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Re: Trout Lillies

If you contact your nearest NRCS (used to be Soil Conservation 
Service) Office, someone there may already know the 
pre-(un)settlement vegetation of your piece of land, or can direct 
you to a source for land survey notes for the legal "section(s)" on 
which the land is located. Timber now doesn't necessarily mean it 
always was.

On  9 Apr 00 at 17:51, PHutch6000@aol.com wrote:

> This is a reply to the trout lilly question.  I am not a prairie
> expert, I'm new to this group.  I looked in Tallgrass Prairie
> Wildflowers a field guide, a Nature Conservancy book. Quote: 
> PRAIRIE TROUT LILY Erythronium mesochoreum Lily family (Liliaceae)
> Description: Soft, hairless plants with a pair of basal leaves
> flanking a taller bare stalk with a single nodding flower at the
> top.  The leaves feel somewhat waxy and are typically 3-6" long and
> up to 1 1/4" wide, broadest near the middle, with pointed tips and
> sheathing bases.  The leaves are strongly folded along their
> lengths.  The flowers are up to 2" wide, with 6 spreading, pointed,
> petal-like segments that are often purplish on the back, 6
> protruding yellow stamens, and a protruding white style.  The fruits
> are green 3-lobed capsules that usually lie on the ground.
> Early-midspring. Habital/Range:  Common in dry to mesic prairies and
> occasional in open, sunny woodlands; found in the southern tallgrass
> region from eastern Nebraska east into Illinois. Comments: White
> Trout Lily (E. albidum) is a closely related woodland species that
> sometimes occurs in prairies.  It has flat to slightly folded leaves
> that are mottled with purple, petals and sepals bent strongly
> backward, and fruiting capsules held nearly erect.  Both plants are
> also called White Dog-Tooth Violet.
> 
> I own 120 acres of timber in south central Iowa and have seen them
> blooming in the woods for 2 weekends.  Today in a walk through a
> neighbors CRP/prairie/grassy area I came upon an area that had a
> scattering of these flowers also, I was quite surprised and felt it
> was my flower find of the weekend.  In case anyone has interest: 
> the Dutchman's breeches, bloodroot, and field cat's foot has been
> blooming for several weekends.  
> 
> My question to this group is how can I find out what was growing on
> this CRP land 150 years ago?  Do I assume it was timber since it is
> surrounded by timberland now?  Thanks. Peggy Hutchison
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