Baltzell-Lenhart Nature Preserve

Victor Baltzell donated this 37-acre property to the State in memory of his wife Alice Lenhart Baltzell. The woods is a mesic and wet-mesic flatwoods typical of the central till plain, yet, unique in that it has an old-growth aspect due to the lack of trees removed during the Baltzell tenure on the property. The area is dominated by oaks and hickories, but the presence of such species as bur oak, swamp white oak, pin oak, red maple, sycamore, and cottonwood attest to its wetness at times.