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

This year the only work I did on Sumac Prairie was on the few days in early September when I climbed up to look for Northern Flower Moths.  I cut and treated with herbicide some of the brush invading the edges of the southwest corner of the main prairie.

2/4/2024

 

2/13/2024

 

8/22/2024

 

9/6/2024

 

9/6/2024  Northern Flower Moths on Silky Aster

 

9/6/2024

 

9/6/2024  Savanna area below the prairie.  Erik from Kule Region Forestry mowed up here with a forestry mower in October of 2022.  He mowed mostly small Wild Cherries, Prickly Ash, Honeysuckle and Buckthorn.

 

9/9/2024  This was a good year for Great Plains Ladies Tresses – I saw several on Sumac Prairie, and quite a few on our other bluff remnants.

 

9/9/2024  This is the southwest corner of the main prairie where I did some cutting and treating of brush.

 

9/9/2024

 

9/9/2024

 

9/26/2024

 

12/28/2024