Post Oak - Cedar Nature Preserve is an area of dry, rocky upland woods dominated by post oak. The Indiana DNR has begun controlled burns in the area, and the forest is as a result probably as close to its original state as any in the state.

A gentle slope with post oak, 5/20/06. The purplish flowers visible are Phlox pilosa.

Exposed limestone at the head of a ravine, 5/20/06. The rosettes at lower right are Frasera carolinensis.

Upland woods with Frasera carolinensis at right, 5/20/06. The tree in foreground are Juniperus virginiana, the titular "cedar".