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

The Biodiversity Restoration Project is a joint effort of Chatfield's fifth/sixth grade students and staff as they engage in scientific inquiry to research the impact of human management of a prairie and wetland ecosystem, known as Prairies and Ponds at Oakdale. Students will work towards increasing biodiversity of this amazing urban migratory stopover site by restoring habitat.

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.