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List of Iowa state forests; B. Backbone State Forest; P. Pilot Mound State Forest; S. Shimek State Forest; Stephens State Forest; W. White Pine Hollow State Forest; Y.
The plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds such as adonidin and aconitic acid. [42] Aesculus hippocastanum: horse-chestnut, buckeye, conker tree Sapindaceae: All parts of the raw plant are poisonous due to saponins and glycosides such as aesculin, causing nausea, muscle twitches, and sometimes paralysis. [43] Agave spp.
Strophanthus speciosus, commonly known as the forest poison rope, is a tree, ... include snakebite treatment. The plant has also been used as arrow poison. [5]
Stephens State Forest is a state forest located in Lucas, Clarke, Monroe, Appanoose and Davis Counties in Iowa. [1] Stephens State Forest is 15,500 acres and split into 7 separate locations (referred to as Units) that collectively make up the largest state forest in Iowa.
Shimek State Forest is an Iowa state forest maintained by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.Its five units are strung along the Des Moines River a few miles above its confluence with the Upper Mississippi River in Lee and Van Buren Counties in the southeast corner of Iowa.
Gifford State Forest: Pottawattamie County: No – – Holst State Forest: Boone County: No 314 127 Loess Hills State Forest: Harrison County, Monona County: Yes 10,600 4,300 Pilot Mound State Forest: Boone County: No 34 14 Shimek State Forest: Lee County, Van Buren County: Yes 9,148 3,702 Stephens State Forest: Lucas County: Yes 14,112 5,711 ...
The White Pine Hollow State Forest is a 944-acre (382 ha) forested area in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. Of the forest, a 712-acre (288 ha) [2] tract is a National Natural Landmark and Iowa State Preserve. The state forest is named after its dominant old-growth tree, the white pine. The grove is said to be the only old-growth patch of ...
There is a dearth of natural areas in Iowa; less than 1% of the tallgrass prairie that once covered most of Iowa remain intact, only about 5% of the state's prairie pothole wetlands remain, and most of the original forest has been lost. [6] Iowa ranks 49th of U.S. states in public land holdings. [7]