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Salt Marshes in Nebraska
Far from any present-day sea shore, saline wetlands are hanging on for dear life in eastern Nebraska. Fed by saline groundwater – through a process not yet completely understood – saline wetlands are a unique natural community in the middle … Continue reading
In Celebration of Annuals
When most people think about prairie plants, they think about long-lived perennial grasses and wildflowers. However, 20-25% of plant species in most prairies are annuals; germinating, flowering, and dying in the same growing season. Some of those annuals are tiny … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged androsace occidentalis, annual plants, deer vetch, eustoma grandflorum, grassland, helianthus petiolaris, lotus uniflorus, macro photography, photography, plains annual sunflower, plantago patagonica, prairie, prairie gentian, salicornia rubra, saltwort, western rockjasmine, wildflowers, woolly plantain
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