Hidden Oaks Point is a long flat point with dry prairie at the southern end, and a small mesic remnant at the north end. When we first explored it in 2000, the area between these two prairies had grown into a thick brushy woods with old, open-grown oaks around the edges. This is the story […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] This fall we finally tackled the line of trees and brush dividing Hidden Oaks Meadow from the Narrows Prairie. Hidden Oaks Meadow is a small mesic remnant. We’ve been mowing the edges to […]
[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 1/25/2013 1/25/2013 The savanna is looking more open now that most of the elms have died. 5/19/2013 This is the beginning of the path in from the Narrows Prairie. […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 3/9/2012 Burr Oaks behind the bench 9/21/2012 I’m doing some clearing work on the steepest part of the point. It’s in pretty good shape, but there are Prickly Ash and honeysuckle creeping […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 1/6/2011 4/18/2011 Mowing Hidden Oaks Meadow 4/18/2011 Looking at the meadow from the path – we worked on clearing a lot of the dead aspens, and this area is getting much […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 2/1/2010 4/23/2010 Looking out from the point – still plenty of birch trees on the hillside 10/9/2010 We tried pushing down dead aspens with the tractor. It didn’t work very well, […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 4/29/2009 5/12/2009 The west slope where I cleared brush last year 5/19/2009 This is the path between some scrubby woods and the aspen grove. (We put up a game camera to […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 2/23/2008 The bottom of the point, with the prairie slope emerging into the sun 5/18/2008 The slope below the prairie 5/22/2008 Blue-eyed Grass and Hoary Puccoon on the prairie 5/24/2008 […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 1/6/2007 This is the hollow where the Robin’s Plantain grows that I started clearing last fall. Now it’s pretty much cleared out. 4/20/2007 The point – with a few birch piles left […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 1/28/2002 Looking down the point to 3 Finger Valley 1/28/2002 The south-east facing slope of the point 7/11/2002 The bench with Leadplant 8/6/2002 Top of the point 8/6/2002 Purple […]