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Blister Run Swamp is a 186-acre, high-elevation balsam fir-red spruce sphagnum bog located in Randolph County, West Virginia. At an elevation of 3,650 feet, it is a relict holdover from the Pleistocene epoch; the environment closely resembles locations much farther north in Canada. Prior to protection, the area was mostly under the ownership of the Mower Lumber Company, and was endangered by a number of factors including its proximity to the highway and Christmas-tree cutters. The site is believed to be the continent's southernmost natural habitat for balsam fir. Its name “Blister Run” comes from the characteristic resin "blisters” on the outside bark of its native balsam fir trees.