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The 32,000 acre Horicon National Wildlife Refuge is one of the most important wetland habitats in the nation.

 

Fox Maple Woods State Natural Area



Details

An outstanding 41-acre northern mesic forest surrounded on three sides by the Whisker Lake Wilderness Area. Canopy trees include old-growth sugar maple, basswood, hemlock, and yellow birch. Herbaceous plants are very rich and cover the forest in abundant spring ephemerals such as spring-beauty, yellow trout-lily and Dutchman-Æs breeches. Exceptional in undisturbed areas.


Address

Florence, WI 54121


Contact Information

Voice: 608-266-7012

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Directions from Nearest Town/Intersection

From Florence travel 10.5 miles west on Hwy. 70 to a parking area north of the road, (1.1 miles west of where Hwy. 70 crosses Wakefield Creek).

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