Flora & Wildlife

Wildlife viewing at Greenwood is fantastic. The diversity of habitats and the associated rich flora harbors many species of birds, invertebrates, vertebrates, mammals, insects and other arthropods. Nature tours on the property are a big hit. Inventories of mammals, plants, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, turtles and insects are in progress. Of special interest are the endangered bald eagles in winter and the interior least terns in summer.

Plants are the beginning of the macro-food chain and the productive soils of Greenwood are the secret to plant growth and diversity. Dominant upland trees are pine and mixed hardwood with a farkleberry, bois d’arc, deciduous yaupon understory. The old river terraces harbor large remnant chinkapin, bur and shumard oaks, pecan and cottonwood. In the bottoms scenic groves of scattered large native pecan trees dominate. The riparian bottoms harbor eastern cottonwood, sugar berry, sycamore, black willow, and rough leaf dogwood. The sandy ridges are eastern red cedar and chickasaw plum. Spring and fall flowering plants are bountiful and showy. The landscape is green in winter with winter grasses and legumes.