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Grafton Ponds Natural Area Preserve
Grafton Ponds Natural Area Preserve
Location	York County, Virginia
Nearest city	Newport News
Coordinates	37°12′0″N 76°32′15″W / 37.20000°N 76.53750°W
Area	375 acres (1.52 km2)
Owner	City of Newport News

Grafton Ponds Natural Area Preserve is a 375-acre (1.52 km²) Natural Area Preserve located in York County, Virginia. It preserves Virginia's best remaining example of a coastal plain pond complex, and supports several locally-rare species including pond spice (Litsea aestivalis), Mabee's salamander (Ambystoma mabeei), barking treefrog (Hyla gratiosa), and the globally imperiled Harper's fimbristylis (Fimbristylis perpusilla).^[1]^[2]

The preserve is owned and maintained by the city of Newport News, and is open for public access.^[2]

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^ "Comprehensive Report Species - Fimbristylis perpusilla". NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life. NatureServe. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Grafton Ponds Natural Area Preserve". Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved December 19, 2016.

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Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation: Grafton Ponds Natural Area Preserve

[NatServe-1] "Comprehensive Report Species - Fimbristylis perpusilla". NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life. NatureServe. Retrieved December 19, 2016.

[DCR_GPNAP-2] "Grafton Ponds Natural Area Preserve". Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved December 19, 2016.

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