Tall Bonest

Tall Bonest is a flower that looks like cotton when it blooms. It is a great flower for prairies. It attracts many insects like grasshoppers.

Purple Coneflower

The purple coneflower is the most used flower in medical situations because it is a good pain killer. The charistics are it is a summer flower and it is yellow and purple. And the flowers blooming period is late summer.

Ragweed

Ragweed is grown in large bundels it could get up to 13 feet tall. Ragweed can produce male and female flower heads.Ragweed is good food  for many birds.Ragweed can be yellow and green

Switchgrass

Switchgrass is a vigourus plant that grows all over the unitedstates. Switchgrass grows to 3-8 feet high.1/2 to 1 inches and 30 to 60 inches in length. They have green blueisih leaves. It has deep peichrating roots so it can survive long droughts. The blant provides great cover for animal populations.

Why We Burn Prairies

There are several reasons why the prairie is burned and those reasons are the benefits. The prairie needs fire to exist. Along with grazing, fire has always been an essential ecological process for the preservation and sustainability of the prairie ecosystem. Burning removes old growth, controls the establishment and spread of invasive and woody plant species, puts nutrients back into the soil, and promotes the growth and abundance of native prairie grasses and forbs. In turn, wildlife habitat is improved, native prairie plant communities are enhanced, and forage productivity is increased.

Grey- Head Cone Flower

The Grey Headed cone flower is a a plant in a prairie that gets about four feet tall. It grows yellow peddles on the side of it. It blooms in the mid- spring. It almost looks a daisy but its peddles are upside down. This wildflower is not invasive, not endangered, and can not be eaten. It is native to plain regions but can be grown in all regions. It is indigenous to northern american plains. Adapts to almost all soils but prefers gritty soil. It needs full sun.

Milkweed and Indian Grass

MILKWEED

  People have used milkweed for fiber, food, and medicine all over the United States and southern Canada. Milkweeds supply tough fibers for making cords and ropes, and for weaving a coarse cloth. Milkweed stems are collected after the stalks senesce in late fall-early winter.

 Milkweed is a great plant for the garden and provides habitat for many creatures. In addition to being a host plant to the monarch butterfly, milk offers many other benefits.

There are over 100 species of milkweed in North America and the diversity of foliage and flower color is quite amazing. All milkweeds are herbaceous perennials, meaning they live for more than two years. In fact, most milkweeds will live for several years if cared for properly. Since some milkweeds can't handle freezing temperatures, there are two classifications we like to divide them into.