Sentences with phrase «grass prairies in»

Opponents of the Cape Wind project — a plan to build several 417 - foot - high turbines off the coast of Cape Cod — as well as projects planned for the tall - grass prairies in Kansas and the ridgetops of Vermont and New Hampshire, cite aesthetics as one of the major drawbacks of wind power.

Collaborative efforts to restore a portion of the native tall - grass prairie in Iowa are detailed in a distinguished prose narrative and glorious full - color photographs.

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In a recent column in the Journal of Family Ministry, theologian Wendy Wright recounts shopping for florists for the wedding of her daughter, who wanted bouquets of gladiolas and native prairie grasseIn a recent column in the Journal of Family Ministry, theologian Wendy Wright recounts shopping for florists for the wedding of her daughter, who wanted bouquets of gladiolas and native prairie grassein the Journal of Family Ministry, theologian Wendy Wright recounts shopping for florists for the wedding of her daughter, who wanted bouquets of gladiolas and native prairie grasses.

The light seems to come in two varieties, silver or gold, and sometimes the glow makes it feel like the prairies are threatening to take over; the concrete will start falling away and luscious grasses will spring up everywhere, wildflowers and meadow as far as the eye can see.

It was there that Calcavecchia tirelessly taught himself to play on those indifferent grasses in buffeting prairie winds.

Some gamesome wights will tell you that they have to plant weeds there, they don't grow naturally; that they import Canada thistles; that they have to send beyond seas for a spile to stop a leak in an oil cask; that pieces of wood in Nantucket are carried about like bits of the true cross in Rome; that people there plant toadstools before their houses, to get under the shade in summertime; that one blade of grass makes an oasis, three blades in a day's walk a prairie; that they wear quicksand shoes, something like Laplander snowshoes; that they are so shut up, belted about, every way inclosed, surrounded, and made an utter island of by the ocean, that to their very chairs and tables small clams will sometimes be found adhering, as to the backs of sea turtles.

The Liberty Prairie Conservancy is looking for volunteers to plant flowers and grass at two prairie restoration sites in central Lake County.

Park planners and landscape architects held their first open house on Monday to show site plans for four neighborhood parks with features, such as prairie grasses and picnic shelters, that will be added in five to seven years.

In partnership with the Fox Valley Park District, students and park district employees planted about 3,000 prairie grasses and wildflowers along a stretch of Waubonsie Lake, which features a walking path behind the school.

Remnants of coke ovens and blast furnaces from the early days of the steel industry, old limestone quarries, prairie grasses and diverse wildlife are among the hidden treasures in the overgrown land set aside for the park, between Lockport and Joliet, according to planners who met this week in Joliet.

The studies do find some benefit from biofuels but only when planted on agricultural land too dry or degraded for food production or significant tree or plant growth and only when derived from native plants, such as a mix of prairie grasses in the U.S. Midwest.

A bioenergy field trial in Wisconsin is evaluating how switchgrass, Miscanthus, corn stover, poplar trees, and native prairie grasses stack up against each other.

Switchgrass and prairie cordgrass, both native perennial grasses grown for biomass, come out of dormancy when the soil warms up for a week or more, usually in April.

Big bluestem, or Andropogon gerardii, is a common grass in natural and restored prairies across the central Midwestern region that includes Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri and Iowa.

That result contrasts sharply with a controversial study published just over a year ago in Science that suggested that a mixture of prairie grasses farmed with little fertilizer or other inputs would produce a higher net energy yield than ethanol produced from corn (Science, 8 December 2006, p. 1598).

She started with mice, putting 126 bodies into individual containers with soil from three places: a short grass prairie and a subalpine lodgepole pine forest in Colorado, and a desert in Texas.

Rout combined forces with colleagues from The University of Montana, The University of Texas Arlington, and University of Washington to investigate whether the differences in soil nutrient concentrations found in an invaded prairie could be due to metabolic processes of the bacterial microbiome associated with the invasive grass, and to determine whether these microbial agents facilitate the perpetuation and spread of this invasive grass.

Indeed, the alarming rate — almost 0.5 meters a year — at which the invasive grass Sorghum halepense has invaded the tallgrass prairie, formerly dominated by the native little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), over the last 25 years, and the complete dominance of that invasive was the ideal situation in which Rout could test her ideas.

These quail used to be fairly common in the state, but they depend on tall - grass prairies as habitat.

But fields of switchgrass and mixed prairie — planted mixtures of perennial grasses and flowering plants — enhanced biodiversity and improved ecosystem services, Landis and colleagues report January 13 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Millions of these gigantic grass - eaters roamed North America's prairie before people nearly hunted these majestic beasts to extinction in the 1800s.

There are far fewer species of grasses and grasslike plants around prairie wetlands — those potholes — than in areas that were once farmed, DeKeyser found.

He stopped at the edge of a Midwestern prairie, a thicket of tall flowers and grasses more frightening to farmers than any horror movie madman lurking in a barn with a chain saw.

The longest rail - trial in Kansas, this 117 - mile route passes through five counties while crisscrossing the Flint Hills — one of the last remaining tall grass prairie ecosystems in the world.

In naturally occurring conditions, buffalo grazed in western Kansas but not in eastern Kansas where the yields of prairie grasses were larger per acrIn naturally occurring conditions, buffalo grazed in western Kansas but not in eastern Kansas where the yields of prairie grasses were larger per acrin western Kansas but not in eastern Kansas where the yields of prairie grasses were larger per acrin eastern Kansas where the yields of prairie grasses were larger per acre.

It would be tempting to assume that most date ideas in the prairie provinces involve some combination of open skies, waving grasses, and cowboys — and while these can be fun (Calgary Stampede anyone?)

A solar - panel system generates enough electricity to power 24 classrooms, a courtyard greenhouse shelters vegetables and native prairie Illinois grass, a small «living wall» of plants filters air and water in a freshman biology classroom, and a handcrafted biodiesel production facility provides a living lab for chemistry students and fuel for one of Bloom's minibuses.

Named in honor of Big Bluestem which is the state prairie grass, the award may include both timeless classics and current titles, as well as books that have appeared on Monarch and Rebecca Caudill lists.

This is also a low - dust litter, and it has natural prairie grasses in it.

In the wild, prairie dogs tend to eat grasses, plants, and leaves.

The silver in the staples shimmers in the bright light from above, like prairie grass swaying, but the effect of so many together suggests a kind of violence and interjection that is anything but glamorous or serene.

For her show at Cross Contemporary Art, she introduces a series of cyanotypes (prints created by sunlight) using rare botanical prairie grass samples and mysterious equine imagery whose reverse shadows are suspended in a sky - blue ground.

In 2010 at the University of Northern Iowa, a summertime count in some 100 acres of prairie grasses and flowers turned up 176 monarchs; this year, there were 1In 2010 at the University of Northern Iowa, a summertime count in some 100 acres of prairie grasses and flowers turned up 176 monarchs; this year, there were 1in some 100 acres of prairie grasses and flowers turned up 176 monarchs; this year, there were 11.

Grazing management impacts on vegetation, soil biota and soil chemical, physical and hydrological properties in tall grass prairie.

Aquascape's head office had «the largest sloping green roof in North America, planted with native prairie grass and flowers and a complete irrigation system.»

In 1878, the geologist John Wesley Powell noted the transformation observed as he crossed a north - south band of terrain in the U.S. «On the east, luxuriant growth of grass is seen, and the gaudy flowers of the order Compositae make the prairie landscape beautifuIn 1878, the geologist John Wesley Powell noted the transformation observed as he crossed a north - south band of terrain in the U.S. «On the east, luxuriant growth of grass is seen, and the gaudy flowers of the order Compositae make the prairie landscape beautifuin the U.S. «On the east, luxuriant growth of grass is seen, and the gaudy flowers of the order Compositae make the prairie landscape beautiful.

Increased rainfall variability was more significant than rainfall amount for tall - grass prairie productivity (Fay et al., 2000, 2002), with a 50 % increase in dry - spell duration causing 10 % reduction in NPP (Fay et al., 2003) and a 13 % reduction in soil respiration (Harper et al., 2005).

In some of these cases, restoring native prairie grasses would be more effective.

The researchers are particularly interested in seeing how the prairie grass stands sustain harvest — in other words, if they will need to be burned down less or if certain parts of the stand will only need to be harvested every year in rotation.

Preferred habitat: prairies + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: dormant in winter + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, tolerates poor drainage + + + + Light conditions: partial shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 1/2 to 2 pounds of pure live seed per 1,000 square feet, or 2 feet apart for garden accent + + + + Wildlife value: important forage grass, butterfly larval food plant, wood nymph larvae eat it

A study conducted this past year by David Tilman, an ecology professor at the University of Minnesota, had demonstrated the potential for polycultures of multiple grass, prairie and wildflower species to serve as an alternative to switchgrass in producing ethanol.

My Cowkids head out the the prairie and gather up all the grasses and place them in vases, and we spread them around the house.