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Document Type
Research
Abstract
Selected prairie species were observed during the first growing season following a prescribed burn on Kalsow Prairie, a mesic tall grass prairie in central Iowa. Changes in dry weight, vegetative cover, and flowering response were measured on burned, unburned and mowed areas. Significant changes were recorded for many species following the burn ranging from a flowering response of prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) on burned areas 30 times that on unburned areas to a slight reduction in flowering of bluegrass (Poa pratensis) on burned areas.
Publication Date
December 1973
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
80
Issue
4
First Page
159
Last Page
161
Copyright
©1973 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Richards, Mary S. and Landers, R. Q.
(1973)
"Responses of Species in Kalsow Prairie, Iowa, to an April Fire,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 80(4), 159-161.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol80/iss4/3