Bird Sightings

With over 100 species of birds documented, Wahkeena is a fantastic birding site! Keep up to date with the bird sightings here. 

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Wildflower Bloom List

This is a list of species seen blooming at Wahkeena. We will update the list regularly throughout the season.  

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Programs

Join us for some new programs in 2017 celebrating Wahkeena’s 60th anniversary!

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2200 Pump Station Rd.
Sugar Grove, OH, 43155
(800) 297-1883
March 15 - Nov 12 2017
Wednesday - Sunday
8 AM - 4:30 PM
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The high humidity and vast rain has brought out the Indian Pipe. Also known Corpse Plant or Ghost Flower, this white or sometimes even translucent flower often turns black when picked. The flower lacks chlorophyll and shares a mutualistic relationship with wood-rotting fungi. . . . #wahkeenanaturepreserve #wahkeena #nature #preserve #nativeohio #exploreohio #ohionature #indianpipe #monotropauniflora #corpseplant #ghostflower #rainydays Update: Our Cecropia Moth caterpillars have reached their second instar! (An instar refers to a stage of the larva between each molt, most caterpillars have 5 to 6 instars.) . . . #wahkeenanaturepreserve #wahkeena #nature #preserve #ohionature #exploreohio #nativeohio #cecropiamoth #cecropiacaterpillar #caterpillar #hyalophoracecropia #creepycrawly With all the recent rain mushrooms like this little Russula are popping up all over Wahkeena. . . . #wahkeenanaturepreserve #wahkeena #nature #preserve #nativeohio #exploreohio #mushroom #russula #fungi #rainydays Lots of our little Cecropia Moth caterpillars are hatched and hungry! . . . #wahkeenanaturepreserve #wahkeena #nature #preserve #ohionature #exploreohio #nativeohio #cecropiamoth #cecropiacaterpillar #caterpillar #hyalophoracecropia #creepycrawly A Long-tailed Salamander (Eurycea longicauda) crawling among the moss. This charming amphibian can easily be identified with its bright orange body, peppered with black spots. And its namesake, a long tail that makes up for more than half its length. . . . #wahkeenanaturepreserve #wahkeena #nature #preserve #ohionature #exploreohio #nativeohio #longtailedsalamander #eurycealongicauda #longtail #ohioamphibians #ohiosalamandar #mossy Our Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is full of fragrant umbles and endlessly covered with pollinators! Simply walking by the patch you can catch a whiff of these sweet blooms, and see many butterfly species. . . . #wahkeenanaturepreserve #wahkeena #nature #preserve #ohionature #exploreohio #milkweed