Provided by. State Senator XX. XXth District

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1 Provided by State Senator XX XXth District

2 Hi there! My name is Art and I'm a big fan of Pennsylvania's State Parks all 117 of them. These beautiful places are home to all sorts of plants and animals and they provide you and me opportunities for hiking, camping, fishing, boating, swimming and many other outdoor adventures. Hi! The state parks bring out the creativity in everyone who visits them. Photography, painting, drawing, sand sculptures, you name it, art can be found at every park. This coloring book allows you to discover how the parks bring out your artistic side. Have fun. I hope to see you at a state park real soon! This publication was created and funded with the joint cooperation of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Parks & Forests Foundation. Resources: Fowler Rhoads, Ann & Block, Timothy A. The Plants of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, Haywood, Mary Joy & Monk, Phyllis. Wildflowers of Pennsylvania. Venture Graphics Inc Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, Rhoads, Ann & Klein, William, Jr. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, Sutton, Ann & Sutton, Myron. The Audubon Society Nature Guide: Eastern Forests. New York: Alfred Knopf, Inc Credits: Front Cover Paintings by Nancy Mendes, DCNR, PA State Parks Design & Illustrations by Lisa A. Cook, DEP, Graphic Design Section Photos on Back Cover: Beach Pea provided by Presque Isle State Park Blazing Star provided by Jennings Environmental Education Center Jacob s Ladder provided by The Mary T. and Frank L. Hoffman Family Foundation/ Pinxter Flower and Pitcher Plant by Burt Ellsworth, DCNR, PA State Parks For more information about Pennsylvania s state parks log on to

3 When heading outdoors to enjoy a day in the woods, always be prepared. Make sure you take the following items: Map Hat Outdoor clothing (suitable to the weather) Snack Water First Aid Kit Day or back pack Whistle Adult Practice the following skills to be a caretaker of our great outdoors: Observe wildlife from a distance. Never pick plants. Walk lightly and stay on trails. No shortcuts!!! Carry in and carry out-leave no trash behind. Camp only on ready-made campsites. Build campfires in existing fire rings. Gather firewood that is on the ground and no bigger than an adult's wrist. Never cut or break sticks from dead, living, or downed trees. Make sure campfire is completely out and cold to the touch. Pick up all spilled food; it discourages wildlife from becoming pests and leaves the place neat for the next visitor. When pooping in the woods, bury your waste about 6 inches deep (and 200 feet away from water.) Cover the hole with soil. Carry out the used toilet paper. Avoid making loud noises as it can startle wildlife and disturb other visitors. Monarch Butterfly

4 Find These Native Plants: BEACH PEA BLAZING STAR FOAM FLOWER HOBBLE BUSH LITTLE BLUESTEM NODDING SEDGE PINXTER FLOWER JACK IN THE PULPIT WITCH HAZEL PITCHER PLANT SERVICEBERRY SWEET FERN WHITE PINE YELLOW BIRCH QUAKING ASPEN SUNDEW JEWELWEED SYCAMORE

5 A simple definition of a Pennsylvania native plant is one that was found in Pennsylvania prior to Europeans arriving. Pennsylvania has over 3081 species of native trees, shrubs, flowers, and other forms of plants. Native plants might be found in your neighborhood, at a state park, or in special protected areas. A few fun native plants found in Pennsylvania are: Pitcher Plant Round-leaved Sundew Spotted Touch-me-not (jewelweed) Witchhazel

6 An invasive non-native plant is one that is not natural to an area and that may grow out of control once introduced. These invasive non-native plants often do not provide as much food and other habitat value as native plants do, and often crowd out native plants. Some invasive plants even release toxic chemicals that kill other plants! The following are a few of the invasive plants common to Pennsylvania. These plants cause problems, and solutions are being sought to remove them from the landscape. Alianthus (tree of heaven) Japanese Knotweed Mile-a-minute Weed Purple Loosestrife

7 State Park Raven Porcupine What a great view! I think I ll stop and have a snack.

8 Polemonium reptans Bell-shaped blue flower found in rich woods or moist, shady locations. A member of the phlox family.

9 State Park Black Bear Look a Red-spotted Newt! Red-spotted Newt Oven Bird

10 Rhododendron periclymenoides A deciduous shrub with clusters of vase shaped flowers. Grows from 4 to 6 feet tall in woodlands.

11 Environmental Education Center This is a great place for taking pictures! Viceroy Butterfly Meadow Jumping Mouse

12 Liatris spicata Rose-purple flowers cover a 1 to 2 foot spike that is 2 inches across. Flowers at top of spike open first. Grows in moist fields, fence rows and roadsides.

13 State Park Canvasbacks This looks like a great place for bird watching! Spotted Sandpiper

14 Lathyrus japonicus Found on sandy or gravelly shores. Purple flowers about 3/4 to1 inch long in clusters of 6 t o 10. Leaflets broad and blunt.

15 State Park Wood Duck Beaver Don t forget your trail map and compass when you re hiking! W N S E Pickerel Frog

16 Sarracenia purpurea Grows only in sphagnum bogs; eats insects; pitcher shaped hollow leaves hold water and entrap insects; dark-red flowers; leaves 4 to10 inches long with downward pointing hairs that keep insects from escaping; leaves green with dark red veins.

17 Flower Structure: Flower Parts: Disk floret Stamen anther filament Sepal Pistil stigma style ovary Involucre Ray floret Head (Aster, Daisy) Types of Flowers: Simple Cyme Compound Cyme Raceme Spike Panicle Corymb Simple Umbel Compund Umbel Head

18 Leaflet Midrib Alternate Rachis Blade Stipules Petiole Opposite Scale-like (Red Cedar) Needle-like (White Pine) Linear (Hemlock) Palmately Lobed (Red Maple) Awl-like (Red Cedar) Palmately Compound (Ohio Buckeye) Parallel-veined leaf (Ginkgo) Pinnately Lobed (White Oak) Pinnately Compound (White Ash)

19 Leaves The air supplies carbon, the principal food of the tree, which is taken in on the under surface of the leaves. Medullary Rays conduct food and water radially, serve in food storage. Pith Heartwood (inactive cells) adds structural support. Sapwood carries food and water upward. Cambium growing layer, cells divide here to form both bark and wood. Inner Bark carries food made in the leaves downward to cambium and storage cells. Annual Rings indicate growth, normally one ring per year. Outer Bark inactive cells form protection for inner bark Soil bacteria and fungi make available soil nutrients. Roots absorb food elements through the tiny root hairs, also provide anchorage. Courtesy of the New Tree Experts Manual by Richard R. Fenska

20 Presque Isle ERIE CRAWFORD MERCER LAWRENCE McConnells Mill BEAVER Raccoon Creek Hillman WASHINGT ON GREENE Ryerson Station Erie Bluffs Pymatuning M.K. Goddard Moraine BUT LER ALLEGHENY Allegheny Islands J ennings Point VENANGO Oil Creek FAYET T E WARREN McKEAN WEST MORELAND FOREST ELK CLARION ARMST RONG Laurel Mountain L inn Run Ohiopyle Keystone Chapman Kinzua Bridge Cook Forest Clear Creek Laurel Ridge JEFFERSON INDIANA Yellow Creek SOMERSET Laurel Summit Kooser Laurel Hill Bendgo CAMBRIA Elk S.B. Elliott Prince Gallitzin Blue Knob Shawnee Sizerville CLEARFIELD BLAIR BEDFORD CAMERON POT T ER Sinnemahoning Parker Dam Canoe Creek Warriors Path Patterson Prouty Place CLINT ON CENT RE HUNT INGDON FULT ON Denton Hill Bucktail Black Moshannon Whipple Dam Lyman Run Cherry Springs Ole Bull Kettle Hyner Creek Run Bald Eagle Greenwood Furnace Trough Creek Cowans Gap Hyner View Penn Roosevelt Poe Valley MIFFLIN Big Spring FRANKLIN Caledonia Buchanan s Birthplace T IOGA BRADFORD SUSQUEHANNA Hills Creek Colton Point Leonard Harrison LYCOMING Ravensburg McCall Dam Poe Paddy Reeds Gap Mont Alto Fowlers Hollow Colonel Denning Little Pine Upper Pine Bottom JUNIAT A Pine Grove Furnace CUMBERLAND ADAMS Susquehanna UNION SNYDER PERRY Little Buffalo Kings Gap Sand Bridge R.B. Winter Milton SULLIVAN Shikellamy NORT HUM- BERLAND MON- TOUR DAUPHIN Ibberson Boyd Gifford Pinchot Mt. Pisgah YORK Codorus COLUMBIA Memorial Lake LEBANON S.S. Lewis Worlds End Swatara Lackawanna WYOMING Archbald Pothole LUZERNE Ricketts Glen LACKAWANNA Lehigh Gorge CARBON SCHUYLKILL Beltzville LANCAST ER Susquehannock Salt Spring Frances Slocum Nescopeck Hickory Run Tuscarora Locust Lake BERKS Nolde Forest French Creek White Clay Creek LEHIGH CHEST ER WAYNE Prompton Varden Gouldsboro Tobyhanna Big Pocono PIKE MONROE Jacobsburg NORT H- AMPT ON MONTGOMERY Marsh Creek Norristown Nockamixon Fort Washington Ridley Creek DELAWARE Promised Land BUCKS Evansburg Delaware Canal Tyler Ralph Stover Neshaniny Benjamin Rush PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA STATE PARK

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