Sunken Forest

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Sunken Forest is a rare, centuries-old maritime holly forest preserved as a unique ecological habitat within Fire Island National Seashore in New York.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sunken Forest canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecological habitat ⓘ
maritime holly forest ⓘ
old-growth forest ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
access boardwalk trail ⓘ
guided tours ⓘ
adjacentTo Atlantic Ocean shoreline ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic coast

Great South Bay ⓘ
age centuries old ⓘ
climateInfluence Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
conservationGoal preservation of rare maritime holly forest ecosystem ⓘ
conservationStatus protected area ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dominantFlora American holly ⓘ
bayberry ⓘ
beach plum ⓘ
black cherry ⓘ
sassafras ⓘ
shadbush ⓘ
ecosystemType maritime forest ⓘ
featureOf barrier island ecosystem ⓘ
governingBody National Park Service ⓘ
habitatFor insects ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
small mammals ⓘ
songbirds ⓘ
locatedIn Fire Island ⓘ
Fire Island National Seashore ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Suffolk County, New York ⓘ
United States ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
notableFeature dense canopy of American holly ⓘ
sheltered by high sand dunes ⓘ
trees appear sunken below surrounding dunes ⓘ
partOf Fire Island National Seashore ⓘ
protectionDesignation part of Fire Island National Seashore ⓘ
rarity rare example of maritime holly forest ⓘ
region Long Island barrier island system ⓘ
soilType sandy soils ⓘ
threat climate change ⓘ
coastal erosion ⓘ
sea level rise ⓘ
storm surge ⓘ
usedFor environmental education ⓘ
nature observation ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
vegetationStructure multi-layered forest canopy ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fire Island → hasProtectedArea → Sunken Forest ⓘ
Fire Island National Seashore → hasPart → Sunken Forest ⓘ