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Tallgrass Prairie Heritage Park
Adjacent to Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve is Tallgrass Prairie Heritage Park. Here is the Complex's largest population of Slender Bush Clover, a plant which occurs nowhere else in Canada. At the time this population was discovered in 1977, Slender Bush Clover was thought to be extirpated in Canada. Prior to this discovery, the only other record of the species was by botanist John Macoun in an 1892 collection from Leamington. Other wildflowers such as ladies' tresses orchids and Fringed Gentian bloom profusely at this site.
Several rare and unusual animals inhabit Tallgrass Prairie Heritage Park. Near the picturesque ponds, one might find the Double-striped Bluet and Pronghorn Clubtail dragonflies. Provincially rare butterflies which can be seen visiting prairie wildflowers include the Southern Cloudy wing and Wild Indigo Dusky Wing. The Red-bellied Snake, Butler's Garter Snake and Eastern Fox Snake are common park reptiles.
Tallgrass Prairie Heritage Park was created in 1990 as a cooperative natural heritage protection project of the Carolinian Canada Program. Acquisition of the park was made possible through the generous financial assistance of The Ontario Heritage Foundation, Wildlife Habitat Canada, The Nature Conservancy of Canada, Heritage Windsor, John & Olga Partyka and the City of Windsor.
