As much as one-fifth of the Earth's surface is covered in wild grasses in biomes known, aptly, as grasslands. These biomes are characterized by the plants that grow there, but they also attract a ...
Monarchs flitted between vivid purple blazing stars and goldenrod within arm's reach of late-summer seed collectors who studiously wandered the prairie Aug. 18 at Crow-Hassan Park Reserve near Hanover ...
The Scott County Soil & Water Conservation District is hosting a free live webinar July 23 on how to plant live native prairie in your own backyard. Education and Outreach Specialist Shelby Roberts ...
“Why Prairies Developed in North America” is the topic of the next meeting of the Lake-to-Prairie chapter of Wild Ones from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, in the outdoor classroom (Room E-114 if it rains) ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- In the early 2000s, a harvest of pine trees on Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau led to a remarkable discovery. Once sunlight hit the ground, the seeds and rootstock of native grasses ...
Questions: Two alternative mechanisms of abrupt vegetation change across ecological boundaries have been proposed: (1) concomitantly abrupt gradients in physical environmental variables and vegetation ...
Tallgrass prairies. One of America's most endangered ecosystems. While their size has diminished over the years — only an estimated 5 percent of the original tallgrass prairie in the United States ...
(“Prairie Suite: A Celebration,” poems by Twyla Hansen, drawings by Paul Johnsgard, Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, $13.95). Scholars tell us that residents of the Great Plains have the least ...