DHF History
Around the Nature Center
Native Plant/Animal ID
Animal Facts
Plant Facts
100
Founded Douglas-Hart
Who is, Helen Douglas-Hart
100
How does the nature center stay funded?
Volunteers, memberships, donations, grants, etc.
100
Blue Jay
100
True or False: Spiders are insects
What is False?
Spiders are arachnids
100
True or False: The state flower is the violet.
What is True?
200
The three properties The Douglas-Hart Foundation owns
What is the Whiteside Garden, Friendship Garden, and The Douglas-Hart Nature Center?
200
The three habitats around the Nature Center property
Woodland, wetland, and prairie
200
Purple Coneflower
200
The only flying mammal found in Illinois?
What is a bat?
200
True or False: Native Prairie Plant root systems can be up to 15 ft. deep.
What is True?
300
Name three features at Friendship Garden
Gazebo, waterfall, picnic area, tea garden (in the works)
300
What is the name of the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach that lives at the nature center?
Who is Stevie J?
300
Garter Snake
300
What is the only bird that can fly backwards?
What is the hummingbird?
300
Between woodland, wetland, and prairie, what ecosystem is the most diverse (containing habitat for around 90% of plants and animals worldwide).
What is woodland?
400
What Dr. Whiteside planted in the ground to help create microclimates
What are bathtubs?
400
Name 3 other areas here besides the 3 main habitats?
Nature Play, Campfire area, picnic area, ~2 miles of trails, Visitor Center, Greenhouse, pond, etc.
400
Butterfly Milkweed
400
Frogs, toads, and salamanders are what type of animal.
Amphibian
400
In which habitat would you find Blue Flag Iris?
What is the wetland?
500
The newest DHF property that was acquired in _______
What is The Whiteside Garden in 2018
500
Name 6 staff members (seasonal or permanent)
Hannah, Malina, Jerry, Jen, Penny, Abby, Keegan, Barb, Steve, Megan, Morgan, Caleb, Robert, Sarah, Gina, Emily, Mollie, Ella, Lilly, Alexis, Destiny, Michael
500
Viceroy
500
What is our state reptile?
What is, the Eastern Painted Turtle?
500
The percentage of natural prairie is left in Illinois.
What is around 0.01%?