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| Center Building | Geology Area | Out On The Trails | Meadows |
| The Center Building |
| Discovery Room The Discovery Room contains exhibits, games, native animals and real parts of animals. Most people love to get close the snakes, turtles and fish. The games entertain and educate. It is a great place to begin a visit. |
Book
& Gift Shop If you are looking for a special field guide, a children's book, or a teaching guide, stop here.You will also find many wildlife related gifts. |
Auditorium From time to time, special exhibits and natural history speakers can be found here. The Winter Speaker Series takes place here in January and February. |
| Butterfly - Hummingbird
Garden Native and non-native plants with rich nectaries are concentrated here. Bee balm, touch-me-not, buddleia, and purple coneflower are just four. Hummers and butterflies are in abundance every summer. |
Prairie Garden Along the walk from the parking lot to the Center Building is a display of native prairie plants. In winter the browns and golds of dead foliage provide cover for birds and some special insects. In summer, colors explode. |
Woodland Garden Some beautiful native plants tolerate shade. These woodsy favorites like Virginia bluebell, Christmas fern, columbine and bloodroot do well in this shady garden. |
| Warm Seas, Cold Glaciers |
 Glacial
ErraticsNear the stream just down from the Center Building you will find an assembly of rocks. These are rocks brought by the Wisconsonian glacier 20,000 years ago (more or less). They are not like our bedrock. This part of Ohio, like many glaciated regions, is rich with these boulders from farther north. |
Geology Trail The erratics are the start of the Geology trail. On it, you can explore the recent erosion of the land and the water cycle, the leavings of the continental glacier, and the 500 million year old bedrock with its load of Ordovician fossils. |
| Out On the Trails |
| Wildflower Trail In February you can see the first Aullwood wildflowers blooming. By May their blooms cover hillsides. We add signs to this short trail to help you identify the flowers. |
Vernal
Pool In spring the low area which the Wildflower trail circles fills with water. It may be dry by summer. While it's full, spotted salamanders come to mate and lay eggs. |
Center
Prairie We drew from the remaining native prairies of our area to fill an old farm field with special plants. Blooming starts in March but explodes in late summer. Eight foot tall prairie grasses wave overhead. |
| Bluegill
Pond This dug pond is a magnet for wildlife. A study deck allows a leisurely study of pond dwellers. |
Muskrat
Marsh A constant flow of water and a low dam keep this shallow wetland filled with life. Aquatic insects thrive. |
Wet
Meadow Just north of Muskrat Marsh is a wet area with queen of the prairie, turtlehead, closed gentian and other special plants |
| Meadows |
| Woodcock
Meadow This meadow is just across the road from the Center. In early morning. You can often find deer here. Goldenrod, Queen Anne's lace, poison ivy and smooth sumac are all common. Blue bird boxes are often well used. |
Fox
Meadow Just south of the wildflower trail this meadow is being overtaken by prairie plants. In March it's almost a sure place to find a male woodcock performing his amazing aerial ballet for the females. |
Honeybee
Meadow Farthest soutwest, this meadow is crossed by the path that leads to the Stillwater River and its rich fossil beds. Look here for all the open country birds. |
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