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Cranesville Swamp's unusual setting allows 19 different
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has been documented here. Birders have also noted the
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Cranesville Swamp is situated in a natural bowl, or "
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824:Laurel Fork North Wilderness
497:"The Cranesville Pine Swamp"
400:"Cranesville Swamp Preserve"
357:"Cranesville Swamp Preserve"
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1078:Watters Smith Memorial
1043:Stonewall Jackson Lake
988:Greenbrier River Trail
839:Otter Creek Wilderness
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333:golden-crowned kinglet
223:The Nature Conservancy
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1644:James Rumsey Monument
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819:Dolly Sods Wilderness
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1569:Valley Bend Wetlands
1094:Booker T. Washington
958:Cass Scenic Railroad
948:Canaan Valley Resort
849:Spice Run Wilderness
814:Cranberry Wilderness
809:Big Draft Wilderness
329:northern water shrew
292:Drosera rotundifolia
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1664:Oglebay Park
1649:Magic Island
1584:Woodrum Lake
1509:South Branch
1494:Sleepy Creek
1429:Morris Creek
1424:Moncove Lake
1414:Meadow River
1399:Lewis Wetzel
1374:Hughes River
1349:Green Bottom
1304:Dunkard Fork
1279:Cheat Canyon
1229:Berwind Lake
1209:Anawalt Lake
1157:Coopers Rock
1147:Calvin Price
1119:Mont Chateau
1068:Valley Falls
1053:Tu-Endie-Wei
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1394:Laurel Lake
1369:Horse Creek
1344:Frozen Camp
1314:Edwards Run
1294:Cross Creek
1254:Burches Run
1219:Becky Creek
1142:Cabwaylingo
1063:Tygart Lake
998:Holly River
973:Chief Logan
968:Cedar Creek
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1714:Bear Rocks
1639:Fries Park
1554:Turkey Run
1504:Snake Hill
1499:Smoke Camp
1419:Mill Creek
1339:Fox Forest
1189:management
1162:Greenbrier
1152:Camp Creek
1023:North Bend
1008:Lost River
993:Hawks Nest
943:Camp Creek
913:Beech Fork
582:2009-03-05
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517:2009-03-04
481:2009-02-26
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343:References
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283:C. stricta
167:Designated
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92:39°31′53″N
1759:Pike Knob
1707:preserves
1534:Tate Lohr
1524:Stumptown
1489:Slatyfork
1474:Sand Hill
1409:McClintic
1364:Hillcrest
1324:Elk River
1319:Elk Creek
1299:Dents Run
1249:Bluestone
1239:Big Ditch
1199:Allegheny
1172:Kumbrabow
1114:Mingo Oak
1099:Grandview
963:Cathedral
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128:Elevation
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1579:Widmeyer
1574:Wallback
1549:Tug Fork
1244:Big Ugly
1187:Wildlife
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201:Maryland
75:Location
1439:Panther
1384:The Jug
1359:Hilbert
1354:Handley
1167:Kanawha
903:Babcock
636:Federal
245:Ecology
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218:History
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1749:Murphy
1702:Nature
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