Plants and animals that have been found in and around Blackburn State Park are listed here. Those underlined are endangered, threatened or of special concern.

Trees

  • American Linden/Basswood (Tilia americana)
  • Black cherry  (Prunus serotina)
  • Black walnut (Juglans nigra)
  • Bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)
  • ​Burr oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
  • Red oak (Quercus rubra)
  • Black oak  (Quercus velutina)
  • Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
  • Chinquapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii)
  • Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)​
  • Eastern red cedar (Eastern juniper)
  • Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
  • Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
  • Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
  • Ironwood (Ostrya Virginiana)
  • Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
  • Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)
  • Red elm  (Ulmus rubra)
  • Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
  • Red mulberry (Morus rubra)
  • Red oak (Quercus rubra)
  • Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
  • Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)
  • White ash (Fraxinus americana)
  • White elm (Ulmus americana)
  • White mulberry (Morus alba)
  • ​White poplar (Populus alba)
  • Willow (Salix sp.)

Shrubs

  • Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)
  • Black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
  • Buckbrush/Coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus)
  • Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
  • Gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)
  • Gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
  • Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)
  • Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

Vines

  • Carrion flower (Smilax herbacea)
  • Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)
  • Moonseed (Menispermum canadense)
  • Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron pubescens)
  • Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquifolia)

Forbs (Flowering Plants)

Grasses, Sedges & Other Plants

The Green Hollow Center hosts a large variety of birds and animals.  In addition to the species listed below, a mountain lion was reportedly seen nearby.  Seven wild Eurasian boars, an invasive species and apparently the descendants of escapees from a wild game reserve some years ago, have been caught on the property, one weighing 300 pounds.  A herd of four-horned feral goats have been spotted on a few occasions.

Mammals

Bobcat
Coyote 
Eastern Cottontail
​Eastern Mole
​​Flying Squirrel
Fox Squirrel
Gray Squirrel
​Plains Pocket Mouse
Raccoon
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Red Fox
Striped Skunk
White-tailed Deer
Woodchuck

Birds

Reptiles

Butterflies

Dragonflies & Damselflies