Cat’s Paw Prairie – 2021

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Cat’s Paw Prairie page.]

Mike mowed in September to control aspen sprouts, but otherwise we didn’t do any work here this year.

4/28/2021

 

4/28/2021

 

5/19/2021

 

5/19/2021

 

7/18/2021

 

7/18/2021

 

7/21/2021  We had a lot of days this summer with haze blown in from western wildfires.

 

7/21/2021

 

7/21/2021

 

7/21/2021  Purple and white Monarda

 

9/29/2021

 

9/29/2021

 

10/2/2021

 

10/8/2021  We have many areas like this – patches of Wood Betony mixed with White Gentian and other flowers, but no Tall Goldenrod.  The Wood Betony seems to keep out Tall Goldenrod.

 

10/31/2021

 

12/8/2021  Mostly Little Bluestem and Round-headed Bushclover