116 - Erie Sand Barrens State Nature Preserve (Ohio)

(limited public access)

(614-265-6453)

This 32 acre site is located south of Sandusky, Ohio between State Route # 4 and US Route # 250, north of the Ohio Turnpike. The dry sandy soils contain prairie plants such as Prairie Milkweed, Partridge-pea, and Sand Panic Grass. Wet low lying troughs hold wet meadow communities including Lance-leaved Violet, Virginia Meadow-Beauty, Twisted Yellow-eyed grass and the only Ohio population of least St. John's Wort.