Central Basin

State Natural Areas in the Central Basin

State Natural Area (Link)	County	Description
Cedars of Lebanon	Wilson	Cedars of Lebanon State Forest Natural Area is a 1,043-acre natural area in Wilson County and is part of the 9,420-acre Cedars of Lebanon State Forest. The land was first acquired under the Federal Resettlement Administration during the depression in 1935 and was one of the first natural areas designated in 1974.
Couchvile Cedar Glade	Davidson, Wilson	Couchville Cedar Glade is a 128-acre natural area in Davidson and Wilson Counties and is contiguous with the east boundary of Long Hunter State Park. Couchville supports one of the largest known and best quality populations of the Tennessee coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis).
Duck River Complex	Maury	The Duck River Complex is a 2,135-acre natural area complex in Maury County that consists of six natural areas within the 12,800-acre Yanahli Wildlife Management Area (WMA).
Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade	Rutherford	The Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade is a 185-acre natural area in Rutherford County. The natural area is significant because it protects a globally rare cedar glade and is a recovery site for the Tennessee coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis).
Fate Sanders Barrens	Rutherford	Fate Sanders Barrens is a 230-acre natural area in Rutherford County, located on Percy Priest Lake. The natural area is significant because it supports a large open pristine barrens community comprised of perennial grasses and herbaceous plants.
Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens	Rutherford	Flat Rock Cedar Glade and Barrens is an 846-acre natural are in Rutherford County. Flat Rock supports a mosaic of forest types, oak barrens, open grassland barrens, and cedar glades, including federal and state listed plant species and glade endemic species.
Gattinger's Cedar Glade and Barrens	Rutherford, Wilson	Gattinger's Cedar Glade and Barrens is a 57-acre natural area in Wilson and Rutherford Counties. It supports one of the largest and best-known populations of Tennessee coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis).
Hill Forest	Davidson	Hill Forest is a 225-acre natural area located in Davidson County approximately ten miles west of downtown Nashville. It became the 81st designated state natural area in 2010 because of its exemplary quality forest communities.
John and Heser Lane Cedar Glades	Wilson	The John and Hester Lane Cedar Glades is a 45 acre natural area located in Wilson County within the Central Basin Physiographic Province. The natural area is near the Vine community and is located just west of Highway 231 approximately half way between the cities of Murfreesboro and Lebanon.
Manus Road Cedar Glade	Rutherford	Manus Road is a 22-acre natural area located in Rutherford County. It has a population of rare and endemic plants that include the federally endangered Pyne's ground plum (Astragalus bibullatus), evolvulus (Evolvulus nuttallianus) and Tennessee milk-vetch (Astragalus tennesseensis).
Mount View Glade	Davidson	Mount View Glade is a nine-acre natural area in suburban Nashville, Davidson County. It was acquired and then designated to protect one of five populations of the Tennessee coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis).
Overbridge	Rutherford	Overbridge is a 70-acre natural area located in Rutherford County. It supports a globally rare Middle Tennessee cedar glade ecosystem that provides habitat for six state listed plant species, as well as, leafy prairie clover (Dalea foliosa) and Pyne's ground plum (Astragalus bibullatus), which are both federally endangered plant species.
Radnor Lake	Davidson	Radnor Lake is a 1,200-acre natural area located in Davidson County in the Overton Hills, approximately eight miles south of downtown Nashville. This natural area is an outlier of the Western Highland Rim and has some of the highest ridges in the Central Basin.
Rocky Hill (?)	Rutherford
Stones River Cedar Glade and Barrens	Rutherford	The Stones River Cedar Glade and Barrens is a 185-acre natural area within Stones River National Battlefield in Rutherford County. The majority of this natural area is an open expanse of limestone outcropping and very shallow soils.
Sunnybell Cedar Glade	Rutherford	Sunnybell Cedar Glade is a 36-acre natural area in Rutherford County. The natural area is named for the sunnybells (Schoenolirion croceum) that are prominent in wet calcareous limestone washes of cedar glades.
Versailles Knob	Rutherford
Vesta Cedar Glade	Wilson	Vesta Cedar Glade is a 150-acre natural area in Wilson County. It is in the Central Basin of Middle Tennessee and located in the southwest corner of Cedars of Lebanon State Forest. Vesta is comprised of cedar glades, barrens and cedar-hardwood forest communities.
Vine Cedar Glade	Wilson	Vine Cedar Glade is a 35-acre natural area in Wilson County. It is a harsh glade environment where limestone outcropping is prevalent and is significant because it supports a large population of Tennessee purple coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis).
Walnut Knob	Smith
Walterhill Floodplain	Rutherford	Walterhill Floodplain is a 34-acre natural area located in Rutherford County. It is uniquely different from most natural areas in that it is primarily comprised of an agricultural field. Its main function is to protect, maintain, and restore a healthy population of the Stones River bladderpod (Lesquerella stonensis).
Washmorgan Hollow	Jackson	Washmorgan Hollow is a 73-acre natural area in Jackson County. This sheltered ravine on the Eastern Highland Rim has a rich and diverse flora uncommon in many other areas in the region. It provides excellent habitat for plants and animals alike.
Wilson School Road Forest and Cedar Glades	Marshall	Wilson School Road Forest and Cedar Glades is a 58-acre natural area in Marshall County. This natural area consists of limestone cedar glades with a wet-weather conveyance. The glades are surrounded by dry eastern red cedar-blue ash woodlands.