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Many wildflowers await the visitor to this unique geological feature. Species encountered in the spring are Missouri milk vetch ( Astragalus missouriensis ), shell-leaf penstemon ( Penstemon grandiflorus ), gumbo lily ( Oenothera caespitosa ), and death camas ( Zigadenus spp.).
The fascinating landforms of Toadstool Geologic Park hold the secrets of an ancient world where strange and wonderful animals walked the Earth. Imagine seeing rhinoceroses, miniature horses, giant tortoises, camels, and a wild pig so huge and ferocious that it’s called the “hell pig” in western Nebraska.
Plants preferring seasonally-dry conditions, such as conifers (Figure 4) and extinct seed-producing (peltasperms, taeniopterids) and spore-producing (noeggerthialeans) plant groups, spread across the landscape.
The Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (PNHP) inventories and maintains a list of all plant and wildlife species, plant communities, and geologic features in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for which there is conservation concern.
Directions to Toadstool Park from Crawford, Nebraska. North on Hwy 71 4.6 miles to Toadstool Road #904; West 1.9 miles, then north-west 9.7 miles on #904 to Road #902; West on #902 1.2 miles to park and campground
The stark, other-worldly land- scape you are about to explore is like no other place in Ne-braska. Yet its barren hills and rock-strewn gullies disguise the abundant life it once supported. Turn the clock back 30 million years and you would find min-iature horses, humpless camels, gigantic tortoises, pigs, and even rhinoceroses roaming here.
Rare animals, particularly butterflies and moths, abound in these habitats and include species like dusty skipper, the cobweb skipper and the juniper hairstreak. Nottingham Barrens, a managed serpentine barrens owned by Chester County, supports 29 rare plant and 38 rare animal species.
