Plant ID (Picture Category)
Midpen History
Wildlife
Benchmark
Misc. Midpen Fun Facts
100
This shade-loving plant can close its leaves up when the sun is too harsh.
What is redwood sorrel?
100
This is the year that Midpen was founded.
What is 1972?
100
This frog is one of the most important prey species for the San Francisco Garter Snake.
What is the California red-legged frog?
100
This preserve contains two publicly accessible ponds, 1,133 acres open to the public, one Nature Center and 12.5 miles of trail.
What is Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve?
100
This is the only preserve where it is technically illegal to pee.
What is El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve?
200
This plant is one of the species that is most susceptible to sudden oak death. 
What is tanoak?
200
This was the first Midpen preserve that was purchased with the help of our partners at POST.
What is Windy Hill Open Space Preserve?
200
This native bird species is the closest relative to the famously extinct passenger pigeon.
What is the band-tailed pigeon?
200
This preserve has 617 acres of publicly accessible land, but only 0.25 miles of publicly accessible trail.
What is Teague Hill Open Space Preserve?
200
This preserve contains the 10,000th acre that Midpen protected.
What is Monte Bello and Rancho San Antonio? (trick question!)
300
This relative of cashews and mangoes has leaves that turn bright red in the fall. 
What is poison oak?
300
This was the original name for the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District before it was renamed in 1977.
What is Midpeninsula Regional Parks District?
300
These birds are some of the primary predators of Marbled Murrelet eggs and nestlings.
What are corvids? (jays, ravens and crows are also correct answers).
300
This preserve has the highest mileage of publicly accessible trails (36.3 miles).
What is El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve?
300
This preserve bears the name of a ghost town that was once located nearby.
What is Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve?
400
This plant's red berries are an important food source for wildlife in the late fall and the winter.
What is Toyon?
400
This environmental non-profit, which is still active in our area, was instrumental in the founding of Midpen.
What is Green Foothills?
400
The Highway 17 undercrossing will help connect wildlife from the Santa Cruz Mountains to these two mountain ranges.
What are the Diablo Range and Gabilan Range?
400
This preserve has the fewest parking spaces (Not including preserves with 0 parking spaces).
What is Foothills Open Space Preserve?
400
This preserve was once home to James Folger (of Folgers coffee fame).
What is Thornewood Open Space Preserve?
500
These bright yellow flowers are well-adapted to disturbances such as grazing.
What are suncups?
500
This was the original name for Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve.
What is Permanente Creek Open Space Preserve?
500
This reptile that is native to Midpen preserves shoots blood out of its eyes when threatened.
What is Blainville's horned lizard?
500
This preserve has the most public restrooms.
What is Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve? (4)
500
This is the only ball sport specifically prohibited in Midpen's ordinances.
What is golf?