tributary of East Fork of 

 Queer Creek. Forested, with large 

 hemlocks and some other species of 

 former forest still standing. Otherwise 

 very similar to Cedar Falls Ravine. A 

 very good fern locality, especially for the 

 species of cliffs and those of moist bot- 

 tom lands. Stream small, intermittent, 

 with waterfall; 760-1010 ft. 



Logan!, 18 mi. southwest (a) hilly 

 road, passable in good weather; or 



Circleville!, 28 mi. southeast (a) by 

 way of South Bloomingville, first 24 

 mi. level, last 4 mi. rough road but 

 passable in good weather. No tent 

 needed camp under great rock shelter. 

 Hocking County, Ohio. Clara G. Mark. 



*Kunkle's Hollow Forest and Cliffs}. 

 (D5.) Narrow valley about one mi. long 

 of a small tributary entering Pine Creek 

 from the north at Pine Grove Church 

 (see Laurelville topographic map). 

 Partly second growth forest, partly 

 original forest. High abrupt or over- 

 hanging cliffs, seamed and pitted and 

 affording root-hold for various plants. 

 Valley canyon-like, shaded and moist. 

 Flora particularly abundant in mosses, 

 ferns and other rock-loving forms. The 

 cliffs afford dens for foxes and numerous 

 smaller mammals. Tent not necessary. 

 760-1100 ft. 



Logan!, 18 mi. a little west of south- 

 west (a) very hilly road, passable in good 

 weather, or 



Circleville!, 20 mi. southeast (a) level 

 road to Haynes, then 7 mi. east (a) unim- 

 proved valley road. Hocking County, 

 Ohio. Clara G. Mark. 



Crane Hollow}. (C2.) A broad val- 

 ley about 3 miles long and 50 to 100 ft. 

 below general level of adjacent land. 



