Klondike Ridge Natural Area

Klondike Ridge Natural Area features a mixed mesophytic forest type. The deciduous forest is unusual due to its diverse habitat. Portions of this area were not timbered, likely due to the steepness of the slope. Sections of mature woods are preserved, while other areas have remained relatively undisturbed over the past decades and are maturing.

Within the mixed mesophytic woodlands, white, black, and Northern red oaks are dominant. American beech is abundant on the  north-facing slopes. Chestnut oak, scarlet oak, and pignut hickory are abundant near the ridge top. 

Other species include white ash, shagbark hickory, black cherry, sugar maple, tulip poplar, flowering dogwood, and common spicebush. Most of the larger trees are oaks, American beech, and sugar maple.