Erie Sand Barrens State Nature Preserve Ohio Swing

Erie Sand Barrens State Nature Preserve, Ohio (Swing State!) Edward M. Barrows Laboratory of Entomology & Biodiversity Georgetown University Washington, D. C. September 2004

ESBNP is in northern Ohio, east of Toledo.

Out in the boonies. The gate.

Aesculus glabra, octandra, or a hybrid July 2003

Entering the Preserve July 2003

Entering the Preserve July 2003

Farmland surrounds the Preserve. June 2004

Farmland surrounds the Preserve. July 2003

Farmland surrounds the Preserve. June 2004

Farmland surrounds the Preserve. species? June 2004

Farmland surrounds the Preserve. June 2004

Silene cuculabus (Bladder Campion), European alien June 2004

History circa 13, 000 bp Lake Warren (5 th ancestral lake of Lake Erie) produced a shore. ice sheet cool weather spruce forest Whisperwood. net

History www. anselm. edu later Warmer weather, deciduous forest

History circa 4, 000 bp Warm, dry weather (xerothermic period) Much tall-grass prairie grew. Trish Murphy

History Trish Murphy later Cool weather Deciduous forest returned. Prairie remnants remained.

History 1600 s Ohio was about 4% prairie (now almost no prairie). early 1900 s E. L. Moseley (Ohio botanist) studied ESBSNP (= part of old Oxford Prairie). 1980 s TNC bought 32 A. TNC transferred the land to the Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves.

History My short peeks of the Preserve 11 July 2003. I visited for the first time. 25 June 2004. I visited for the second time.

Habitats of Erie Sand Barrens Nature Preserve 1. High, dry ridges 2. Wet depressions

High, dry ridges

High, dry ridges Plant Quiz!

High, dry ridges Plant Quiz ?

High, dry ridges ?

High, dry ridges Rhus glabra (Smooth Sumac)

High, dry ridges ?

High, dry ridges Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac)

High, dry ridges June 2004

High, dry ridges ?

High, dry ridges Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein), alien! July 2003

High, dry ridges Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein), alien!

High, dry ridges ?

High, dry ridges Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan) July 2003

High, dry ridges ?

High, dry ridges Rosa sp. (rose) June 2004

High, dry ridges Rosa sp. (rose)

High, dry ridges ?

High, dry ridges Rosa sp. 2 (rose) July 2003

High, dry ridges ?

High, dry ridges Hypericum perfoliatum (Common St. John’s-wort), alien! July 2003

High, dry ridges ?

High, dry ridges Achillea millifolia (Yarrow), alien! July 2003

High, dry ridges ?

High, dry ridges Asclepias hirtella (Prairie Milkweed) July 2003

High, dry ridges ?

High, dry ridges Oxalis europea (European Yellow Wood Sorrel), native? July 2003

High, dry ridges ?

High, dry ridges Calestegia sepium (Field Bindweed), native? July 2003

High, dry ridges ?

High, dry ridges Dianthus armeria (Oeillet arméria, Depford Pink), alien! June 2004

Wet depressions

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Carex? (sedge? ) June 2004

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Hieracium? (Hawkweed? ) June 2004

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Viola sp. (violet) June 2004

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Tradescantia sp. (spiderwort, probably T. ohioensis) June 2004

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Salix interior (Sandbar Willow) June 2004

High, dry ridges ?

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Antennaria, Potentilla, moss, etc. July 2003

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Lobelia? June 2004

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Chamaecrista fasiculata (Partridge Pea) June 2004

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Oenothera perennis (one of several species of Sundrops) July 2003

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Pycnanthemum sp. (mountain mint) July 2003

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Hypericum gymnanthum (Least St. John’s-wort) only location in Ohio! June 2004

Wet depressions

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Xyris torta? (Twisted Yellow-eyed Grass) June 2004

Wet depressions

Wet depressions Antennaria, etc. June 2004

Wet depressions ?

Wet depressions Linum intercursum? (flax) July 2003

Wet depressions ?

finis Happy Late Summer!