Kentucky was once full of native flowering plants that fed our pollinators and supported local wildlife. Now, as humans have spread across the land, so too have exotic, invasive plants from modern landscaping. It's been estimated that 15% of our flora is now made up of exotic plants, and...
found throughout the state. Rhododendron, laurel, dogwood, redbud, and trillium are prominent among the dozens of types of flowering vegetation that can be found in the Kentucky mountains. Birds and mammals of Kentucky include those native to the South as well as those more commonly found in ...
Rhododendron, laurel, dogwood, redbud, and trillium are prominent among the dozens of types of flowering vegetation that can be found in the Kentucky mountains. Birds and mammals of Kentucky include those native to the South as well as those more commonly found in the northern United States and...
The golden plumes of this wildflower line Kentucky's roadsides in the fall. Native to all of Kentucky, 30 of nearly 100 species of this herb are found here. The large number of species and variations make this genus very difficult resolve to the species. The Goldenrods as a group are wel...
Willow oak (Quercus phellos) is another east coast native that grows well in Kentucky. The tree’s outstanding feature is the dark-green, lance-shaped, willow-like leaves that grow from 2 to 5 inches long and turn a bronze-red color in the fall. Willow oak grows from 50 to 70 feet...
We studied two tallgrass prairies and adjacent restoration areas in northeast Kansas to analyze (1) the invasion of native tallgrass prairie species from n... K Kindscher,LL Tieszen - 《Restoration Ecology》 被引量: 225发表: 2010年 Native Species Establishment in Tallgrass Prairie Plantings Prairi...