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Native Seed Collection

All seed collected at the workdays are used to enhance/restore areas at Chiwaukee Prairie State Natural Area.

Beginning in Mid/Late August – Early/Mid September

Examples include:

Nodding Onion
Dropseed
June Grass (if seed still present)
Little Bluestem
Indiangrass
Shooting Star
Pale-spiked Lobelia
Prairie Dock (some may be early)
Rosinweed (some may be early)
Wild Bergamot
Black-eyed Susan
Prairie Cinquefoil
Golden Alexanders
Culver’s Root
Flowering Spurge
Purple Prairie Clover
Canada Hawkweed
Prairie Coneflower
Starry Campion
New Jersey Tea
Canada Milkvetch
Yellow Pimpernel

All photos below by Eric Howe

Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Prairie Cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)
Prairie Cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)
Golden Alexanders
(Zizea aurea)
Golden Alexanders
(Zizea aurea)
Golden Alexander leaf
(Zizea aurea)
Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) seed
Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
Canada Hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum)
New Jersey Tea
New Jersey Tea
Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
Starry Campion
(Silene stellata)
Starry Campion
(Silene stellata)
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Canada Milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis)
Canada Milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis)
Yellow Pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)

Beginning in Late September – October

Western Sunflower
Marsh and Rough Liatris
Prairie Dock
Rosinweed
Butterfly Milkweed
Rose species (various)
Various goldenrods (excluding Canada)
Various grasses (excluding big bluestem)

Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
Round-headed Bush Clover in flower (Lespedeza capitata)
Round-headed Bush Clover in flower (Lespedeza capitata). When in seed, it will be dark brown.
Torrey’s Rush
Stiff Cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior)
Stiff Cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior)
Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)
Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)
Marsh Betony (Pedicularis lanceolata)
Marsh Betony (Pedicularis lanceolata)
Marsh Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Marsh Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Swamp Thistle (Cirsium muticum)
Swamp Thistle (Cirsium muticum)

Beginning in mid – October

New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae)

Chiwaukee Prairie Preservation Fund, Inc.

Acquire, restore, preserve and manage prairie lands in the Chiwaukee Prairie – Carol Beach area of Kenosha County, Wisconsin which include rare, endangered and threatened species, lands with natural diversity, and viable self-sustaining ecological communities as well as to promote the conservation education of its members and the general public.

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