Warren Woods State Park
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Warren Woods State Park is a Script error: No such module "convert". nature preserve and public recreation area in Berrien County, Michigan, near the village of Three Oaks. The state park is leased by private owners to the state of Michigan.[1]
History
The woods are named for Edward Kirk Warren (1847-1919), the inventor of the featherbone corset (which replaced the whalebone in corsets with turkey feathers and secured his fortune). Starting in 1879,[2] Warren bought Script error: No such module "convert". of the woods and Script error: No such module "convert". of the dunes, setting them aside for preservation.[3]
Natural features
The park is home to the last climax beech-maple forest in Michigan, which occupies Script error: No such module "convert".. The virgin North American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and sugar maple (Acer saccharum) forest has specimens Script error: No such module "convert". tall and with girths greater than Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter.[4][5] The remaining area in the park consists of floodplain oak-hickory forest. Because of the size and age of the trees, and the rarity of the ecosystem, the area has been designated since 1967 as a National Natural Landmark.[6] Many of the beeches, with their smooth, thin, silver-grey bark, are heavily scarred by hand-carved graffiti, some of it decades old; however, the practice seems to have fallen out of favor in recent years.[2]
Activities and amenities
The park has few facilities and is administered by nearby Warren Dunes State Park. Most visitors come to walk the Script error: No such module "convert". of hiking trails, which run from the northern boundary on Warren Woods Road to a parking area accessed from the southern boundary on Elm Valley Road. In the middle of the park the trail crosses the Galien River on a pedestrian bridge, where there is an interpretive station. The park is adjacent to the Script error: No such module "convert". Warren Woods Ecological Field Station, which is owned and operated by the University of Chicago.[7] Birders cite the park as a particularly good place to spot pileated woodpeckers. Other visitors come to picnic. The park is the subject of ecological studies because, in combination with the ecosystems preserved in nearby Warren Dunes State Park, it completes a progression of ecological seres.
References
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External links
- Warren Woods State Park Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Warren Woods State Park Map Michigan Department of Natural Resources
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