Plants and Animals
| Trees |
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| Black Walnut |
Honey Locust |
Box Elder |
| White Oak |
Northern Red Oak |
Chinquapin Oak |
| Bur Oak |
American Elm |
Red Cedar |
| Eastern Redbud |
Pawpaw |
Basswood |
| American Plum |
White Ash |
Green Ash |
| Cottonwood |
Sugar Maple |
Osage Orange |
| Red Mulberry |
Hackberry |
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| Shrubs |
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| Blackberry |
Gray Dogwood |
Rough-leaf Dogwood |
| Bladdernut |
Coralberry |
Smooth Sumac |
| Gooseberry |
Elderberry |
Multiflora Rose |
| Prairie Rose |
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| Vines |
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| Poison Ivy *Leaflets three, leave it be! |
Cur Cucumber Grape |
| Catbrier |
Virginia Creeper |
| Flowers |
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| White Flowers |
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| Dutchman's Breeches |
Dogbane |
| Trout Lily |
Spring Beauty |
| Wild Anise |
Toothwort |
| Yarrow |
Alsike Clover |
| White Sweet Clover |
Mayapple |
| False Rue Anemone |
Philadelphia Fleabane |
| Star of Bethlehem |
Queen Anne's Lace |
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| Blue Flowers |
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| Woolly Blue Violet |
Blue-eyed Grass |
| Wild Sweet William |
Tall Bellflower |
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| Other Flowers |
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| Wild Ginger |
Trumpet |
| Larkspur |
Hairy Vetch |
| Day Lily |
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| Yellow Flowers |
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| Pale Corydalis |
Jerusalem Artichoke |
| Smooth Yellow |
Violet Mullein |
| Wood Sorrel |
Black Mustard |
| Goat's Beard |
Jewel Weed |
| Black-eyed Susan |
Common Dandelion |
| Buttercup |
Yellow Sweet Clover |
| Partridge Pea |
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| Pink Flowers |
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| Adam and Eve Orchid |
Ohio Horsemint |
| Spring Beauty |
Crown Vetch |
| Musk Thistle |
Ironweed |
| Beggar's Lice |
Milkweed |
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| Green Flowers |
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| Jack-in-the-pulpit |
Green Dragon |
| Ragweed |
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Birds
Weston Bend State Park and the surrounding Missouri River valley offer diverse habitats for birders to explore, including old fields, bottomland forests, wetlands and mesic woodlands. There are 179 species found within the park, as well as Fort Leavenworth, Kan., the Missouri River and a five-mile radius of Sherman Army Field. The count is based on the original work of Ted Mouras and John Schukman, but includes the 1999 breeding bird survey conducted by Christopher Hobbs and John Schukman. Some of the most common birds you can view at the park are grebes, goldeneye, heron, mallard, wood duck, teals, pintails, hawks, bald eagle, golden eagle, kestrels, chukars, pheasants, wild turkey, sandpiper, woodcock, dove, owl, nighthawk, flycacher, buntings, oriole, finch, sparrow and goldfinch.
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