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Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area

Dead Man's Hollow is largest privately owned conservation area in Allegheny County at 434 acres and is open to the public year round from dawn til dusk. Access the Hollow from Catfish Pond, from Great Allegheny Passage, or from Orchard Lane.

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Wild Turkey 1
Meleagris gallopavo
Turkey Vulture 2
Cathartes aura
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Broad-winged Hawk 4
Buteo platypterus
Chimney Swift 5
Chaetura pelagica
Canada Goose 6
Branta canadensis
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
Polioptila caerulea
Carolina Wren 8
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 7
Troglodytes aedon
American Crow 9
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 10
Cyanocitta cristata
Northern Cardinal 7
Cardinalis cardinalis
Chipping Sparrow 11
Spizella passerina
White-throated Sparrow 12
Zonotrichia albicollis
Baltimore Oriole 13
Icterus galbula
Eastern Towhee 13
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Common Grackle 14
Quiscalus quiscula
Scarlet Tanager 7
Piranga olivacea
Indigo Bunting 15
Passerina cyanea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Mniotilta varia
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Molothrus ater
American Robin 17
Turdus migratorius
Veery 13
Catharus fuscescens
Wood Thrush 18
Hylocichla mustelina
Tufted Titmouse 19
Baeolophus bicolor
Eastern Phoebe 20
Sayornis phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo 7
Vireo olivaceus
Blue-headed Vireo 7
Vireo solitarius
Downy Woodpecker 21
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 22
Picoides villosus
Pileated Woodpecker 23
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 24
Melanerpes carolinus
White-tailed Deer 25
Odocoileus virginianus
Domestic Dog
Canis familiaris
Common Dandelion 26
Taraxacum officinale
Dames Rocket 27
Hesperis matronalis
Eastern Redbud 28
Cercis canadensis
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
squirrel corn 29
Dicentra canadensis
American Beech 30
Fagus grandifolia
Mayapple 31
Podophyllum peltatum
Virginia Creeper 32
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Jack-in-the-pulpit 33
Arisaema triphyllum
Wake-Robin 34
Trillium erectum
Bloodroot 35
Sanguinaria canadensis
False Solomon's Seal 7
Maianthemum racemosum
Eastern White Pine 36
Pinus strobus
Sugar Maple 37
Acer saccharum
Bracken 38
Pteridium aquilinum
American Elder 39
Sambucus nigra canadensis
Elderberry 40
Sambucus nigra
Catchweed bedstraw 41
Galium aparine
common chickweed 42
Stellaria media
Turkey-tail 43
Trametes versicolor
Christmas Fern 36
Polystichum acrostichoides
Rum Cherry 44
Prunus serotina
Large White Trillium 45
Trillium grandiflorum
False Turkey-tail 12
Stereum ostrea
small white leek 46
Allium tricoccum
Hairy bittercress 41
Cardamine hirsuta
Lesser Periwinkle 47
Vinca minor
Red deadnettle 42
Lamium purpureum
Glossy Buckthorn 48
Frangula alnus
Garlic Mustard 48
Alliaria petiolata
Star-of-Bethlehem 46
Ornithogalum umbellatum
Canadian wild ginger 49
Asarum canadense
great scented liverwort 50
Conocephalum conicum
Mourning Cloak 51
Nymphalis antiopa
Thunberg's Barberry 52
Berberis thunbergii
Poison Ivy 53
Toxicodendron radicans
Virginia Bluebells 54
Mertensia virginica
Cutleaf Toothwort 55
Cardamine concatenata
Ovenbird 56
Seiurus aurocapilla
maple-leaf viburnum 34
Viburnum acerifolium
Oriental Staff Vine 57
Celastrus orbiculatus
Carolina spring-beauty 58
Claytonia caroliniana
azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
Louisiana Waterthrush 59
Parkesia motacilla
Japanese Knotweed 60
Fallopia japonica
Multiflora Rose 61
Rosa multiflora
Virginia Waterleaf 62
Hydrophyllum virginianum
early meadow-rue 34
Thalictrum dioicum
eastern tent caterpillar 63
Malacosoma americanum
woolly blue violet 64
Viola sororia
Blue Cohosh 65
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 66
Regulus calendula
spring beauty 67
Claytonia virginica
wingstem 68
Verbesina alternifolia
Common Greenshield Lichen 69
Flavoparmelia caperata
Dryad's Saddle 70
Polyporus squamosus
broadleaf toothwort 71
Cardamine diphylla
Wood nettle 65
Laportea canadensis
smooth rockcress
Boechera laevigata
ebony spleenwort 34
Asplenium platyneuron
small-flowered crowfoot 55
Ranunculus abortivus
smooth yellow violet 72
Viola pensylvanica
star chickweed 73
Stellaria pubera
large-flower bellwort 74
Uvularia grandiflora

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