The path follows along the edge of a fairly large pond. Soils are sandy and the path is in open areas. Weedy fields are across the path from the pond. The whole area is mostly flat and a convenient place for students to study pond life and surrounding shore specimens.
- Painted Turtle
- Common Water Snake
- Ladies' Tresses Orchid Flower
- Butterfly Collectors
- Snapping Turtle
- Swallowtail Butterflies
Such a trail as this leads through woods that usually have mostly dry soils, but are rich in organic matter and leaf litter. Plants here prefer shady conditions in the summer.
- Pink Lady's-slipper Orchid Flower
- Eastern Hognose Snake (dark phase)
- Eastern Fence Lizard
- Heartleaf or Southern Wild Ginger
- Eastern Box Turtle
- Emetic and Indigo Milk Cap Mushroom
The path in this trail is along a woodland road. Soils are rich in organic matter, but the woodland road permits openings in the forest shade. This allows more sun-loving plant species to survive in the summertime. Since most broadleaf tree leaves have fallen during the winter, it is obvious that springtime flowers don't prefer much shade.
- Bloodroot Flower
- Toxic Mushroom
- Showy Orchid Blower
- Indian Pipe Flower
- Spring-beauty Flower
- Mole Kingsnake
This path leads up along a fairly steep hill covered with exposed rocks. Since the hill is facing to the north, it gets more shade than a south-facing hill that receives more sunlight. The average daily temperature is lower than in a sunny woods.
- Bleeding Heart Flower
- Scarlet Waxy Cap Mushroom
- Eastern Newt and Red Eft
- Twinleaf Flower
- Six-lined Racerunner
The action of a stream has hollowed out an area where this path leads. The relatively steep sides on each side of the path allows for very different growing conditions. Often the shady side will have different plants than the sunny side. Moisture along the banks of the stream adds to the variety of species in such a habitat.
- Round-lobed Hepatica Flower
- Jack O' Lantern Mushroom
- Yellow Lady's-slipper Orchid Flower
- Dutchman's-breeches Flower
- Southern Leopard Frog
- Kingsnake
A small stream is often referred to as a brook. It is obvious that many animals and plants can be found in a constantly moist environment.
- Skunk Cabbage Flower
- Cardinal Flower
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- Milk Cap Mushroom in Peat Moss
- Ringneck Snake
- Bullfrog
There happens to have been a significant boulder along this woodland path. Woodland soils here are rich and the path is not far from the brook trail.
- Fire Pink Flower
- Five-lined Skink
- Carolina Lily
- Mayapple or Mandrake Flower
- Purple-fringed Orchid Flower
- Garter Snake
Although the path here is at the base of the cliff, students can climb up a bit to observe various plants and insects. Naturally, the path isn't used when the river is high.
- Bald-faced Hornet Nest
- Berland's Anemone Flower
- Silky Mushroom
- Monkshood Flower
- Wild Columbine Flower
- Eastern Hognose Snake (tan phase)
The path here leads along a woods that has relatively moist soils throughout the seasons. However, there are nearby areas which have dryer soils. Summertime shade and various soil conditions add to the variety of specimens found in this habitat.
- Twayblade Orchid Flower
- spinx moth
- Marasmius Mushroom
- Dog-toothed Violet or Trout Lily
- Bottle or Closed Gentian Flower
- Yellowroot Flower
- Corn Snake
- Old Man of the woods mushroom
The path on this trail leads along a dryish pine woods with many rock exposures. Plants found here seem to thrive on dry soils. Despite the overall lack of moist soils, there are a few nearby locations with rich leaf mold allowing some variety in plant growth.
- Clematis Flower
- Velvet Amt "mule killer"
- Galax flowerl
- Blue-tailed Skink Lizard
- Monarch Butterfly
- Worm Snake
- Crested Coralroot Orchid Flower
A path along the edge of woodlands allows one to see various plants that grow partially in the shade. Certain shrubs and low-growing herbs seem to thrive on edges of woods. The kinds of plants found in this situation are different from either shady woods or sunny field plants, yet both types of plants can be seen within a given area.
- Morels "hickory chicks" mushroom
- Devil's-walking-stick or Hercules'-club
- Birdfoot Violet
- Orange milkweed
- Cross Vine Flowers
- Tiger Swallowtail butterfly & sunflower
This trail is essentially the same as the woodland edge trail. It was named in order to add the maypop which is most commonly found in open fields.
- Putty-root Orchid Flower
- Pawpaw Flower & fruit
- Pawpaw Flowers and Fruit
- Diana Fritillary Butterflies
- Black Rat Snake
- Maypop flower
