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Invitations to Tour the Propery 2007, 2008
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Sunday July 6 (Sunday evening)2008
Hike Through Grassland, Prairie, Oak Woodland and Savannah
Green Co., WI
Easily hike a variety of gently rolling landscape terrain, and varied plant
communities, on 82 carefully managed acres. We will explore a frequently
burned and relatively young (2000) 18 acre planted prairie which displays
an especially showy mix of many colorful forbs quite thickly planted,
featuring orange butterfly weed, pale purple coneflower, smooth penstemon,
purple prairie clover, and zillions of silphiums!. Along the way we'll see
at least three rare plants (American gromwell, Lithospermum latifolium -
Special Concern, and giant yellow hyssop, Agastache nepetoides -Threatened,
prairie-turnip, Pediomelum esculentum - Special Concern), an original
prairie remnant (enhanced and expanded by seeding and burning, and this
year showing a very good forb response, especially the bastard toadflax), a
ten acre Oakwoods (kept free of invasives), and three modest, but highly
picturesque, oak savannah upland communities.
RSVP.
Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Trip Leaders: Chuck Bauer (608-251-4051, 608-233-3839, 608-523-4987) and
Mike Anderson.
Directions: Meet at N-9075 York Center Road approx. 8 miles west of New
Glarus. Take Hwy. 39 from New Glarus to York Center Road. (York Center Road
is one mile beyond the radio tower at the intersection of Hwy. 39 and Hwy.
J) Turn left (south) onto York Center Road and go one mile to the second
farm on the right. Turn into the driveway and park on the left on mowed
areas. Meet at the big red barn. (All paths are mowed and trails are
easy.)
Sunday July 8 (Sunday evening)2007
The Crownvetch Wars: Planted Prairie Display
Green Co., WI
After extensive site preparation this 18 acre crownvetch infested (30 years
of seed bank) former corn and hay upland was machine planted to four seed
mixes in 2000. Seed blends were designed for soil type, and to withstand
spraying for crownvetch after seeding in the most severely blighted
areas. Results have been gratifying, and careful management, including
annual spring burning and dogged weed control, has paid off with an
especially showy display of many colorful forbs quite thickly planted,
featuring orange butterfly weed, pale purple coneflower, smooth penstemon,
purple prairie clover, and zillions of silphiums! We will also walk through an adjacent 10 acre oak woodland being cleared of brush and invasives for several years now, and overseeded with high hopes. Along the way we can pay our respects to unseeded, but now self seeding, Yellow Giant Hyssop, Agastache nepetoides (Threatened) and a single, unseeded, robust American gromwell, Lithospermum latifolium, (Special Concern). Light refreshments will be served. RSVP.
Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Trip Leaders: Chuck Bauer (608-251-4051, 608-233-3839, 608-523-4987) and
Mike Anderson.
Directions: call, please.
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Rare Earth Farm
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