Native prairie 2024 Date(s): May 2, 2024. Album by Rollie Peschon. 1 - 24 of 61 Total. 919 Visits.
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2 "Dibbles" to plant conetainer forbs and grasses/ No soil disturbed= no weed seeds exposed.
3 Prairie Dock ready to plant. Note how the container trained the root to grow down instead of around like a typical potted plant. The deeper the root, the better the survival rate thru the first frost/winter cycle.
4 Butterfly Milkweed juvenile
5 juveniles ready to poke in the ground.
6 seedlings
7 The ribs along the side of the conetainer train the roots to go downward.
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9 1st year seedling in 16000 sq ft restoration
10 My Garretson restoration prior to snowfall 2023
11 Frost seeded restoration on top of 20 inches of snow in FEb 2023.
12 first year growth
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14 Christie Cash ( CC) restoration before it was started. Just a field of mostly Brome
15 CC a couple years later
16 CC
17 Root system display at Neil Smith National refuge in Iowa. of native forbs and grass
18 Black Eyed susans
19 Mexican hat coneflower
20 Swamp Milkweed
21 Native Lupine. Host plant for endangered Karner butterfly
