{{Short description|Natural area in Pennsylvania}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Torbert Island Natural Area | alt_name = | iucn_category = | image = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_size = | map = USA Pennsylvania | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Pennsylvania | map_width = | location = [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lycoming County]], [[Pennsylvania]] | nearest_town = [[Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania|Jersey Shore]] | coordinates = {{coord|41.2244|N|77.3265|W|region:US-PA|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = | area = {{convert|18|acre}} | established = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = | url = }} '''Torbert Island Natural Area''' is an {{convert|18|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[protected area]] in [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lycoming County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. It is part of [[Tiadaghton State Forest]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tiadaghton State Forest Wild and Natural Areas |url=https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateForests/FindAForest/Tiadaghton/Pages/Wild-And-Natural-Areas.aspx |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Fergus">{{Cite book |last=Fergus |first=Charles |title=Natural Pennsylvania: Exploring the State Forest Natural Areas |publisher=Stackpole Books |year=2002 |location=Mechanicsburg, PA |pages=157–159}}</ref> Torbert Island itself is 14 acres in size, and the protected area includes some other small islands nearby.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tiadaghton State Forest at a Glance |url=https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/PDFProvider.ashx?action=PDFStream&docID=1753699&chksum=&revision=0&docName=dcnr_20033401&nativeExt=pdf&PromptToSave=False&Size=722401&ViewerMode=2&overlay=0 |access-date=11 May 2024 |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources]]}}</ref>
== Details == The Natural Area protects uninhabited islands in [[Pine Creek (Pennsylvania)|Pine Creek]], about five miles north of that creek's confluence with the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]]. The islands host a rare example of a [[riparian forest]] in Pennsylvania,<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Recreation Plan for the State Parks and State Forests in the Pennsylvania Wilds |url=https://www.pawildscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/pawilds-recplanappendix03.pdf |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=pawildscenter.org}}</ref> and include plant species that are relatively uncommon in the region such as [[Arum maculatum|jack-in-the-pulpit]] and [[Dracunculus vulgaris|dragon arum]], plus trees such as [[Betula nigra|river birch]] and [[Platanus occidentalis|sycamore]]. Torbert Island and the others in the Natural Area are not accessible by road and require rowing from put-in facilities on [[Pennsylvania Route 44]].<ref name="Fergus" />
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{{Protected Areas of Pennsylvania}}
[[Category:Protected areas of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania]]