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  • Prairies were historically a fire–swept landscape, where prairie plants evolved with fire. The fire is needed to stimulate the prairie plants to seed and bloom. In restoration, it is also important to restore the natural process that shaped the prairie.
    Restoration 15
  • The purple wild lupines and heart-leaved zizia
    Lupine Landscape
  • Autumn in Ryerson Woods
  • Pine Forest
  • Conflowers & Black-eyed Susans
  • 24 Pale Purple Coneflowers
  • Pale Purple Coneflower
  • Hiking the Trillium Gap Trail in the Smoky Mountains, this picturesque waterfall was my reward at the end of the climb. What is really unique about Grotto Falls is that I was able to also hike behind the falls, as the trail is carved right into the rock face at the waterfall's back.
    Grotto Falls
  • Bluestem Paints Day's End 12
  • 23 Pale Purple Coneflowers
  • The land steward volunteer plants the seven hundred eighty pounds of seed, allowing about 48.75 pounds of seed per acre.
    Restoration 12
  • Barrels of prairie seed line this former sixteen acre cornfield and await the restoration planting.
    Restoration 11
  • The Porcupine Grass seed is very unique, with a furry tip that comes to a very sharp point, like a porcupine quill. Read more about this grass in my blog entry called "Porcupines in the Prairie." https://deehudsonphotography.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/porcupines-in-the-prairie/
    Porcupine Grass
  • Graduate student, Kim Schmidt, weighs the ornate box turtle with a pesola scale.
    Restoration 19
  • Most of the seeds at Nachusa Grasslands are hand–harvested so the seed proportions in a mix for a new planting can be determined and the prairie land remains undisturbed.
    Restoration 02
  • The graceful spires of the White Wild Indigo appear to dance in the evening light. I photographed these beauties in the Holland West unit at Nachusa Grasslands.
    White Wild Indigo
  • The turtle is measured with a caliper.
    Restoration 20
  • After mixing the seven hundred eighty pounds of seeds for a couple hours, the seeds were shoveled back into the barrels, one scoop at a time, creating further mixing.
    Restoration 08
  • Prairie_2333
  • This researcher is searching a burrow for turtles.
    Restoration 17
  • When the prairie is restored and healthy, the native wildlife also returns. This burrow is a sign of the terrestrial ornate box turtle, which seeks out habitats that are sandy and dry like parts of the prairie grasslands.<br />
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The turtles will retreat to their burrows to escape the heat, to find moisture and to hibernate in the winter.
    Restoration 16
  • Most of the seeds at Nachusa Grasslands are hand–harvested so the seed proportions for a new planting mix can be determined and the prairie land remains undisturbed.
    Old Field
  • The splendor of the rough blazing star on a quiet evening in the prairie.
    Quiet Splendor
  • Vibrant Blush
  • Kathy J Parenteau wrote, "Stand tall oh mighty oak, for all the world to see, your strength and undying beauty forever amazes me."  The winged ridges along the bur oak branches and the little "Friar Tuck" acorns (acorns with a hairy fringe on the cap) are a couple unique characteristics I enjoy about this tree. At sunset this oak certainly created an impressive figure. Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
    The Mighty Bur Oak
  • Finds
  • In the winter, volunteers are busy removing the weedy and the exotic tree species so that the native shrubs and trees can establish.
    Restoration 14
  • The moment when all my life is simplified.
    Serene Haven
  • This Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadesis) was a glorious greeting in the early misty morning. Though it provides lovely color in early autumn, this particular species can become invasive in the prairie. The Canada goldenrod can multiply quickly and form dense large patches that prevent other species from establishing. Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
    Canada Goldenrod
  • The pale purple coneflower is a very showy flower, especially when planted in mass or with other flowers of contrasting color. This sunrise view looks eastward over the Gobbler Ridge unit at Clear Creek Knolls. Volunteer stewards, Bernie & Cindy Buchholz, planted this stretch of prairie in 2011. Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
    Coneflower Sunrise
  • Surreal
  • A volunteer land steward waves from his unit.
    Potholes
  • Nature's fall prairie quilt blankets Fameflower Knob, beginning with the patch of green coreopsis stems in the foreground, followed by a stand of yellow Canada goldenrod, and then all surrounded by orange–red little bluestem grass.
    A Mozaic of Coreopsis, Goldenrod & L..stem
  • Tranquil Moment 08
  • When invasive weeds are too numerous, staff and volunteers must hand–spray with an herbicide.
    Restoration 04
  • Grassland Souls 03
  • These volunteers are hot, sweaty and tired after walking through this new prairie planting searching for invasive weeds. The volunteers spend hours bending over and on their hands and knees removing the weeds. This weed management is greatly needed in the early years of a new planting in order to give the prairie plants time to establish and flourish.
    Restoration 03
  • 21 Pale Purple Coneflowers
  • Prairie Switch Grass is a native grass that thrives in the hot, dry prairies of Illinois. With the dew drops glistening, the Switch Grass greets the dawn of a new day.
    Switch Grass
  • The Wood Betony creates a lovely yellow carpet across Nachusa Grasslands prairie in the springtime. This lovely plant is actually parasitic on tall grasses, allowing the shorter grasses and flowers to populate areas of the prairie. The flowers are also a favorite bumblebee stop.
    Wood Betony
  • As waterfalls freeze, they form intricate pillars of ice that create beautiful winter landscape designs.
    Ice Sculpture009.tif
  • Prairies were historically a fire–swept landscape, where prairie plants evolved with fire. The fire is needed to stimulate the prairie plants to seed and bloom. In restoration, it is also important to restore the natural process that shaped the prairie.
    Burn
  • Elegant on its slender & leafless stems, the Western Sunflower danced in the early morning breeze. The blooms brighten the prairie landscape in late summer and create a breathtaking scene when they grow amongst the purple Rough Blazingstar. This native prairie bloom is actually rather short for a sunflower, growing only 2-3 feet tall. Western Sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis)
    Western Sunflower
  • These floral spikes are so captivating, with the lavender flowers blooming from the bottom up. If the Vervain is planted near the Yellow Coneflower, a beautiful landscape scene begins to emerge. Many insects are attracted to the flowers, including bees, flies, grasshoppers and butterflies. Birds such as the Cardinal, the Junco (in winter) and the Field Sparrow, enjoy the seeds. Hoary Vervain (Ratibida pinnata)
    Vervain & Coneflowers