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Mohawk Park and Oxley Nature Center, Tulsa

About the Area: Mohawk Park and the Oxley Nature Center support a diversity of habitats along the south bank of Bird Creek. The flood-plain forest, comprised of giant cottonwoods, sycamores, oaks, pecans, and hackberry trees and many other smaller trees and shrubs, is home to many kinds of animals and plants. Combined with open areas maintained as hay meadows or prairies and a variety of wetlands, the different habitats make especially rich combinations of conditions. In addition to bottomland forest habitats, Mohawk Park includes Lake Yahola, the Tulsa Zoo, the Mohawk Park Golf Club and expanses of highly managed, open recreational areas for picnicking.

Go to the park website.

Fungi collection

Birders

Taxa
Number of Species
Mammals
19
Birds
89
Amphibians & Reptiles
24
Fish
15
Bivalves
6
Aquatic invertebrates
54
Terrestrial invertebrates
424
Fungi
61
Algae
40
Vascular Plants
362
GRAND TOTAL
1094

Aerial photograph of Mohawk Park


We thank the many volunteers who made our fifth BioBlitz a success. Special thanks to the staffs of the Oxley Nature Center and the Tulsa Zoo for their efforts.

Organizations Represented
University of Oklahoma
Spring Creek Elementary Earth Club
Northeastern State University
Liberty Academy
University of Central Oklahoma
Three Forks Nature Center
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Lake Thunderbird State Park
Oklahoma State University
Tulsa Herpetology Club
Tulsa University
Oklahoma Ornithological Society
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa Audobon Society
University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Master Naturalists
Southern Nazarene University
Oxley Nature Center
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma Native Plant Society
Tulsa Zoo & Living Museum
Tulsa Community College
Oklahoma City Zoo
Hillsdale Freewill Baptist College
Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation
University of Jaen (Spain)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services
McLoud High School
Oklahoma Conservation Comission
Riverfield Country Day School

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BioBlitz! is a project of the Oklahoma Biological Survey and the University of Oklahoma. For more information contact the BioBlitz! Committee at prill@ou.edu or 405-325-7658.