Homestead Park
Homestead Metro park is a 44 acre property located in Hilliard, Ohio, full of many amenities. Most notably, the train-depot replica. The park has many play ground areas, a pond, a covered bridge and a few fields full of wildflowers to attract pollinators. The park is also connected to a rail-trail that is over 6 miles long.
Trees
Malus sylvestris – Crab apple
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Pinus – Common Pine
Fun fact: Many different kinds of wild life will use pine trees for their benefit. Some will use it to raise their young like bird, some will use it for shelter or to search for food like squirrels and bugs. These trees provide a great benefit to the local wildlife.
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Shrubs
Rhus aromatica- Fragrant sumac
Fun Fact: Native Americans used the entirety of this shrub for an array of interesting things. Some of these things included drying the leaves and adding to a tobacco mixture, the roots were used to make yellow dye and the berries were used to make an acidic tasting beverage.
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Viburnum opulus – Crampbark
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Fruiting plants
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Campsis radicans – Trumpet Creeper
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Poison-ivy
An easy way to identify this plant is to notice the leaflets of three. The leaflet on the end is larger than the two growing on the sides. These leaves can be smooth or toothed but either way they will come to a point.
Coefficient of Conservation Plants
PART ONE: List of plants at Homestead Park
- American Sycamore, Platanus occidentalis, CC-7, Native
- Boxelder Maple, Acer negundo, CC-3, Native
- Bull Thistle, Cirsium vulgare, CC-0, Adventive
- Bur Oak, Quercus macrocarpa, CC-6, Native
- Crampbark, Viburnum opulus, CC-8, Native
- Chinquapin Oak, Quercus muehlenbergii,CC-7, Native
- Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, CC-1, Native
- Fragrant sumac, Rhus aromatica, CC- 3, Native
- Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana, CC-1, Native
- Post Oak, Quercus stellata, CC-7, Native
- Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea, CC-6, Native
- Queen Anne’s Lace, Daucus carota, CC-0, Adventive
- Red Oak, Quercus rubra, CC-6, Native
- Sawtooth Sunflower, Helianthus grosseserratus,CC-4, Native
- Silver Maple, Acer saccharinum, CC-3, Native
- Sneezeweed, Helenium autumnale, CC-4, Native
- Trumpet Creeper, Campsis radicans, CC-1, Native
- White Pine, Pinus strobus, CC-6, Native
- Wingstem, Verbesina alternifolia CC-5, Native
- Yellow Wood Sorrel, Oxalis strictaCC-0, Native
Four High Coefficient of Conservation:
- American Sycamore, Platanus occidentalis, CC-7, Native
- Crampbark, Viburnum opulus, CC-8, Native
- Red Oak, Quercus rubra, CC-6, Native
- White Pine, Pinus strobus, CC-6, Native
Four Low Coefficient of Conservation:
- Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, CC-1, Native
- Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana, CC-1, Native
- Trumpet Creeper, Campsis radicans, CC-1, Native
- Yellow Wood Sorrel, Oxalis strictaCC-0, Native
PART TWO: Invasive Species:
- Common Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum