Species in the park.
Wooster Memorial Park is a great place to observe wildlife. Whether bird, or insect, mammal, or plant, grass or fungi, there's so much to see. Below you can find lists of some species you may be able to see in the park at certain times of the year, but we want to see what you find as well. iNaturalist is a great resource for you to keep track of species you find and you can add findings from Wooster Memorial Park to our "Project" to share with us your great finds!
Learn more about iNaturalist HERE
After you sign up (iNaturalist is free), add our project HERE
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We are also monitoring for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, learn more and/or report a sighting here.
Birds in the park
Some common species you may see in the park. Download and print the comprehensive bird list to keep track of your sightings!
___DUCK, Mallard*
___Wood*
___GOOSE, Canada*
___TURKEY, Wild*
___DOVE, Mourning*
___PIGEON, Rock*
___CUCKOO, Black-billed
___Yellow-billed*
___NIGHTHAWK, Common*
___SWIFT, Chimney*
___HUMMINGBIRD, Ruby-throated*
___CRANE, Sandhill
___PLOVER, Killdeer*
___SANDPIPER, Spotted*
___American Woodcock*
___VULTURE, Turkey*
___HAWK, Cooper’s*
___Red-tailed*
___OWL, Eastern Screech*
___Great Horned*
___Barred*
___KINGFISHER, Belted*
___WOODPECKER, Downy*
___Hairy*
___Red-headed
___Red-bellied*
___Pileated*
___Northern Flicker*
___American Kestrel*
___FLYCATCHER, Acadian*
___Willow*
___Eastern Phoebe*
___Great-crested*
___Eastern Wood-Pewee*
___Eastern Kingbird*
___SHRIKE, Northern
___VIREO, White-eyed*
___Yellow-throated*
___Warbling*
___Philadelphia
___Red-eyed*
___JAY, Blue*
___CROW, American*
___SWALLOW, Tree*
___Rough-winged*
___Barn*
___CHICKADEE, Carolina*
___Black-capped
___TITMOUSE, Tufted*
___NUTHATCH, White-breasted*
___CREEPER, Brown*
___WREN, House*
___Carolina*
___GNATCATCHER, Blue-gray*
___American Robin*
___Eastern Bluebird*
___CATBIRD, Gray*
___Mockingbird
___Brown Thrasher*
___STARLING, European*
___WAXWING, Cedar*
___HOUSE SPARROW*
___FINCH, House*
___American Goldfinch*
___TOWHEE, Eastern*
___SPARROW, Chipping*
___American Tree
___Field*
___Fox
___Song*
___JUNCO, Dark-eyed
___CHAT, Yellow-breasted*
___ORIOLE, Baltimore*
___Orchard
___MEADOWLARK, Eastern*
___Red-winged*
___Brown-headed Cowbird*
___Common Grackle*
___BOBOLINK*
___WARBLER, Blue-winged*
___Yellow*
___Cerulean*
___Ovenbird*
___Louisiana Waterthrush*
___Kentucky*
___Common Yellowthroat*
___Hooded*
___TANAGER, Scarlet*
___CARDINAL, Northern*
___GROSBEAK, Rose-breasted*
___BUNTING, Indigo*
Comprehensive
Birding List for
Wooster Memorial Park
Trees in the park
___Apple, Common
___Ash, Black
___Ash, White
___Aspen, Big-tooth
___Basswood, American
___Beech, American
___Birch, Yellow
___Buckeye, Ohio
___Buckeye, Red
___Catalpa, Hardy or Northern
___Chestnut, American
___Chestnut, Chinese
___Cherry, Pin or Fire
___Cherry, Sweet
___Cherry, Wild Black
___Chokecherry
___Cottonwood, Eastern
___Crabapple, spp
___Dogwood, Alternate-leaved
___Dogwood, Flowering
___Elm, American
___Elm, Slippery
___Gum, Black or Sour & Tupelo
___Hawthorn, spp.
___Hemlock, Eastern
___Hickory, Bitternut
___Hickory, Shagbark
___Hornbeam, American or Musclwood
___Hornbeam, Hop or Ironwood
___Kentucky Coffee tree
___Linden, European
___Locust, Black
___Locust, Honey
___Maple, Ash-leaved
___Maple, Black
___Maple, Hedge
___Maple, Norway
___Maple, Red
___Maple, Silver
___Maple, Sugar
___Mulberry, White
___Oak, Black
___Oak Bur
___Oak, English
___Oak, Pin
___Oak, Red
___Oak, White
___Osage Orange
___Pine, Red
___Pine, Scotch
___Pine, White
___Sassafras
___Spruce, Colorado Blue
___Spruce, Norway
___Sweetgum
___Sycamore, American
___Tuliptree
___Walnut, Black
___Willow, Black
___Witch Hazel
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Compiled by Marvin Smith Oct. 2017
Printable Tree List
Vegetation in the park
Extensive list of vegetation found in Wooster Memorial Park 2003-2009
Ferns in the park
___ Christmas (Polystichum acrostichoides)
___ Common Polypody (Polypodium virginianum)
___ Dissected Grape Fern (Botrychium dissectum)
___ Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)
___ Fragile (Cystopteris fragilis)
___ Hay-scented (Dennstaedtia punctrilobula)
___ Intermediate Wood (Dryopteris intermedia)
___ Lady (Athyrium filix-femina)
___ Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
___ Marginal Wood (Dryopteris marginalia)
___ New York (Thelypteris noveboracensis)
___ Rattlesnake (Botrychium virginianum)
___ Sensitive (Onoclea sensibilis)
___ Silvery Glade (Athyrium thelypterioides)
___ Spinulose Wood (Dryopteris austriaca)