Wegener Woods

Wegener Woods
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
LocationWarren County
Coordinates38°39′41″N 91°10′50″W / 38.66139°N 91.18056°W / 38.66139; -91.18056
Area45[1] acres (18 ha)
Established1975[1]


Wegener Woods is a 45.0-acre natural area located in Warren County in the U.S. state of Missouri. Minimally logged,[1] the natural area is an oak-hickory forest that possesses white oaks of more than 200 years in age, confirmed by dendrochronology.[2] The United States National Park Service states, however, that the woods are in the process of "gradual change to a sugar maple-dominated forest".[1] The transitioning old-growth woodlot is owned by the private sector.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Wegener Woods". nps.gov. United States National Park Service. 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  2. ^ King, Chad B. (May 2013). "Appendix A". Dendroecology of Forests in Missouri: Disturbance and Integration Over Multiple Centuries (PDF) (PhD. thesis). University of Missouri - Columbia.
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