Dixon Memorial State Forest | |
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Geography | |
Location | Ware County, Georgia & Brantley County, Georgia, United States |
Coordinates | 31°7′13″N 82°15′17″W / 31.12028°N 82.25472°W |
Area | 35,000 acres (14,164 ha) |
Administration | |
Established | 1938 |
Governing body | Georgia Forestry Commission |
Ecology | |
Dominant tree species | Slash pine (Pinus elliottii) Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) Pondcypress (Taxodium ascendens) and various hardwoods |
Dixon Memorial State Forest is a state forest in Brantley and Ware counties, located 10 miles southeast of Waycross, Georgia bordered by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to the south. The forest is approximately 35,000 acres and is the largest state forest owned and managed by the Georgia Forestry Commission. The forest is mostly made up of pine plantations consisting of slash pine, longleaf pine, and loblolly pine as well as wetlands consisting of pondcypress, swamp blackgum, sweetbay magnolia, loblolly bay, and other various hardwoods.[1]