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Meet Art!Hi!

Hi there! My name is Art and I'm a big fan of Pennsylvania's State Parks—all 121 of them. These beautiful places are home

to all sorts of plants and animals and they

provide you and me opportunities for

hiking, camping, fishing, boating,

swimming and many other

outdoor adventures.

The state parks bring

out the creativity in

everyone who visits them.

Photography, painting,

drawing, sand sculptures,

you name it, art can be

found at every park. This

coloring book allows you to

discover how the parks bring

out your artistic side. Have

fun. I hope to see you at a

state park real soon!

Resources: Fowler Rhoads, Ann & Block, Timothy A. The Plants of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000.

Haywood, Mary Joy & Monk, Phyllis. Wildflowers of Pennsylvania. Venture Graphics Inc. 2001.Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977.

Rhoads, Ann & Klein, William, Jr. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1993.Sutton, Ann & Sutton, Myron. The Audubon Society Nature Guide: Eastern Forests. New York: Alfred Knopf, Inc. 1988.

Credits:Front Cover Paintings by Nancy Mendes, DCNR, PA State Parks

Design & Illustrations by Lisa A. Sargente, DEP, Graphic Design SectionPhotos on Back Cover:

Beach Pea provided by Presque Isle State ParkBlazing Star provided by Jennings Environmental Education Center

Jacob’s Ladder provided by The Mary T. and Frank L. Hoffman Family Foundation/www.all-creatures.orgPinxter Flower and Pitcher Plant by Burt Ellsworth, DCNR, PA State Parks

This publication was created and funded with the joint cooperation of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Parks & Forests Foundation.

Are You Prepared?

Respect Our Natural World

ArtArtArtArtWhen heading outdoors to enjoy a day in the woods, always be prepared. Make sure you take the following items:

Map Hat Outdoor clothing

(suitable to the weather)

Snack Water First Aid Kit

WhistleDay or back pack Adult

Observe wildlife from a distance.Never pick plants.Walk lightly and stay on trails. No shortcuts!!!Carry in and carry out-leave no trash behind.Camp only on ready-made campsites.Build campfires in existing fire rings.Gather firewood that is on the ground and no bigger than an adult's wrist.Never cut or break sticks from dead, living, or downed trees.Make sure campfire is completely out and cold to the touch.Pick up all spilled food; it discourages wildlife from becoming pests and leaves the place neat for the next visitor.When pooping in the woods, bury your waste about 6 inches deep (and 200 feet away from water.) Cover the hole with soil. Carry out the used toilet paper.Avoid making loud noises as it can startle wildlife and disturb other visitors.

Practice the following skills to be a caretaker of our great outdoors:

Monarch Butterfly

Word Search

Find These Native Plants:

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BEACH PEA

BLAZING STAR

FOAM FLOWER

HOBBLE BUSH

LITTLE BLUESTEM

NODDING SEDGE

PINXTER FLOWER

JACK IN THE PULPIT

WITCH HAZEL

PITCHER PLANT

SERVICEBERRY

SWEET FERN

WHITE PINE

YELLOW BIRCH

QUAKING ASPEN

SUNDEW

JEWELWEED

SYCAMORE

Native PlantsA simple definition of a Pennsylvania native plant is one that was found in Pennsylvania prior to Europeans arriving. Pennsylvania has over 3081 species of native trees, shrubs, flowers, and other forms of plants. Native plants might be found in your neighborhood, at a state park, or in special protected areas. A few fun native plants found in Pennsylvania are:

Witchhazel

Pitcher Plant Round-leaved Sundew

Spotted Touch-me-not (jewelweed)

Invasive PlantsAn invasive non-native plant is one that is not natural to an area and that may grow out of control once introduced. These invasive non-native plants often do not provide as much food and other habitat value as native plants do, and often crowd out native plants. Some invasive plants even release toxic chemicals that kill other plants!

The following are a few of the invasive plants common to Pennsylvania. These plants cause problems, and solutions are being sought to remove them from the landscape.

Purple Loosestrife

Japanese Knotweed

Mile-a-minute Weed

Alianthus (tree of heaven)

Ricketts GlenState Park

What a great view! I think I’llstop and have

a snack.

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Porcupine

Raven

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SpreadingJacob’s Ladder

Bell-shaped blue flower found in rich woods or moist, shady locations. A member of the phlox family.

Polemonium reptans

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Black Bear

Oven Bird

Red-spotted Newt

Hickory RunState Park

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Look a Red-spotted Newt!

Pinxter flower

A deciduous shrub with clusters of vase shaped flowers. Grows from 4 to 6 feet tall in woodlands.

Rhododendron periclymenoides

Jennings Environmental Education Center

This is a great placefor taking pictures!

Meadow Jumping Mouse

Viceroy Butterfly

Dense Blazing Star

Rose-purple flowers cover a 1 to 2 foot spike that is 2 inches across. Flowers at top of spike open first. Grows in moist fields, fence rows and roadsides.

Liatris spicata

Presque IsleState Park

Canvasbacks

Spotted Sandpiper

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This looks likea great place for

bird watching!

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Beach pea

Found on sandy or gravelly shores. Purple flowers about 3/4 to1 inch long in clusters of 6 to 10. Leaflets broad and blunt.

Lathyrus japonicus

Black MoshannonState Park

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Don’t forget yourtrail map and compass

when you’re hiking!

Wood Duck

Beaver

Pickerel Frog

Pitcher plantGrows only in sphagnum bogs; eats insects; pitcher shaped hollow leaves hold water and entrap insects; dark-red flowers; leaves 4 to10 inches long with downward pointing hairs that keep insects from escaping;leaves green with dark red veins.

Sarracenia purpurea

Structure, Parts and Types of Flowers

Flower Structure: Flower Parts:

Types of Flowers:

SimpleCyme

CompoundCyme

Raceme

SpikePanicle

Corymb

SimpleUmbel

Compund Umbel

Head

(Aster, Daisy)

Pistil

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style

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Parts, Types, and Positionsof Leaves

Alternate

Opposite

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Midrib

Rachis

Blade

PetioleStipules

Palmately Compound(Ohio Buckeye)

Palmately Lobed(Red Maple)

Parallel-veined leaf(Ginkgo)

Pinnately Lobed(White Oak)

Pinnately Compound(White Ash)

Needle-like(White Pine)

Scale-like (Red Cedar)

Awl-like(Red Cedar)

Linear(Hemlock)

Courtesy of the New Tree Experts Manual by Richard R. Fenska

Medullary Raysconduct food and water radially, servein food storage.

Pith

Annual Ringsindicate growth, normally one ringper year.

LeavesThe air supplies carbon,the principal food ofthe tree, which is takenin on the under surfaceof the leaves.

Heartwood(inactive cells)adds structural support.

Sapwoodcarries food and waterupward.

Cambiumgrowing layer, cellsdivide here to form both bark and wood.

Inner Barkcarries food made inthe leaves downwardto cambium and storage cells.

Outer Barkinactive cells form pro-tection for inner bark

Soilbacteria and fungi make available soil nutrients.

Roots

Part of a Trees

absorb food elements through the tiny roothairs, also provide anchorage.

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