April Program – Carol Trosset

Wildflowers and Birds in an Acre of Restored Woodland

Presented by Carol Trosset

Monday, April 29, 2024, 7:00 p.m.

Sharon Woods Visitor Center

Beginning in the 1950s, the Trosset family restored an acre of woodland in Evendale by letting the trees grow and repopulating the property with a large variety of native wildflowers. Using 40 years of weekly records collected by her mother, Carol will show us the richness of the resulting habitat, which has hosted 122 species of birds and 15 species of mammals. Data on wildflower bloom dates make it possible to see how climate change is affecting our local ephemeral wildflowers. Changes in the habitat over 70 years illustrate the opportunities and challenges of small-scale habitat restoration.

Carol Trosset grew up in Cincinnati studying natural history with her family and as a member of several local organizations, and recently returned here in retirement. She is the author of The Woods: The Natural History of an Acre in Southwestern Ohio, published in 2023 by the Ohio Biological Survey.

Sharon Woods Visitor Center is located at 11450 Lebanon Road, Sharonville, Ohio 45241 0.8 miles south of I-275.