Dugout Gulch Botanical Trailhead (Trail #77)

The Dugout Gulch Botanical Trail is a 2.3 mile trail plus a 4.4 mile loop trail.Far from the boreal (northern) forest of the upper Great Lakes region and Canada, is a small unique community know as Dugout Gulch Botanical Area. Relic boreal plants find refuge in the moist, cool gulches. These survivors are referred to as boreal disjuncts.The boreal forests of Canada once extended as far south as Nebraska. With their retreat at the end of the Ice Age, boreal plants gave way to species adapted to p...