Bear Meadows Natural Area at Rothrock

About 350 acres of superb Old-Growth mountain bog forest grow here. The natural area protects an entire highmountain fen wetland, a unique, rare ecosystem in Pennsylvania. Forest surrounding the wetland consists of northern hardwoods and mixed oak species.

The natural area is 890 acres surrounding a fen wetland. Black spruce, red spruce, and balsam fir border large areas of highbush blueberry.

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