Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks
Wildlife
Insects
Plants
Ohio
100

What's the smallest metro park

Homestead (44 acres)

100

What animal is this?

Raccoon

100

What's this insect

Stinkbug

100

Name an invasive shrub found in Ohio

Honeysuckle/ Autumn-olive

100

Capital city of Ohio

Columbus

200

What's my job title?

Naturalist

200

This bird is known for its red wings

Red-winged blackbird

200

What's this caterpillar

Monarch

200

This common springtime yard “weed” has been used in medicine for hundred of years

Dandelion 

200

What is the state bird?

Cardinal

300

In partnership with the zoo what famous mammal is at Battelle Darby Creek

Bison

300

How many squirrel species are in Ohio?

7 (Gray, Fox, Red, Flying, Chipmunk, 13-lined, Groundhog)

300

This bug is well known from its ability to control garden pests

Ladybug

300

What's this native?

Flowering Dogwood

300

Which Great Lake Borders Northern OhIo?

Lake Erie

400

What's the climbing route along the cliff face at Quarry Trails called

Via Ferrata

400

What mammal has true flight?

Bats!

400

What is the hard outside of an insect’s body called

Exoskeleton

400

What Ohio team is named after this plant?

Columbus Blue Jackets

400

When was Ohio founded (within 2 years)

1803

500

How old is the oldest sycamore tree at highbanks metropark (100 range)

400-500 years old

500

What mammal is too low to house rabies?

Oppossum

500

Which insect was used in early Greek Medicine to treat earaches and sores?

Cockroach

500

What is the common name for Aesculus glabra

Ohio Buckeye

500

How many US presidents are from Ohio

8