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- The Annual Grassland Restoration Network Workshop – Coming to A Prairie Near You (If You’re Near Columbia, Missouri)
- A Weekend Walk in the Woods
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Tag Archives: woodland
Photo of the Week – May 23, 2013
Many thanks for all the great feedback on my garlic mustard post earlier this week. If there’s one big lesson from all the responses and suggestions I got via blog comments and emails, it’s that there is no standard effective … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – May 16, 2013
We spent two days in the southeast corner of Nebraska this week, pulling garlic mustard at our Rulo Bluffs Preserve. It was the second trip in as many weeks, and there was still plenty to do the second time around. … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants
Tagged flower, hickory, may apple, nebraska, oak, rulo, rulo bluffs preserve, wildflower, woodland
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A Weekend Walk in the Woods
We visited family in eastern Nebraska this weekend. My in-laws have an oak woodland that I’ve become familiar with over the years, and I was glad to have a little time to wander through it. Because of the cool spring, I was curious … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Insects, Prairie Plants
Tagged nebraska, woodland, oak woodland, great plains, moss, sporophyte, red mite, sarpy county, forest, leaf litter, mite
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Photo of the Week – November 23, 2012
No, they’re not orange blueberries… Also known as wild coffee because its fruits can be used as a substitute for coffee, late horse gentian’s orange fruits stand out in autumn woodlands. I found a small group of these plants on … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – April 19, 2012
We’ve been a little short on April showers this spring, but the warm weather is bringing on plenty of flowers. The little prairie garden in our yard is greening up much faster than it normally does. Today, the False Solomon’s … Continue reading
(What We Have Here is) A Failure to Communicate
Picture a grassland dominated by little bluestem and other grass species. One that has an abundance of wildflowers, including bird’s foot violet, goat’s rue, partridge pea, and numerous varieties of goldenrod, bushclover, and tickclover – among many others. This prairie … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged communication, exchange, grassland, longleaf alliance, longleaf pine, midwest prairie, mixed grass prairie, north american prairie conference, reconstruction, restoration, savanna, savannah, southeast, tallgrass prairie, techniques, woodland
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Savanna and Woodland Burning at the Rulo Bluffs Preserve
The Nature Conservancy’s Rulo Bluffs Preserve is one of the highest quality woodland/savanna habitats in Nebraska. Located at the very southeastern corner of the state, the 444 acre site has very steep topography, small prairies on the ridge tops, and … Continue reading
