Buffalo Ridge Prairie 2014

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Buffalo Ridge Prairie page.]

The only maintenance we did this year was to mow some of the aspen seedlings that are coming up at the western edge of the prairie – next to an aspen woods.  The northern end of the prairie is getting very grassy, especially with some cool season, non-native grasses – probably Kentucky Bluegrass and Canada Bluegrass.  I haven’t figured out what to do about them yet.

1/17/2014

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4/7/2014   The edge next to the woods holds onto its snow for a long time after the rest of the prairie is bare.

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4/7/2014   The same day, looking the other way

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6/11/2014

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7/27/2014

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9/26/2014  Rough Blazing Star

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9/27/2014

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9/27/2014  The view across Buffalo Ridge to Western Prairie

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9/29/2014

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10/16/2014  Small oaks along the eastern edge of the prairie, catching the setting sun.  These are either Black Oaks or Red Oaks.

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11/12/2014

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