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Ecotype – Problematic Concept in a Changing World

Posted on February 28, 2016 by prairiebotanist

For those reasons, “local is best” is the mantra, if not the dogma, of many in the conservation and restoration community. It’s a cautious and logical approach. However, in recognition of the altered and changing world we live in and recognizing that ecological restoration and reconstruction projects are essentially the only way many species can move across today’s fragmented landscape, I would urge people to be a little more liberal in how they apply the ecotype concept. Continue reading →

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Beulah Bog

Posted on August 8, 2015 by prairiebotanist

Bogs are old places that evoke the passage of time. Beulah Bog in SE Wisconsin consists of a series of kettle depressions formed when great boulders of ice that were mixed with the till of the Wisconsin Glacier melted. These depressions … Continue reading →

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New Addition to the Southeastern Wisconsin Flora Part I

Posted on December 7, 2014 by prairiebotanist

October Lady’s-tresses Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata Catling (Orchidaceae). October lady’s-tresses is generally a more southern species, but it may be extending its range northward, or “new” populations may have been overlooked in the past, because October lady’s tresses blooms, as its … Continue reading →

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