Plant Biology
Hintertheur
Erika Olinger, Karrie Larson, Rachel Brown
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.
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•Use area for studies, present and future
•Show what TGP was like
•Learn history of region
•Expand area (aesthetics)
•Preservation of wildlife habitat
•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
•Uses by Native Americans
•Uses by European Settlers
•Our plants
•Echinacea Paradoxa
•Echinacea Pallida
•Monarda Fistulosa
•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
WHAT WE USED:
•Books
•Computers
•GPS
•Camera
•Community contacts
•Landscaping tools
WHAT WE DID:
•Researched
•Journal Sketches
•Layout testing
•Planting
Site # 2
Lat. 36.36264
Long. 94.17377
•Plants successfully transplanted
•Stakes in ground
•Ready for study
•Ready to grow
•Will spread out, hopefully
expand outside of box
•Future studies
•Growth of habitat
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