Flora & Fauna in the Parks
Flora & Fauna in the Parks
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This section of our website will be expanded in the future to provide more actual images from the parks rather than using Google images.
Native Prairie Plants
Native Prairie Plants
Little Bluestem Grass Andropogon scoparius
Big Bluestem Grass Andropogon gerardii
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Pale Indian Plantain Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Yellow Coneflower Rudbeckia pinnata
Native Woodland and Woods Edge Plants
Native Woodland and Woods Edge Plants
Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis
Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum
False Solomon Seal Smilacena racemosa
Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
Shooting Star Dodecatheon
Solomon SealPolygonatum biflorum
Trillium Trillium grandiflorum
Trout Lilly Erythronium albidum
Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica
Virginia Waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum (invasive)
Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum
Wild Ginger Asarum caudatum
Wild Violet Viola sororia
Woodland Sedge
Yellow Giant Hyssop Agastache nepetoides
Shrubs and Trees
Shrubs and Trees
Green Ash (invasive)
Buckthorn (invasive)
Honeysuckle (invasive)
Non-native plants most likely introduced by the Turvilles
Non-native plants most likely introduced by the Turvilles
Daffodil
Blue Silla (invasive)
Invasive Plants
Invasive Plants
Dames Rocket (invasive)
Burdock (invasive)
Virginia Waterleaf ( native but having an invasive habit)
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata (invasive)
Teasel (invasive - not seen in the park yet but approaching along the railroad tracks from the Beltline area)
Creeping Charlie (invasive)
Buckthorn (invasive)
Honeysuckle (invasive)
Animals in the Parks
Animals in the Parks
Deer
Fox
Raccoon
Ground Hog
Muskrat
Beaver
Turtle
Squirrel
Rabbit
Mole
Vole
Birds in the Parks
Birds in the Parks
Olin Park and Turville Point Conservation Park are popular with bird watchers for the diversity of birds that frequent these parks. Bird populations vary greatly with the changing seasons. During spring and fall migrations, you can see a great variety of birds passing through. Below is a link to eBird, an online database of bird sightings around the world. The link brings up a compilation of recent bird sightings at Olin Park and Turville Point Conservation Park.
Link to recent listings of bird sightings at Olin - Turville Parks compiled by eBird
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