Location is at 424 South 400 West Greenfield 46140
The property is owned by the Hancock County Commissioners for the purpose of constructing the Pennsy Trails between 400 West and 500 West in 2021.
The 400 West Pennsy Trail Head
The multi-use Pennsy Trails will be constructed on the north side of this property and the Sugar Creek Water Shed Project will be constructed on the south side of this property. The plan is to prepared a comfort station for trail users and wildlife habitat educational signs for adults, students, scouts, and families. Contact us for more info using the contact page on the web site.
Honey Suckle Removal
Over 175 volunteers over the past 2 years have helped to clear and burn honeysuckle. Trees to keep are marked at the base of each tree so volunteers without experience in identifying honeysuckle could work on their own time. Several work groups included scouting troops and corporate work days. Trash is still being removed. After the honeysuckle was cut, mulch was laid over the cleared areas after using a weed killer spray per the recommendations of the DNR.
Ready to Transplant Native Indiana Wildflowers
There is a 5000 square foot area that has been removed of honeysuckle and is now ready for Native Indiana Wildflowers. The area is partly shaded and covered with mulch. This planting area is clearly marked with caution tape on the south side of this property, just west of the gravel parking area. Bring and plant your plants and enjoy this outdoor space. A great project for individuals at this time of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. We appreciate your help in restoring this for wildlife habitat.
What to plant
Using the INPAWS list at https://indiananativeplants.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/LandscapingPlants020820.pdf ,select plants from the Woods Edge, Perennials, Butterfly Food, and Shade ground cover lists. INPAWS list is compared below to Bonap.net and the DNR’s report for local wildflowers to plant this list to attract butterflies, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, thrushes, cardinals, orioles, chickadees, wrens, sparrows, jays, and bumblebees.
Common Name Scientific Name
Black Eyed Susan’s Rudbeckia hirta
Blood root Sanguinaria canadensis
Purple Cone Flowers Echinacea pallida
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
Wild Geraniums Geranium maculatum
Columbine Aquilegia canadenis
New England Asters Symphyotrichum novaeangliae
Jack in the Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Blue Lobelia Lobelia Siphilitic
Wild Blue Phlox Phlox divaricala
Sweet Joe Pyeweed Eupatorium purpureum
Blacksnake Root Sanicula odorata
Large Leaf Waterleaf Hydrophyllum macrophyllium
Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis
Golden Ragwort Packera aurea
False Solomon’s Seal Maianthemum racemosum
White Snake Root Argeratina altissima
Wild Ginger Asarum canadense
Mayflowers Podophyllum
Trillium Trillium
Cup plant Silphium perforliatum
Boneset Eupatorium perforliatum
Shining Aster Aster firmus
Swamp Aster Aster puniceus
False Aster Boltonia latisquama
Calico Aster Aster lateriflorus
Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
Monkey Flower Mimulus ringens
Wild Senna Cassia hebecarpa
Sneezeweed Helianthus grosseserratus
Smooth ironweed Veronica fasciculata
Saw-tooth Sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus
Blue Vervain Verbena hastata
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis
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Pennsy Trails of Hancock County Inc.
PO Box 214 New Palestine IN 46163
317-620-1006
The Pennsy trail is congested with trash and homeless camps. In some areas I saw as many as 30 shopping carts. This trail could be a beautiful place to run and bike but I don’t feel safe and I am disgusted by the level of trash strew throughout the woods on either side of the trail.
Hi Ben,
This sounds like the Indy section of the Pennsy Trails.
Please contact Indy parks at 1 317-327-7275
PennsyTrails.org