Sentences with phrase «prairie plants»

"Prairie plants" refers to the types of plants that naturally grow in prairies, which are large areas of flat, open grassland. These plants are usually tough and adapted to survive in prairie environments, with characteristics like deep roots, drought tolerance, and the ability to withstand frequent fires. Full definition
He and his colleagues repeatedly visited more than 100 marginal fields growing maize, switchgrass or mixed prairie plants in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Underground, an extensive root system of prairie plants helps to filter pollutants when rainwater percolates through the soil.
Researchers at the University of Northern Iowa's Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) are looking at ways to use the state's mixed prairie plantings as a source of renewable energy — as biomass to produce ethanol or to burn for electricity.
Volunteers will use rakes to score the soil and then sprinkle seeds from native prairie plant species.
Conspicuously absent is any mention of other environmental priorities, conservation goals or protection for rare prairie plants, birds and other animals.
Aurora junior Hannah Truckenbrod carries a water bucket through the established prairie planted by students last year.
A moist prairie plant, it has dwindled due to fire - suppression and agriculture, said Scot Duncan, a biology professor at Birmingham - Southern College and author of Southern Wonder, a book on Southern ecology.
The butterflies reared on these plants had, on average, 6 times as much sodium in their bodies as those reared on prairie plants, and were less likely to survive beyond the caterpillar stage.
For Cowan, the sculptures of prairie plants allude to the flowers she keeps in vases in her home.
But hopefully, in the window of time it takes the KGB to recover, new prairie plants will gain a foothold.
This in turn will help desirable «warm - season» prairie plants get a head start over less desirable «cool - season» weeds.
Good examples of «water sourcers» are prairie plants such as little bluestem, purple coneflower, and prairie dock.
«When you hear about biomass, you usually hear only about switchgrass, but we're looking at using prairie plants including wildflowers,» said Dave Williams, manager of TPC's Prairie Institute.
In addition, prairie planting tests are currently being conducted in hopes that the fallow land under the solar panels into an organic carbon sink.
A teaching ring of prairie planting will be added to Harris Fawell Park for science classes at the nearby elementary school to use.
Smith estimates that 100 acres of the mixed prairie plantings could provide enough fuel for an 8 - hour test burn at one of CFU's facilities.
Residents reviewed plans for adding granite boulders, prairie plantings and other landscaping to stabilize the shoreline, which will cost more than $ 440,000.
Waubonsie Valley High School students taking Advanced Placement environmental science and biology got their hands dirty and their feet wet in a prairie planting project just outside the school.
Armstrong said students enjoy coming back to Waubonsie to see the growth of the prairies they planted.
With 85 percent of plants surviving last year's drought and this year's flood, students added more plants to the existing prairie and then extended the prairie plantings along the Waubonsie Lake shore.
Other park features, such as gazebo - like shelters, paths and prairie plantings, will be added in future years once the site plans are fit into the district's capital improvement plan, Collins said.
Daul offered Horn a job with the park district last summer after noticing his enthusiasm during the prairie planting project.
But a prairie plant in the Midwest, where many miles of land have a similar temperature, might have to travel much farther to remain in its preferred habitat.
Meanwhile, I receive huge psychic reward from grandchildren, family, friends, travel, and the prairie I planted in our front yard.
The exuberant forms of Cowan's painted wooden sculptures — prairie plants and landscapes will come to mind — fill the gallery, and bronzes, slipped into unexpected locations outside, provide a playful and subtle commentary on the not - quite - wild environment at Lynden.
Hempstead Plains was once a beloved sanctuary of only a few preservationists and researchers; this year, the number of visitors multiplied and included a contingent of designers from the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, who were interested in the prairie plant palette and green roof.
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