Search this Blog
Archives
Pages
-
Recent Posts
- Blowing Against the Wind?
- Photo of the Week – May 16, 2013
- Join Us For The Platte River Prairies Field Day: July 12, 2013
- Keeping a Low Profile in the Spring
- Photo of the Week – May 9, 2013
- A Prickly Confrontation
- Photo of the Week – May 2, 2013
- Capturing Post-Wildfire Recovery Through Timelapse Photography
- A Dandy Little Predator
- A Prairie Ecologist’s Perspective on Arbor Day
- Photo of the Week – April 25, 2013
- Tuning Into Fire Frequency
- Photo of the Week – April 18, 2013
- The Annual Grassland Restoration Network Workshop – Coming to A Prairie Near You (If You’re Near Columbia, Missouri)
- A Weekend Walk in the Woods
- Photo of the Week – April 11, 2013
- An Ill Wind…
- Is Poison Hemlock Repelled By Plant Diversity? Early Results Say Yes
- Photo of the Week – April 5, 2013
- Why A Warming Climate Is Making This Spring So Cold (… and Last Spring So Warm)
Tag Archives: prairie seeding
Is Poison Hemlock Repelled By Plant Diversity? Early Results Say Yes
How important is plant diversity? Most ecologists think it’s a critical component of resilient ecosystems. Last week I collected some data that lends support to that view. In some experimental prairie plantings we’ve established in our Platte River Prairies, plant diversity appears to be suppressing the invasion … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Natural History, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged conium maculatum, data, diverse seed mixture, grassland, nebraska, plant diversity, platte river prairie, poison hemlock, prairie, prairie planting, prairie reconstruction, prairie restoration, prairie seeding, research, seed mixture, species richness, value of plant diversity
8 Comments
Lessons From a Project to Improve Prairie Quality – Part 2: Overseeding and Seedling Plugs
Last week, I posted a summary of some findings from a long project to enhance prairie habitat. I focused that post on the lessons we learned from the fire/grazing management portion of the project, including impacts on regal fritillary butterflies. This … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Management, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged adding plant species, grassland, great plains, interseeding, nebraska, overseeding, prairie, prairie habitat, prairie overseeding, prairie restoration, prairie seeding, rehabilitating prairie, seedling plugs, seedlings, state wildlife grants, transplanting
13 Comments
Lady’s Tresses Orchids in Prairie Seedings
I love mysteries. I don’t know much about orchids, but my understanding is that they can be difficult to establish in restored (reconstructed) prairie, largely because they rely on mycorrhizal fungi that are unlikely to be present in soils after years of row crop … Continue reading
