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EMPACTS. Plant Biology Hintertheur. Erika Olinger, Karrie Larson, Rachel Brown. ABSTRACT.

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EMPACTS

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  1. EMPACTS Plant Biology Hintertheur Erika Olinger, Karrie Larson, Rachel Brown

  2. ABSTRACT Tall grass prairies were once an extensive part of Northwest Arkansas. Development and agriculture in the region have almost completely eliminated these prairies. Preservation and restoration of remaining tall grass prairies, even on a small scale, has become an important goal throughout America. Planting tall grass prairie planter boxes in the Nature Area of NWACC is just the beginning of what we hope will be a long range preservation and restoration plan in cooperation with the community, the college, and the students.

  3. Study Tall Grass Prairies Get idea of TGP plants Create planter boxes to show TGP plants = Have example of TGP Expand Nature Area to include TGP

  4. OVERVIEW • Use area for studies, present and future • Show what TGP was like • Learn history of region • Expand area (aesthetics) • Preservation of wildlife habitat

  5. TALL GRASS PRAIRIES IN NWA • Tall Grass Prairies in this region • Osage Prairie • Beatie Prairie & Lindsley’s Prairie • Preservation in this region • Searles Prairie Natural Area • Chesney Prairie Natural Area

  6. TRADITIONAL USES • Uses by Native Americans • Uses by European Settlers • Our plants • Echinacea Paradoxa • Echinacea Pallida • Monarda Fistulosa

  7. PRESERVATION • Important efforts for Restoration • Notable Large Scale Preserved Prairies • Tall Grass Prairie Preserve • 39,000 acres • Tall Grass National Preserve • 11,000 acres • Konza Prairie • 8,600 acres • Prairie State Park • 4,000 acres • Education on Tall Grass Prairies

  8. MAKE IT HAPPEN! • WHAT WE USED: • Books • Computers • GPS • Camera • Community contacts • Landscaping tools • WHAT WE DID: • Researched • Journal Sketches • Layout testing • Planting

  9. Site # 2 Lat. 36.36264 Long. 94.17377

  10. Aster Blue Star Shining Coneflower Hyssop-Leafed Boneset Wild Bergamot

  11. Lance Leaf Coreopsis Pale Purple Coneflower Yellow Coneflower SideoatsGrama Switchgrass

  12. The Results Are In… • Plants successfully transplanted • Stakes in ground

  13. GRAND FINALE • Ready for study • Ready to grow • Will spread out, hopefully expand outside of box • Future studies • Growth of habitat

  14. REFERENCES • Neal, Joseph C. “A Natural History of Birds.” 6 Jan. 2006. 16 Apr. 2008. http://etchings.org/jneal/ozbirds.htm. • “Conserving the Natural Diversity of Arkansas.” 2007. 17 Apr. 2008. http://naturalheritage.org. • Jones, Stephen R. and Ruth Carol Cushman. The North American Prairie – The Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Co. New York. 2004. pp. 22-82. • King, Vincent. King’s Landscaping, Inc. • Professor BurnettaHintertheur. • Ladd, Douglas M. Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers / A Field Guide. The Globe Pequot Press. Guilford, CT. 1995. pp. 14-15, 48, 54, 56, 129. • Manning, Richard. Grassland – The History, Biology, Politics, and Promise of the American Prairie. Penguin Group. New York. 1995. pp. 2-3, 141, 188. • Nolan, Justin M. Ethnobotany and ethnicity in the Ozarks: A Reply to Jones. 1998 The Roots of Tradition: Social Ecology, Cultural Geography, and Medicinal Plant Knowledge in the Ozark-Ouachita Highlands. Journal of Ethnobiology 18:249- 269. http://findarticles.com. Accessed 30 Mar. 2008. • Smith, Annick. Big Bluestem – Journey Into the Tall Grass The Nature Conservancy. Council Oak Books. Tulsa, OK. 1996. pp. 18, 26. • “Plant Database.” 2008. 24 Feb. 2008. http://plants.usda.gov. • “North Creek Nurseries, Inc.” 28 Apr. 2008. http://northcreeknurseries.com • “Brookside Perennials.” 2008. 28 Apr. 2008. http://www.brooksideperennials.ca/plants1.htm

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