Talk:Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area

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Did you know... that the smallest Natural Area in Pennsylvania protects a stand of box huckleberry, but another stand nearby is the oldest plant in the United States?

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"The smallest natural area in Pennsylvania" is a pseudofact that might be avoided. There are of course many natural areas, even in Pennsylvania, though they are not officially so designated. "The smallest natural area in Pennsylvania" reveals a bureaucrat's viewpoint that may strike the ordinary reader as mysterious or ridiculous. --Wetman (talk) 14:18, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed it to "The smallest Natural Area in Pennsylvania" to make it clear that I'm referring to state-designated tracts of land. Choess (talk) 19:51, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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In the History section of the page, the 1st paragraph reads (italics added): The specimen of box huckleberry at the natural area has been estimated, based on its observed rate of growth and clonal reproduction, to be 1,200[5] to 1,300 years old,[1] only a tenth of the estimated age for a nearby colony at Losh Run.[6] Bold textThe colony was discovered by Spencer Baird in 1845.[7] No specimens of box huckleberry had been collected since 1805Bold text, and Baird's discovery allowed Asa Gray to classify the species as Gaylussacia brachycera.[8] The resulting correspondence sparked a lifelong friendship between the two, and helped Baird attain a post at the Smithsonian Institution.[5]

How was it discovered first by someone, yet decades earlier someone else discovered it and took specimens of it? Perhaps I am missing something? SusquehannaMan (talk) 20:36, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]