by Driftless Prairies | Aug 26, 2016 | Prairies and Woods, Soil
This is a guest blog written by Beau Larkin and Ylva Lekberg. Jim and I were excited they chose our property as one of their research sites. Often prairie restoration is to change agricultural fields into native prairie habitat. We can evaluate progress by comparing...
by Driftless Prairies | Aug 18, 2016 | Prairies and Woods
I had the opportunity to attend a Seed Sourcing Symposium at the Chicago Botanic Gardens on June 13. It was an important meeting and just the beginning of a very important discussion. The meeting moved from historical aspects of seed sourcing to current day projects...
by Driftless Prairies | Jul 23, 2015 | Plants, Prairies and Woods
Our management plan is simple: remove the invasives and increase diversity. One way we increase diversity is by propagating plants and planting them into various areas. How many we plant out in a year varies. It depends on my success rate at getting the native seed to...
by Driftless Prairies | Jun 22, 2015 | Invasives, Prairies and Woods
Spotted knapweed, Centaurea maculosa, was introduced to America via contaminated alfalfa and clover seed in the 1890s. It is considered the “most problematic invasive species in North America” (Emery et al. 2005). All the purple blooms are for 1 plant!! This is the...
by Driftless Prairies | Mar 7, 2015 | Prairies and Woods
This article was written by Beth Goeppinger, WI DNR Naturalist at Richard Bong State Recreation Area. It demonstrates how important monitoring is to our management practices. Richard Bong State Recreation Area is a heavily used 4,515 acre property in the Wisconsin...
by Driftless Prairies | Apr 14, 2014 | Prairies and Woods
Seeds are fabulous fascinating aspects of flowers. There are no two alike, even among similar genera. They vary in size, shape, color, transportation method, germination method, and the list can go on. They are an important life source for plants, birds, insects, and...
