Many trees along our trails are labeled with their names! Both scientific and common!

Heartland Forest is home to 10 amphibians, and 4 reptile species! A person who studies reptiles and amphibians are called a herpetologist.

The white-tailed deer has 4 stomachs! These deer also mark their territory by rubbing bark off trees.

Heartland Forest is home to Both Barn swallows and tree swallows! If you see a bird with blue back and a white throat that’s a tree swallow! If the bird has a blue back with a red throat that a barn swallow!