Across the Great Plains, including Texas, there are a gradient of physical conditions going from west to east as you cross the shortgrass prairie through the mixed grass prairie to the tall grass ...

They don’t retain water and increase runoff, plus whatever was on the parking lot surface prior. Plant diversity is limited to stunted volunteers from airborne seeds and insects, to those that can ...

HONEY CREEK, Iowa (WOWT) - Hitchcock Nature Center has been acquiring land for 30 years to restore native prairie grass that can reduce flooding and improve water quality in the Loess Hills. The ...

Some home gardeners are switching to fully native plant yards, and neighbors say the wild growth looks “unfinished” compared ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One expert on social media just illustrated the dramatic difference between neglecting your lawn and restoring native prairie ...

In Illinois, our historic grasses have been tallgrass prairie species. These include big bluestem, yellow Indian grass and switchgrass. It would make sense that a person wishing to include native ...

Many native ornamental grasses are host plants (food sources) for the larval or caterpillar stages of butterflies and moths. Most of these grasses stand upright through fall and winter, providing ...

Every spring I come to the same conclusion; mowing grass is a colossal waste of time. While I go around and around on a ...

MONONA COUNTY, Iowa (KCAU) — One outdoor event today gave people a chance to enjoy the outdoors while supporting the ...

The idea of restoring native ecosystems attracted Marc Pastorek’s interest in the 1990s, when he learned of the work of Drs. Charles Allen and Malcolm Vidrine. The two professors at Louisiana State ...