novaTopFlexHype for the Future 105C: The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Introduction The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is located within Will County, Illinois, by the site of the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant. Today, the nearest community to the tallgrass prairie is Wilmington in the southern part of the county within the Greater Chicago area. Interactions Human-environment interaction, in particular based on the presence of American bison, is of common interest within the area of the tallgrass prairie. Though established under legislation distinct […]
Journal of Plant Ecology【EDITOR'S CHOICE】
Effect of genotypic richness, drought and mycorrhizal associations on productivity and functional traits of a dominant #C4Grass
#TallgrassPrairie | #AndropogonGerardii | #GeneticDiversity| #Mutualism
Adam H. SparksI never tire of these views. I was recently back in Kansas and was able to catch up with my old friend and photographer Scott Bean, https://scottbeanphoto.com, who twisted my arm to get me to go out for a quick photoshoot before I left town. Neither of us traditionally likes sunrises, but on this morning the light was perfect and the company was good.
#FlintHills #Kansas #Backroads #Prairie #TallgrassPrairie
#FlintHills #Kansas #Backroads #Prairie #TallgrassPrairie
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺A rare #orchid survives on a few tracts of #prairie. Researchers want to learn its secrets https://phys.org/news/2024-08-rare-orchid-survives-tracts-prairie.html
"The orchid is a unique insight into its nearly vanished ecosystem—the #TallgrassPrairie—as well as for understanding connectedness with pollinators and other plants... The orchid's only known #pollinators are #hawkmoths, big #moths that are just the right fit and size to reach the orchid's nectar, in a long spur, while also pollinating the plant."
Longreads"Feel your hands in a soft grass, waist-high and moving in a strong south wind. Smell the sweetness of that grass, and behold the biggest sky on Earth save above the open sea. If this be nothing, then for me nothing be heaven." —Sarah Smarsh for Orion Magazine
https://orionmagazine.org/article/prairie-grassland-restoration-north-america/
#Longreads #EditorsPick #TallGrassPrairie #Kansas #LandConservation #Restoration
Sisyphus with a HatVisiting a friend in Winnipeg. We went out to Beaudry Provincial Park, west of the city, where there is some very interesting tall grass prairie being restored. One of the flowers, new to me, was closed gentian. Magnificent.
#tallgrassprairie #Manitoba #gentian #prairieflowers #rewilding #restoration #flowerphotography #conservation
Silvia Sánchez"Espigas"
(Internet outage for 24hrs in my area, still wobbly, posting uncertain)
#grass #tallgrass #tallgrassprairie #miniprairie #espigas #espigasdetrigo #seeds #ripe #grains #green #summer #summervibes #sunny #sunnyday #ireland #countyclare #closeup #macro #macrophotography
(Internet outage for 24hrs in my area, still wobbly, posting uncertain)
#grass #tallgrass #tallgrassprairie #miniprairie #espigas #espigasdetrigo #seeds #ripe #grains #green #summer #summervibes #sunny #sunnyday #ireland #countyclare #closeup #macro #macrophotography
Kohane"Espigas"
#grass #tallgrass #tallgrassprairie #miniprairie #espigas #espigasdetrigo #seeds #ripe #grains #green #summer #summervibes #sunny #sunnyday #ireland #countyclare #closeup #macro #macrophotography
Adventures of Ranger SarahRanger Sarah visits the most popular ranger at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, "Badger"
#adventuresofrangersarah #rangersarah #tallgrassprairie #outdooradventures #nationalpark
Ranger Sarah at the Historic Spring Hill Ranch Barn, a three story barn constructed from Cottonwood Limestone.
— at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.
#adventuresofrangersarah #rangersarah #tallgrassprairie #history #outdooradventures #nationalpark
