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Crooked Creek Barrens SNP
Prescribed burning is one of the tools used at Crooked Creek State Nature Preserve for habitat restoration.
Crooked Creek Barrens State Nature Preserve was established when the original 60-acre tract was dedicated on June 15, 1999.  Today a total of 399 acres makes up this unique preserve in Lewis County. The preserve features a unique oak barrens community and adjacent oak-hickory forest.  Prairie species such as big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), and prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum var. luciae-brauniae) occur in the barrens areas. This site also protects five rare plant species: starry false Solomon's seal (Maianthemum stellatum), white rattlesnake root (Prenanthes alba), slender blazing-star (Liatris cylindracea), earleaf foxglove (Agalinis auriculata) and scarlet Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea).

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Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission - Zeb Weese
801 Schenkel Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-573-2886
Fax: 502-573-2355
E-mail: zeb.weese@ky.gov
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