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Yorktown Battlefield
Natural Features & Ecosystems
Wormley Pond
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Wormley Pond on Yorktown Battlefield
The parks wetlands, forest and fields support a rich variety of plants and animals. According to surveys by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage and the College of William and Mary's Center for Conservation Biology Colonial NHP has the second highest number of federal and state listed rare, threatened and endangered species of all the National Park Service units in Virginia. Natural Heritage species found in the park include the Bald Eagle, Sensitive Joint Vetch, False Hop Sedge, Fibrous Bladderwort, Florida Adder's-Mouth, Loesel's Twayblade, Mountain Camellia, Parker's Pipewort, Shumard's Oak, Gaping Panic Grass, Virginia Least Trillium, Great Blue Heron and Great Egret. Protection of the different terrestrial and aquatic communities found in and adjacent to the park is important because they provides unique opportunities for research, protection, public observation and education.
Aerial view of Yorktown Country Club  

Did You Know?
Prior to inclusion in the National Park system, Yorktown Battlefield was part of the Yorktown Country Club. The battlefield was part of its 18-hole Riverview Golf Course. Intent upon preserving the battlefield, the owner of the golf course designed it around existing earthworks.

Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:31 EST