The tall bellflower (Campanula americana) graces the edges of the Ghost Town Trail. Although most flower guidebooks note that the plant grows in rich moist soil these ones were growing at the edge of the trail in rocky soil. Moisture from a nearby ditch must be enough to allow them to survive here.
The Great-Spangled Fritillary butterfly is found throughout North America and is one of the most common butterflies at our parks and trails. Violets serve as the host plant for the larvae.
At the Waterworks Conservation Area mine water from an old coal mine is discharged from a riser pipe before entering the treatment system. Depending on how much water enters the mine after rain the flow of water out of the riser pipe sometimes looks like a piece of fine glass work.
