Dodecatheon meadia blooming in burnt prairie. |
Roses dominant in June. This scene taken from east fence toward the Interpretation Center. |
Veronicastrum virginicum, Eryngium yuccifolium, (white), Liatris spicata (purple) and Silphium laciniatum and S. terebinthinaceum (yellow). |
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Woodworth in November. |
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Snow rarely covers all the remaining plant material. |
The Milwaukee swale, an ephemeral pond, filled to its maximum extent. |
Some winters the Milwaukee swale remains dry. |
Water in Center swale is visible where a fire break was mowed thru the swale. |
Rainpost, an ephemeral wetland that is only 10 cm deep and has a very short hydroperiod. |
Rainpost, was completely dry at time of this burn. Light colored mound madeby crayfish. |