Tall Grass Prairie

Welcome to my ecosystem blog.:

I will share the information and experiences I had in my ecosystem this summer and spring.

Location

The small patch located to the south west of the Kesling pond. It is surrounded by Thomas woods, Kesling pond and more prairie on the south side. The location has contributed to a unique prarie.

Prairie InfoThe prairie was planted in June 2001. It has since been burned every 3 years in the spring.

The prairie was planted for the following reasons

- to keep the site in early successional herbaceous cover
- to eliminate the need for periodic tractor mowing (every 4 years) that keeps it herbaceous (and not succeed to woody species). Instead, maintain it by burning every 3 yrs.
- to establish native plants on the landscape that connect with the wetland habitat, to the north, and the existing prairie habitat, to the south.