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

We didn’t do much work in this area this year.  Mike did the usual spring mowing.  I pulled most of the Queen Anne’s Lace, and cut and treated buckthorns around and behind the big brush pile.

4/14/2023  These first photos are right after the spring mowing

4/14/2023

4/14/2023

5/8/2023

7/20/2023  The middle of the savanna opening with one of the sound meters that we use to record animal and bird sounds, looking north into the Narrows Prairie.

7/20/2023  Looking the other way – south – toward the point.

7/23/2023

9/20/2023  Fall color – the yellow is Indian Hemp (also called Dogbane – Apocynum cannabinum) .

10/22/2023  Looking into the savanna from the Narrows Prairie – through Armund’s Gap.

10/22/2023  The bench at the edge of the savanna which looks out onto Hidden Oaks Point.

10/22/2023

10/25/2023  This is the shady savanna area next to and behind the big brush pile.  This area, and the wooded hillside to the east has many buckthorns that I’m slowly working to remove.

12/22/2023