Douglas-Hart Foundation
The three sites that the foundation maintains
What are the Douglas-Hart Nature Center, Friendship Garden, and the Whiteside Garden?
Grasses, herbs, and wildflowers are the dominant vegetation type
What is prairie?
The purpose is to absorb light for food production through photosynthesis
What are leaves?
The native animals (and sometimes plants) of a region
What is wildlife?
This class of animals often needs to bask
What is Reptiles?
The three habitats that can be found at the Douglas-Hart Nature Center
What are woodland, prairie, and wetland?
An area that is dominated by trees, shrubs, and wildflowers
What is woodland?
The age that Oak trees start producing acorns
What is 50 years?
Tends to spread quickly and cause harm to the environment.
What are invasives?
The only bird that can rotate its wings 180 degrees
What is a hummingbird?
Number of staff members between all 3 sites
What is 10?
Where the Ornate Box Turtle lives
What is prairie?
Height that native prairie grasses can reach up to
What is 10 ft.?
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
What is a habitat?
The class of animals that frogs are in
What is Amphibian?
The name of the Salamander that lives at the nature center
Who is Houdini?
More than 60% of Illinois, approximately 22 million acres, were covered--we now have less than 0.01% remaining
What is prairie?
Name our state flower
What is the Violet?
The movement focused on protecting species from extinction, maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystem services, and protecting biodiversity
What is conservation?
What is the Eastern Painted Turtle?
Name 5 seasonal staff members
Who are Renata, Cole, David, Brendan, Madi, Kate, Sarah, and Gina?
Provides habitat for 90% of the plant and animal species that live on land; they're the most diverse ecosystems on land
What is woodlands?
Name 2 carnivorous plants we have here
What is Venus Fly Trap, Pitcher Plant, and Sundew?
The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem
What is biodiversity?
This type of bee has hairs on its' eyes to help grab pollen
What is a honeybee?