Plants and Animals
Cherokee Park is home to a surprising diversity of wildlife and plants. Eastern white tail deer, raccoon, gray fox, opossum, groundhogs, Eastern cottontail, gray squirrel, fox squirrel, snapping turtles, Eastern box turtle, garter snakes, red tailed hawk, crows, beaver, the Louisville Crayfish, and a handful of salamander varieties. Many different songbird species have been seen in the parks by the Beckham Bird Club and other naturalists. A flora of Cherokee Park and other Frederick Law Olmsted Parks will be released this year by Louisville botanist Patricia Dalton Haragan.
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