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Our Glorious Prairie
at
River Bend
Nature Center
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River Bend's prairie, restored from corn field by dedicated volunteers and staff in the lat 1980's, has turned into a glorious nature center gem that blossoms with color every summer. While a few flowers or one kind or another appear throughout the season, the prairie truly peaks in color during late July and August when the grasses exhibit ever-changing hues, flowers spread like fire across the landscape, and butterflies dance in the air.
While we could never come close to fully representing the spectacle that our prairie presents, click the pictures below for a glimpse of what awaits your discovery! - JB
A monarch butterfly enjoys the flowers |
The GROWS butterfly garden greets you by the lot |
A variety of yellow flowers are the firth usually noticed |
Butterfly weed blooms in July |
A view from the Interpretive Center |
Big bluestem dominates that prairie... |
...also known as 'turkey foot' |
switch grass and Indian grass also abound |
Large-flowered beardtongue catches your eye in May and June |
Compass plants are the tallest of our flowers, up to 6 feet |
Coneflowers are most abundant |
Bergamot flows in patches |
Rattlesnake masters rise mysteriously to perplex many a visitor |
Black-eyed susans bloom just beneath the coneflowers |
Yarrow grows with fern-like leaves |
Shooting stars can bloom in early summer |
Little bluestem ranges over the drier hillsides |
Asters bloom into the fall |
Milkweed grows along pond edge |
Daisy fleabane, an alien, can be found along trail edges |
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