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• Butterfly Garden
• Habitats
• Trail Descriptions

Butterfly Garden

The Southern Bucks Home and Garden Club built and maintain a butterfly garden at the Silver Lake Nature Center. The garden is a delightful location to sit during the warm weather and watch the many insects that visit the flowers.

The club has worked hard to find plants that either have flowers attractive to butterflies or that provide food for their young. The garden is a colorful mix of native and introduced plants.

Many different insects can be found here. The most common butterflies are the Cabbage White, Monarchs, Tiger Swallowtails and Spring Azures. Another favorite insect is the Hummingbird Moth. The garden also attracts many types of pollinating insects such as bees.

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Habitats

The habitats include: Coastal Plain woodlands, Lake, Marshes, Fields, Wet Meadows, and an Unglaciated Bog. Protected within the park are several Pennsylvania Species of Special Concern. Silver Lake provides refuge for the Red-bellied Turtle, while the marsh is home for the Coastal Plain Leopard Frog. Maryland Meadow Beauties, Atlantic Blue-eyed Grass, Umbrella Magnolia, Sweetbay Magnolia and American Holly are some of the showier unusual plants.


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Trail Descriptions

The grounds have about 4.5 miles of Nature Trails routed through or near the various habitats. The flat terrain ranges from 18.5 to 34 feet above sea level. As a result, the trails have no hills and are very easy to negotiate.  A half-mile section linking the lake with the Visitor Center has a gravel surface for easy wheelchair and stroller accessibility.  The remaining trails are dirt, relatively smooth, and well marked.  The grounds are maintained to enhance the diversity of plant and animal life. Click here to see our trail maps.

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