Sown Forb Performance in CP42 Fields

Authors

Nathan Theel, University of Northern IowaFollow
Mark Sherrard, University of Northern IowaFollow

Work/Availability

Open Access Undergraduate Student Work

Type of Work

Poster Presentation

Keywords

Natural areas--Iowa; Forbs--Iowa; Pollinators--Habitat--Iowa;

Abstract

 CP42 is a general conservation practice that attempts to establish pollinator-friendly habitat

 In total, >500,000 acres have been converted to CP42 (>40% of which is in Iowa) [1]

 To date, there has been no formal assessment of practice success (i.e., post-seeding forb establishment)

 In this study, we assess forb establishment in randomly selected CP42 fields near Cedar Falls, Iowa

 We identify forbs with high/low establishment and relate this to seed cost in an effort to improve seed mix design

Date of Work

2018

Department

Department of Biology

Department

Tallgrass Prairie Center

First Advisor

Mark Sherrard

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2018 Nathan Theel and Mark Sherrard

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Theel, Nathan and Sherrard, Mark, "Sown Forb Performance in CP42 Fields" (2018). Undergraduate Student Work. 11.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ugswork/11