Woods Garden

Ohio is home to many forests with a mix of trees that grow in moist soils. These forests contain deciduous trees in well-drained, loamy soil with lots of leaf litter and decomposing leaves that release nutrients. In Northeast Ohio, these forests were once filled with a diverse group of native wildflowers, but now fewer species thrive due to an overpopulation of white-tailed deer.

Woods garden forests attract many rare forest bird species, including magnolia warblers, yellow-throated vireos, winter wrens, and veeries. Mammals include gray foxes, raccoons, chipmunks, and star-nosed moles. Pollinators such as the West Virginia white butterfly, polyphemous moth, and tuliptree silkmoth are also found in these forests. 

MAMMALS

Gray Fox
Groundhog
Porcupine
Skunk preview

birds

Barn Owl
Barred Owl
Snowy Owl