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As one of the largest tracts of old-growth forest in an urban area with over 100,000 people, Wesselman Woods is unlike other forests in the state of Indiana. Wesselman Woods is a bottomland forest with pockets of vernal pools in the spring and fall. The urban ecology of Wesselman Woods is unique considering that we have mammals (coyotes, deer, bobcats, rodents, etc.), snakes (garter, king, black rat, etc.), turtles (painted and Eastern box), amphibians (salamanders, frogs, etc.), birds (turkey vultures, pileated woodpeckers, hummingbirds, etc.), and too many arthropods to count. Not many urban forests, especially urban old-growth forests, can boast this amount of diversity.

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