In today’s society, we have adopted a landscaping method that will not withstand the test of nature as the world warms up.

The public is invited to a tallgrass prairie hike at Ouabache Land Conservancy’s Jackson-Schnyder Nature Preserve, west of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. July 12. Phil Cox, ...

Corey Alston has been weaving sweetgrass baskets for 23 years. The tradition he carries stretches back through generations of ...

Farm strawberry-picking gives a friendly reminder that nature’s wild fruit will begin soon. Most raspberries, blackberries ...

The roots of prairie plants such as switchgrass, big bluestem, and blazing star reach as much as twelve feet underground, where they tap deep stores of moisture to survive dry spells.

In The Garden The Next ‘Big Idea’ in Ecological Landscapes: Abundance Learn to embrace both the visual and functional aspects of your garden to support diversity in your plantings.

That includes the low-lying spring flowers to tall grasses like Big Bluestem. Among the plants live animals like prairie-chickens, insects, mice and snakes.

Photo by Robert Fears Common native grasses are big bluestem, little bluestem, Indiangrass and switch grass. Photo by Robert Fears Coastal Bermudagrass is a common introduce warm-season perennial.

Invasive grasses can quickly take over rangeland and diminish forage quality. Keeping rangeland healthy by not overgrazing and keeping a tight canopy of native plants are ways to keep invasive weeds ...

For example, Eastern white pine trees, big bluestem grass and hostas can survive cold temperatures that would kill palm trees, canna lilies and impatiens.

Consider two common grasses of the American plains: Kentucky bluegrass and big bluestem grass. The former evolved to thrive in cooler conditions than the latter.