ST CROIX VALLEY FIELD TRIP
Tour of private prairie
Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
Alex Bouthilet will lead us on a tour of his prairie. The lupines and Indian paintbrush should be glorious!
This prairie started as a dense sod of exotic cool-season grasses. About 12 years ago it was inter-seeded with native prairie species and has been burned annually in the dormant season since then. During the tour we’ll look at how repeated fire and inter-seeding have gradually shifted the site toward a more diverse native prairie, along with what has worked well and what challenges still remain.
Date: June 11 (Thursday)
Time: 5-6:30 pm
Location: 638 170th Street, Osceola, WI
Bring: Drinking water (it may get hot)
Lupine (Lupinus perennis)