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Re: Introduction

>Hello my name David Sullivan , I live in Potosi, Wisconsin
>We have a 600 acre ranch that we are slowly restoring to native prairie
>This year we have planted 10 acres of switchgrass and 10 acres of
>wildflowers. In 1999 we will put 47 acres into native grasses and forbs under
>the
>CRP program and in 1998 we plant addittional 10-30 acres of native plants.
>We also have a herd of 41 plains bison to round out our efforts. Our goal
>is to
>be
>totally native grass forage based bison ranch with 200 or more acres in
>prairie.
>200 acres in a prairie orchard, and 200 acres in wildlife habit /wooded area.
>
>Anybody have experience in planting switchgrass or bluestem????
>And is there an archive of previous posts????
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Switchgrass...be careful which species you plant.  Make sure that it is
native to your area within 100 miles.  Some Nebraska species are very, very
aggressive, especially, in wet areas.

Which bluestem?  Little or big?

Ruth

Ruth A. Green, Greenhouse Manager; Support Scientist
Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for Biodiversity,
607 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL  61820
Office:  217-333-7091   FAX:  217-333-6294
Email:  rgreen@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu


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