Culberson Woods State Nature Preserve

Hickories and Pin Oaks during the dry season

Culberson Woods State Nature Preserve is located in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. It protects one of the largest remnants of the which once covered the uplands of the Till Plans of Ohio and Indiana. This type of swamp has poorly drained, white clay soil and is wet in the winter but dry in the summer.

The most common trees in the swamp are Red Maple, Pin Oak, Shagbark Hickory, Shellbark Hickory, Swamp White Oak, American Elm and sweetgum. Culberson woods also contains tree species unusual for the Till Plains, such as ^[1] and Winterberry. Summer flowers include purple fringeless orchid and cardinal flower.^[2]

Culberson woods is open to the public, but it encompasses 40 acres (160,000 m²) with a 3 mile trail.

References[]

^ Castanea, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Mar., 1995), pp. 70-78
^ "Division of Natural Areas & Preserves". Retrieved Nov 15, 2020.

Protected areas of Ohio

Federal

National parks	Cuyahoga Valley
National historical parks and sites	Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP First Ladies NHS Hopewell Culture NHP James A. Garfield NHS William Howard Taft NHS
National Monuments	Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers
National memorials	David Berger Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
National trails	North Country Trail
National forests	Wayne
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Big Darby Creek Little Beaver Creek Little Darby Creek Little Miami River
National wildlife refuges	Cedar Point Ottawa West Sister Island
National estuarine research reserve	Old Woman Creek
National Natural Landmarks	Brown's Lake Bog Cedar Bog Dysart Woods Fort Hill State Memorial Glen Helen Nature Preserve Mantua Swamp Tinkers Creek Gorge

State

State parks	Adams Lake Alum Creek A. W. Marion Barkcamp Beaver Creek Blue Rock Buck Creek Buckeye Lake Burr Oak Caesar Creek Catawba Island Cowan Lake Delaware East Fork East Harbor Forked Run Geneva Grand Lake St. Marys Harrison Lake Headlands Beach Hocking Hills Hueston Woods Independence Dam Jackson Lake John Bryan Kelleys Island Kiser Lake Lake Hope Lake Logan Lake Loramie Lake White Little Miami Madison Lake Malabar Farm Marblehead Lighthouse Mary Jane Thurston Middle Bass Island Maumee Bay Mohican Mt. Gilead Nelson Kennedy Ledges Paint Creek Pike Lake Portage Lakes Punderson Pymatuning Quail Hollow Rocky Fork Salt Fork Shawnee South Bass Island Stonelick Strouds Run Tar Hollow Tinkers Creek Van Buren West Branch Wolf Run
State forests	Beaver Creek Blue Rock Brush Creek Dean Fernwood Gifford Harrison Hocking Maumee Mohican-Memorial Perry Pike Richland Furnace Scioto Trail Shade River Shawnee Sunfish Creek Tar Hollow Yellow Creek Zaleski
State nature preserves	Acadia Cliffs Adams Lake Prairie Blackhand Gorge Brown's Lake Bog Cedar Bog Chaparral Prairie Clifton Gorge Conkle's Hollow Copperrider-Kent Bog Culberson Woods Davey Woods Marie J. Desonier Goll Woods Jackson Bog Kiser Lake Wetlands Lake Katharine Mantua Bog Marsh Wetlands Rockbridge Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker Stage's Pond Triangle Lake Bog
State scenic rivers	Big Darby Creek Chagrin River Conneaut Creek Cuyahoga River Grand River Greenville Creek Kokosing River Little Beaver Creek Little Darby Creek Little Miami River Maumee River Mohican River Olentangy River Sandusky River Stillwater River

Regional

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Coordinates: 39°22′12″N 83°56′0″W / 39.37000°N 83.93333°W / 39.37000; -83.93333