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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810231503321

Autore

Kurtz Carl

Titolo

A practical guide to prairie reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / by Carl Kurtz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2013

ISBN

1-60938-173-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (78 p.)

Collana

A Bur oak book

Disciplina

639.9/909777

Soggetti

Prairie restoration - Iowa

Prairie planting - Iowa

Prairie plants - Iowa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Identification -- Seed selection and harvest -- Site selection -- Soil preparation -- Old pasture seeding -- Seeding -- Helpful herbicides -- Postplanting mowing -- Fire in tallgrass prairie -- Growth and development -- Questions and answers.

Sommario/riassunto

Thirty-five years and many acres after planting his first patch of prairie flowers, Carl Kurtz is considered one of the deans of the great tallgrass prairie revival. The Prairie Enthusiast called the 2001 edition of his book a "readable and understandable introduction to prairie and the general steps in carrying out a reconstruction." Now this second edition reflects his increased experience with reconstructing and restoring prairie grasslands.Kurtz has completely revised every chapter of the first edition, from site selection and harvest to soil preparation, seeding, postplanting mowing, burn