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1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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A Bur oak original
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Bur oak original.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and index. |
Summary |
Iowa is the only state that lies entirely within the natural region of the tallgrass prairie. Early documents indicate that 95 percent of the state & mdash;close to 30 million acres & mdash;was covered by prairie vegetation at the time of Euro-American settlement. By 1930 the prairie sod had been almost totally converted to cropland; only about 30,000 acres of the original & ldquo;great green sea & rdquo; remained. Now, in this gracefully illustrated manual, Shirley Shirley has created a step-by-step guide to reconstructing the natural landscape of Iowa and the Upper Midwest. Chapters on planning, ob. |
Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; I. History, Planning, and Planting; 1. Leaders in the History of the Tallgrass Prairie; 2. Planning Your Site; 3. Obtaining and Selecting Plants and Seeds; 4. Starting Seeds Indoors; 5. Preparing the Site for Planting; 6. Planting; 7. Maintenance; II. Prairie Species; 8. Wildflowers; 9. Grasses; Glossary; Pictorial Glossary; Order of Blooming; Butterfly Habitats; Family Characteristics; Sources for Seeds, Plants, and Equipment; Organizations Promoting Restoration; Bibliography; Index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Prairie plants -- Iowa.
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Prairie plants. |
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Iowa. |
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Prairie plants -- Middle West.
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Middle West. |
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Prairie plants -- Iowa -- Identification.
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Field guides.
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Prairie plants -- Middle West -- Identification.
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Restoration ecology -- Iowa.
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Restoration ecology. |
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Restoration ecology -- Middle West.
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Electronic books.
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Guidebooks.
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Added Title |
Restoring the tall grass prairie |
Other Form: |
Print version: Shirley, Shirley. Restoring the tallgrass prairie. Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press, ©1994 087745468X (DLC) 94007374 (OCoLC)29954202 |
ISBN |
1587292203 (electronic book) |
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9781587292200 (electronic book) |
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087745468X (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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9780877454687 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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0877454698 (paper ; acid-free paper) |
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9780877454694 (paper ; acid-free paper) |
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