Free Download Dave Williams, "The Prairie in Seed: Identifying Seed-Bearing Prairie Plants in the Upper Midwest "
English | ISBN: 1609384091 | 2016 | 140 pages | EPUB, PDF | 19 MB + 16 MB
The tallgrass prairie offers solutions to the many environmental challenges facing our water, soils, and ecosystems. Planting prairie on just 10 percent of a field can effectively remove excess phosphorous and nitrogen from the remaining 90 percent. Deep prairie roots and dense aboveground growth filter and hold soils, keeping them from eroding into our streams and rivers. Plants such as common milkweed are the key to the monarch butterfly's recovery. In light of these benefits, perhaps our love affair with European turf grass is slowly giving way to an appreciation of the beauty of our original native prairie.