Parker Woods — Public Lands Institute

Geological age: ~450 Mya Ordovician shale and limestone (Kope Formation)
Epoch: Late Ordovician (Cincinnatian Series)
Taxa: 855 plants, 170 birds, 1,838 insects, 22 mammals, 249 fungi, 18 reptiles, 13 amphibians, 129 arachnids
Most observed: Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)
Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)
Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)
Native lands: Shawnee (Shawanwaki) · Myaamia (Miami) · Adena and Hopewell moundbuilder cultures; Cincinnati area a major nexus of Shawnee and Miami territory; Fort Washington established 1789 as U.S. military base on Shawnee lands; Shawnee and Miami among signatories ceding southern Ohio via Treaty of Greenville 1795 following Battle of Fallen Timbers 1794
Ecology: Mature mixed mesophytic forest dominated by sugar maple, white oak, and American beech; spring ephemeral wildflowers; active removal of invasive bush honeysuckle and Tree-of-Heaven underway.
Hydrology: Mill Creek watershed; drains to West Fork Mill Creek, a tributary flowing through Northside Cincinnati to Mill Creek and the Ohio River; steep ravine topography characteristic of Kope Formation hillsides.
Acreage: ~63 acres
Conservation: Cincinnati Parks nature preserve (City of Cincinnati)
Endangered species: none documented
GPS: 39.1709° N, 84.5348° W