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.