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Mississippi Petrified Forest, Flora

Fossil site Documented siteProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Petrified woodPetrified wood

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Jon Sullivan (Public domain).

Why this spot

Oligocene Catahoula petrified logs

The only petrified forest in the eastern U.S. open to the public.

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