Hidden Oaks Point 2013

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.]

1/25/2013

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1/25/2013  The savanna is looking more open now that most of the elms have died.

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5/19/2013   This is the beginning of the path in from the Narrows Prairie.  The first part is very wooded – with a few apple trees, old sumacs, and more birches and aspen.

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5/28/2013  The west facing slope…the girdled birches are dying and falling down.

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5/28/2013  The point with Hoary Puccoon

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6/2/2013  More Hoary Puccoon

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6/2/2013   This shows the west facing slope with the tangle of brush that I need to work my way down into.  It’s much too steep for the tractor, so I’ll do it by hand.

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6/7/2013

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6/7/2013  Looking south through the savanna

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6/7/2013  Looking north, to the meadow.  It’s exciting to see how open this is now.  We’re hoping for some prairie/savanna plants, but it will probably take a few years.

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6/7/2013  Prairie Violet  (Viola pedatifida)

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7/6/2013  This year we weed whacked the sumac on top of the prairie.  We’ll do that once or twice a year for a few years and see if that sets it back.

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7/6/2013  The savanna

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7/29/2013  After mowing the area that used to be aspen woods

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8/8/2013  Looking from the savanna – with blooming Monarda – into the newly mowed former aspen grove

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8/24/2013  Hidden Oaks Meadow

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8/28/2013  Monarch in Hidden Oaks Meadow

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9/22/2013   The prairie, looking back through the savanna

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11/14/2013  The grove of Burr Oaks behind the bench.

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