Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area, a ten-acre protected site near New Bloomfield in Pennsylvania, preserves the state’s smallest natural area and an exceptionally ancient colony of box huckleberry estimated at about 1,200 to 1,300 years old. Discovered in 1845 by Spencer Baird after decades without collected specimens, the colony helped Asa Gray classify the species and began a friendship that later aided Baird’s career. Scientific interest deepened after Frederick V. Coville’s 1918 study of its clonal reproduction and vulnerability. Protected beginning in 1929 and named a National Natural Landmark in April 1967, it remains important as both a rare botanical refuge and a site of significant scientific study.