Category Archives: restoration

Oregon Sage-Steppe

Posted on December 18, 2012 by prairiebotanist

I’ve finally settled into the sage-steppe grasslands of Eastern Oregon. In many ways, my new home is a world apart from the tallgrass prairies of the Midwest, having few ticks, no chiggers, no poison ivy, and no thorny or prickly … Continue reading →

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Drought

Posted on August 12, 2012 by prairiebotanist

I am wrapping up my field work this month and next, and things are looking a lot different than they have any time in the last four years. The drought is epic. I’m not old, but I’ve never seen things … Continue reading →

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Seed source and moving up the hierarchy

Posted on July 28, 2012 by prairiebotanist

Back during the winter of 2009-2010 I sowed restoration plots that consisted of twelve grassland species at three sites in three states. At each site I sowed the same species and the same weights of live seeds for each species, … Continue reading →

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