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Native Flora
Hawthorne Park houses an assortment of trees and plants, scattered around the nature trails and garden. Nursery logs in and around the park support plant life growing in the park.

The native tree species inside of Hawthorne Park includes pacific dogwood, paper birch, and western hemlock.

The native shrubs within Hawthorne Park contain salmonberry, and red elderberry.

Hawthorne Park has many native plants in its ecosystem that are common throughout the lower mainland such as grass, and meadow buttercups.

Bracket fungi is one of the various native fungi growing in Hawthorne Park.

There are semi-native plants within Hawthorne Park like Mint and Lavender located in the garden area, along with many other plant species and flowers. These plants were introduced into Hawthorne Park by humans, but pose no threat to the native species in the park.

Trails
The trails at Hawthorne Park are approximately 2.6 kilometers long, and would take take less than an hour to walk. The trails are contrived of 3/4" minus road mulch, therefore visitors who plan to cycle through the trails should be equipped with the appropriate tires. While strolling through the trails you can see the various plants and animals inhabiting Hawthorne Park.

Native Animals
The native animals in Hawthorne Park are the keystone species in the ecosystem, without them the environment would crumble and biodiversity would be lost.

Native bird species in Hawthorne Park includes mallard ducks, bald eagles, and woodpeckers.

Hawthorne Park possesses many mammal species such as coyotes, and squirrels.

The garter snake is one of the many reptile species inhabiting Hawthorne Park.