Blue Earth County Prairie Flora Field Guide
Location
CSU 202
Start Date
11-4-2017 11:05 AM
End Date
11-4-2017 12:05 PM
Student's Major
Biological Sciences
Student's College
Science, Engineering and Technology
Mentor's Name
Matthew Kaproth
Mentor's Department
Biological Sciences
Mentor's College
Science, Engineering and Technology
Description
The tallgrass prairie remnants found throughout Blue Earth County, Minnesota provides habitat for native floral. To preserve and protect the existing biome and begin restoring degraded land, conservation of local floral needs to be educated to the public. With the hopes that a more educated public, we might expect to see a stronger conservation efforts within the community. This current project focuses on the creation of a Blue Earth County Prairie floral guide. This will lead to be a tool in education of floral species to the public. A species list was constructed for the county, focusing on the predominant and endemic species that are a primary focus in many prairie habitats. Over 80 species were considered for this project. Each species was drawn from specimens that are a part of the Radicle Herbarium at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The final project was a field guide compiled of illustrations paired with descriptions of each plant and arranged with a dichotomous key to allow for easy identification of prairie species in the Blue Earth County and the surrounding area within our ecologically important biome.
Blue Earth County Prairie Flora Field Guide
CSU 202
The tallgrass prairie remnants found throughout Blue Earth County, Minnesota provides habitat for native floral. To preserve and protect the existing biome and begin restoring degraded land, conservation of local floral needs to be educated to the public. With the hopes that a more educated public, we might expect to see a stronger conservation efforts within the community. This current project focuses on the creation of a Blue Earth County Prairie floral guide. This will lead to be a tool in education of floral species to the public. A species list was constructed for the county, focusing on the predominant and endemic species that are a primary focus in many prairie habitats. Over 80 species were considered for this project. Each species was drawn from specimens that are a part of the Radicle Herbarium at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The final project was a field guide compiled of illustrations paired with descriptions of each plant and arranged with a dichotomous key to allow for easy identification of prairie species in the Blue Earth County and the surrounding area within our ecologically important biome.
Recommended Citation
Theis, Addeline. "Blue Earth County Prairie Flora Field Guide." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 11, 2017.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2017/oral-session-07/4
