{"id":88319,"date":"2024-07-05T13:21:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T20:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=88319"},"modified":"2024-08-05T14:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T21:48:16","slug":"patrollin-on-the-prairie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=88319","title":{"rendered":"Patrollin\u2019 on the Prairie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The month of June kicked off our adventures on the prairie! Initially, we began our field season at Midewin doing meander surveys. A lot of the plants were familiar to me, however, I struggled with a few that I would normally brush off mainly due to them not being very showy (looking at you Carex<\/em>!). During the meandering, we also had an active competition amongst the volunteers and CLM interns who could ID the last plant in the allotted time. Vlad and I were actively competing to find the coolest plant last, which he found a cool native and I found an Ox-Eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum<\/em>) an invasive species last. So, for the most part, we tied!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The beautifully invasive Ox-Eye Daisy that can be seen at Midewin and practically any disturbed roadside<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Regarding seed collection, June was spent collecting Atlantic Camas (Camassia scilloides) <\/em>and multiple Carex<\/em> species. I feel more confident in my Carex<\/em> ID and this group no longer frightens me with its extensive amount of terminology! Of all the sedges we observed, I liked Davis\u2019 Sedge (Carex davisii<\/em>) the most as the perigynia look similar to popcorn kernels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Troublesome Sedge
(Carex molesta<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eastern Woodland Sedge (Carex blanda<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Davis’ Sedge (Carex davisii<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Seeds of Wild Hyacinth
(Camassia scilloides)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Carex <\/em>sp. and Camassia<\/em> scilloides<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With seed collection, we were also in a wide variety of habitats like tallgrass prairie and sedge meadows. The sedge meadows were one of my favorites as they had unique tussock sedges that looked like waves of green as the wind blew through them.
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