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Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie - An Illustrated Manual for Iowa and the Upper Midwest (Paperback)
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Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie - An Illustrated Manual for Iowa and the Upper Midwest (Paperback)
Series: Bur Oak Original
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Iowa is the only state that lies entirely within the natural region
of the tallgrass prairie. Early documents indicate that 85 percent
of the state - close to 30 million acres - was covered by prairie
vegetation at the time of Euro-American settlement. By 1930 the
prairie sod had been almost totally converted to cropland; only
about 30,000 acres of the original "great green sea" remained. Now,
in this gracefully illustrated manual, Shirley Shirley has created
a step-by-step guide to reconstructing the natural landscape of
Iowa and the Upper Midwest. Chapters on planning, obtaining and
selecting plants and seeds, starting seeds indoors, preparing the
site, planting, and maintenance set the stage for comprehensive
species accounts. Shirley gives firsthand information on soil,
moisture, sun and pH requirements; location, size, and structure;
blooming time and color; and propagation, germination, and
harvesting for more than a hundred wildflowers and grasses.
Shirley's sketches - all drawn from native plants and from
seedlings that she grew herself - will be valuable for even the
most experienced gardener. While other books typically feature only
the flowering plant, her careful drawings show the three stages of
the seedling, the flower, and the seedhead with seeds as well as
the entire plant. This practical and attractive volume will help
anyone dedicated to reconstructing the lost "emerald growth" of the
historic tallgrass prairie.
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