The Prairie in Seed: Identifying Seed-Bearing Prairie Plants in the Upper Midwest

by Dave Williams and Dave Williams

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609384091
• ISBN13: 9781609384098
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"