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Plant & Animal List

For Blackburn State Park
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)

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Grasses, Sedges & Other Plants

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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
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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

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Reptiles

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Butterflies

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Dragonflies & Damselflies

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Address

712 South Highway Street 
P.O. Box 189
​Oakland, IA 51560

Contact

Phone: 712-482-3029
General inquiries: info@goldenhillsrcd.org
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