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451:Protected areas of Putnam County, Indiana
335:Rocky Hollow Falls Canyon Nature Preserve
117:"Places We Protect: Big Walnut, Indiana"
154:Indiana Department of Natural Resources
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240:Davis-Purdue Agriculture Center Forest
16:For the nature preserve in Texas, see
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384:List including county and description
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320:Pioneer Mother's Memorial Forest
43:with a substantial admixture of
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365:Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve
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260:Hanging Rock and Wabash Reef
143:"Big Walnut Nature Preserve"
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29:Big Walnut Creek Preserve
230:Calvert and Porter Woods
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310:Pine Hills Natural Area
225:Cabin Creek Raised Bog
33:Putnam County, Indiana
417:39.79167°N 86.78278°W
250:Dunes Nature Preserve
355:Tolliver Shallowhole
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39:. Identified as a
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446:Old-growth forests
360:Wesley Chapel Gulf
122:Nature Conservancy
77:Beech bark disease
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63:Description
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408:86°46′58″W
405:39°47′30″N
280:Hoot Woods
235:Cowles Bog
150:www.in.gov
128:2023-05-22
98:References
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