EMPACTS

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

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

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TALL GRASS PRAIRIES IN NWA

• Tall Grass Prairies in this region
• Osage Prairie
• Beatie Prairie Lindsleys Prairie
• Preservation in this region
• Searles Prairie Natural Area
• Chesney Prairie Natural Area

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TRADITIONAL USES

• Uses by Native Americans
• Uses by European Settlers
• Our plants
• Echinacea Paradoxa
• Echinacea Pallida
• Monarda Fistulosa

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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

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MAKE IT HAPPEN!

• WHAT WE USED
• Books
• Computers
• GPS
• Camera
• Community contacts
• Landscaping tools

• WHAT WE DID
• Researched
• Journal Sketches
• Layout testing
• Planting

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Site 2 Lat. 36.36264 Long. 94.17377
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Aster
Blue Star
Shining Coneflower
Hyssop-Leafed Boneset
Wild Bergamot
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Lance Leaf Coreopsis
Pale Purple Coneflower
Yellow Coneflower
Sideoats Grama
Switchgrass
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The Results Are In

• Plants successfully transplanted
• Stakes in ground

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GRAND FINALE

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

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• Jones, Stephen R. and Ruth Carol Cushman. The
  North American Prairie The Peterson Field
  Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Co. New York.
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• King, Vincent. Kings Landscaping, Inc.
• Professor Burnetta Hintertheur.
• Ladd, Douglas M. Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers /
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• North Creek Nurseries, Inc. 28 Apr. 2008.
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