Cranberry Glades Botanical Area:

The largest area of in occurs within this 750 acre National Natural Landmark. Bogs are Monongahela National Forest acidic wetlands typically found in Canada and the 200 Sycamore Street northern United States. To protect this fragile area, a Elkins, West Virginia 26241 (304) 636-1800 Telephone/TTY half-mile long barrier-free boardwalk has been constructed for visitor use. Guided tours can be specially arranged by contacting the Cranberry Mountain Nature Center. Cranberry Mountain Nature Center: Botanical Area Located at the junction of Rt. 150 and Rt. 39/55, the Center offers information about the National Forest and other nearby attractions. An exhibit hall and audio visual programs provide interpretation of forest ecosystems and local history. Special wildlife programs and guided tours can be arranged.

Hours: For additional information, contact: Open daily May through October Gauley Ranger District Weekends April and November 932 North Fork Cherry Road Richwood, WV 26261 Closed December through March (304) 846-2695, Extension 0

PLEASE… http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/ Treat the Cranberry Glades with care! A half-mile boardwalk has been constructed through two of the bogs so you can enjoy the area without disturbing this fragile community. Help protect these bogs – and stay on the boardwalk….. Nondiscrimination Statement Description: The Cranberry Glades Botanical Area The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits protects the largest area of bogs in West Virginia. Bogs ….and, leave the flowers for others to enjoy! discrimination in all its programs and activities on the are acidic wetlands more commonly found in the Remember that many of these unique are basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, northern areas of this country and in Canada. The descended from seeds that took root here 10,000 years disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital ground in a is spongy and consists largely of ago. With your help, they will continue to live here, or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all partially-decayed material known as peat. Because making Cranberry Glades a special place to visit for a programs). Persons with disabilities who require of its unique conditions, some unusual plants grow in long time to come. alternative means for communication of program bogs, including carnivorous or insect-eating plants. information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 The Cranberry Glades consists of four bogs whose plant (voice and TDD). and animal life is similar to that found in the bogs or “Muskegs” of the North. This life spread southward with the changing climatic conditions that allowed LARGE PRINT glaciers to creep across the northern part of our AVAILABLE UPON continent. Several species ended their migration here, and the Cranberry Glades are now the southern-most REQUEST point in North America where some of these life forms are found.

Trails: PLANT LIST* PLANT LIST*(Cont.) Over 150 miles of trail are accessible from the Bog Forest and Shrub Communities Highland Scenic Highway. Three barrier-free Wild Sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis trails serve the Falls of Hills Creek, the Cranberry Alder Alnus rugosa Winterberry Ilex verticillata Glades, and the Big Spruce Overlook. In addition Allegheny Menziesia Menziesia pilosa Wood Sorrel montana to hiking and backpacking, many trails are Bedstraw Galium aparine Yellow Birch suitable for cross-country skiing. Mountain Bishop’s Cap Mitella diphylla Yew Taxus canadensis biking is permitted on most of the trails located Buttercup Ranunculus septentrionalis Canada Lily Lilium canadense outside of the . Some trails Open Glades are suitable for horseback riding. Canada Mayflower Chokeberry Pyrus spp. Beaked Rush Rhynchospora alba Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides Bog Rosemary Andromeda glaucophylla The 750 acre Cranberry Glades Botanical Area is Cotton Grass Eriophorum virginicum Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea part of the Monongahela National Forest. It is Clintonia Clintonia spp. Cranberry Vaccinium spp. administered by the Forest Service, U.S. Elderberry Sambucus spp. Grass-Pink Orchid Calopogon pulchellus Department of Agriculture. For more information False Hellebore Veratrum viride Ground Berry Rubus spp. on this area, or other areas on the Monongahela Foam Flower Tiarella cordifolia Haircap Moss Polytrichum spp. National Forest, please write or call. Pitcher Plant** Sarracenia purpurea** Golden Ragwort Scenecio aureus Hay-scented Fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula Reindeer Lichen Cladonia rangiferina Hemlock Tsuga canadensis Rose Pogonia Pogonia ophioglossoides FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Indian Pipe Monotropa uniflora Sedge Carex spp. Sphagnum Moss Sphagnum spp. Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema spp. Cranberry Mountain Nature Center Jacobs Ladder Polemonium van-bruntiae Sundew Drosera rotundifolia Jewelweed Impatiens spp. Swamp Candle Lysimachia terrestris USDA Forest Service Three-Way Sedge Dilichium arundinaceum 932 North Fork Cherry Road Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium fistulosum Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris Richwood, WV 26261 This is not a complete list of the plants growing in Meadow Rue Thalictrum polygamun (304) 653-4826 Monkshood Aconitum uncinatum Cranberry Glades. The plants included here are only those most visible from the boardwalk or those most Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia Northern Coralroot Corallorhiza trifida often asked about by visitors. Gauley Ranger District Oswego Tea Monarda didyma USDA Forest Service Purple Fringed Orchis Habenaria fimbriata ** Not native. 932 North Fork Cherry Road Red Spruce Richwood, WV 26261 Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum Use this guide to help you identify some of the unique Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis plants and animals found along the boardwalk, and to (304) 846-2695

Serviceberry Amelanchier bartramiana learn about the everyday events happening in the Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus Cranberry Glades. Spicebush Lindera benzoin

Spring Beauty Claytonia caroliniana St. Johnswort Hypericum spp.

Trillium Trillium spp. Take Your Time…… Trout Lily Erythronium americanum Turtlehead Chelone glabra Stop to LOOK and LISTEN….. Violet Viola spp. and Enjoy Your Visit!!!!! Water Parsnip Sium suave Wild Raisin Viburnum cassinoides