Medfield Rhododendron Reservation

Medfield Rhododendron Reservation IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
The eponymous plant in the protected area
location	Massachusetts , United States
surface	79 ha
WDPA ID	55553898
Geographical location	42 ° 11 ′  N , 71 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 10 ′ 33 "  N , 71 ° 18 ′ 40"  W
Setup date	1934
administration	The Trustees of Reservations

The 196  acres (79.3  ha ) comprehensive nature reserve Medfield Rhododendrons (short Medfield Rhododendrons ) is located near Medfield in the state of Massachusetts of the United States and used by the organization The Trustees of Reservations managed.

Protected area

The area was established to protect the local populations of the rhododendron species rhododendron maximum , one of only three evergreen rhododendron species native to eastern North America. The plant is most common in the southern Appalachian Mountains and reaches its northern limit in New England . Rhododendrons were particularly popular towards the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries due to their blooming, so that their populations were almost exterminated due to extensive collecting activities. Today only seven natural occurrences are known, including the plants in the protected area.

See also

• List of protected areas of the Trustees of Reservations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Medfield Rhododendrons. The Trustees of Reservations , accessed March 6, 2014 . 

Web links

• Medfield Rhododendron Reservation in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
• Medfield Rhododendron Reservation on TripAdvisor