Johnson Run Natural Area

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Cameron County, Pennsylvania, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Johnson Run Natural Area | alt_name = | iucn_category = V | image = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_size = | map = USA Pennsylvania | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_width = | location = [[Cameron County, Pennsylvania|Cameron County]], [[Pennsylvania]] | nearest_city = [[Driftwood, Pennsylvania|Driftwood]] | coordinates = {{coord|41.3590|-78.1191|region:US-PA|notes=<ref>[http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Johnson_Run_Natural_Area_State_Natural_Area Johnson Run Natural Area State Natural Area] protectedplanet.net</ref>|display=inline, title}} | area = {{convert|216|acre|ha}} | established = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = | url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/FORESTRY/oldgrowth/johnsonrun.aspx }} '''Johnson Run Natural Area''' is a {{convert|216|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[nature reserve|nature preserve]] located in [[Cameron County, Pennsylvania|Cameron County]], [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/FORESTRY/oldgrowth/johnsonrun.aspx| archive-url = https://archive.today/20121224173119/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/FORESTRY/oldgrowth/johnsonrun.aspx| url-status = dead| archive-date = December 24, 2012| title = Johnson Run Natural Area| author = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources}}</ref> The [[topography]] consists of a rugged, bouldered plateau dissected by steep-sided streams and covered with somewhere from {{convert|26|acre|ha}} to {{convert|50|acre|ha}} of [[old-growth forest]] containing [[Eastern Hemlock]] and [[Eastern White Pine]]. Some of the white pines are nearly {{convert|4|ft|cm}} in [[diameter at breast height]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.primalnature.org/ogeast/pa.pdf |title=Old Growth in the East: A Survey. Pennsylvania |author=Mary Byrd Davis |date=23 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229080859/http://www.primalnature.org/ogeast/pa.pdf |archive-date=29 December 2009}}</ref>

==See also== *[[List of old growth forests]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Old-growth forests]] [[Category:Protected areas of Cameron County, Pennsylvania]]