Elliott Laurel

IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape

The eponymous plant in a protected area

Elliott Laurel is a 33 acres ( 13.4 ha) large nature reserve near the town of Phillipston, Massachusetts in the United States, which is administered by the organization The Trustees of Reservations. It was after found there in large quantities Plant Mountain Laurel, one in the eastern U.S., naturally occurring type of laurel roses, named.

Sanctuary

The site of the current protected area was originally used as grazing land, but is now mostly of forests, can pull through some old stone walls. An approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) long footpath leads across an open field up to a rocky hill, from which a good overview of the environment is possible. The trail also leads through a forest with Weymouth pine and hemlock up to a quagmire of Red Maple trees. On the way back pines are seen, whose roots are densely covered with the eponymous plant Mountain Laurel.

The protected area was established by the Trustees due to a gift in 1941. Other parts could be purchased in 1975.