Martha Sundquist State Forest is a

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

state forest located in

Cocke County Cocke County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,662. Its county seat is Newport. Cocke County comprises the Newport, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part o ...

near Hartford. The forest was named in honor of former Tennessee governor

Don Sundquist Donald Kenneth Sundquist (born March 15, 1936) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 47th Governor of Tennessee from 1995 to 2003. Prior to his governorship, he represented Tennessee's 7th congressional district in the Unit ...

's wife, Martha.Martha Sundquist State Forest
Tennessee Division of Forestry website. Accessed: 4 May 2016. The forest consists primarily of mature mountain and cove hardwood stands, and is surrounded on three sides by the federally-managed Cherokee National Forest.

History

The forest was created in 2001 when the state purchased from the International Paper Company (formerly Champion International).

Features

The forest features a hiking trail called "Tennessee Gulf Trail".Morgan Simmons,
Martha Sundquist's Suggestions Adds Only Footpath to State Forest
" ''Go Knoxville'', 2 July 2010. Tree types found in the forest include eastern hemlock,Biological Control Released at Martha Sundquist State Forest to Protect Hemlocks
" ''The Chattanoogan'', 5 December 2012.

magnolia ''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 210 to 340The number of species in the genus ''Magnolia'' depends on the taxonomic view that one takes up. Recent molecular and morphological research shows that former genera ''Talauma'', ''Dugandiodendro ...

maple ''Acer'' () is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the family Sapindaceae.Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 nd more or less continuously updated since http ...

birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech-oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 30 ...

, and

white pine ''Pinus'', the pines, is a genus of approximately 111 extant tree and shrub species. The genus is currently split into two subgenera: subgenus ''Pinus'' (hard pines), and subgenus ''Strobus'' (soft pines). Each of the subgenera have been further ...

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* {{coord, 35.80, -83.02, type:landmark_region:US-TN_dim:5000, display=title Protected areas of Cocke County, Tennessee Tennessee state forests