Flip
@nwmnbiologist.bsky.social
Minnesota. Grassland Restoration Specialist. If you post about prairie, I will follow you. Occasionally witty.
Kind of an interesting picture. This is the view out my bedroom window of the northern lights from last night.
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Kind of an interesting picture. This is the view out my bedroom window of the northern lights from last night.
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More evidence dispelling the seed bank myth that falsely leads practioners to believe that it's an insurance policy against distruptive disturbances to old-growth communities--disturbances that often deliberately prescribed. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Seed rain and seed banks cannot supply missing diversity to the aboveground flora in reconstructed prairies
Seed-based restoration is a viable method for alleviating the loss of tallgrass prairies by creating new assemblages of prairie flora. Despite using diverse inputs of native seeds, restoration effort...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
More evidence dispelling the seed bank myth that falsely leads practioners to believe that it's an insurance policy against distruptive disturbances to old-growth communities--disturbances that often deliberately prescribed. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Holy smokes, the #northernlights were dancing tonight.
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Holy smokes, the #northernlights were dancing tonight.
Good luck, and I’ll see ya in the spring!
I’ve been moving all the Pasque flowers that I grew in a raised bed on my patio and into my #prairie restoration. They did excellent this year - biggest ones I’ve grown yet. Some have a shot at flowering in year 2.
I’ve been moving all the Pasque flowers that I grew in a raised bed on my patio and into my #prairie restoration. They did excellent this year - biggest ones I’ve grown yet. Some have a shot at flowering in year 2.
October 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Good luck, and I’ll see ya in the spring!
I’ve been moving all the Pasque flowers that I grew in a raised bed on my patio and into my #prairie restoration. They did excellent this year - biggest ones I’ve grown yet. Some have a shot at flowering in year 2.
I’ve been moving all the Pasque flowers that I grew in a raised bed on my patio and into my #prairie restoration. They did excellent this year - biggest ones I’ve grown yet. Some have a shot at flowering in year 2.
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New paper led by former post-bac researcher Isabelle Turner, with @chriscatano.bsky.social:
Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New paper led by former post-bac researcher Isabelle Turner, with @chriscatano.bsky.social:
Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I remember when 60° used to be the day time high in October. Now, it’s the overnight low temp. 👀
October 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I remember when 60° used to be the day time high in October. Now, it’s the overnight low temp. 👀
Hill’s thistle (Cirsium pumilum var. hillii), one of our native thistles, found blooming on a native prairie hillside today. Spectacular plant.
October 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Hill’s thistle (Cirsium pumilum var. hillii), one of our native thistles, found blooming on a native prairie hillside today. Spectacular plant.
The algorithm that controls my ‘thumbprint’ radio on pandora should be studied. Soooo good.
🎶🎸🥁🎵
🎶🎸🥁🎵
September 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The algorithm that controls my ‘thumbprint’ radio on pandora should be studied. Soooo good.
🎶🎸🥁🎵
🎶🎸🥁🎵
Tonight’s #prairie restoration view is a bit different. This is a baby snapping turtle that I found crawling away from the prairie and towards the river. Since my dog was very interested in it, I decided to bring it down to the river myself and let it go.
September 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Tonight’s #prairie restoration view is a bit different. This is a baby snapping turtle that I found crawling away from the prairie and towards the river. Since my dog was very interested in it, I decided to bring it down to the river myself and let it go.
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The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?
The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?
On a tiny Italian island, scientists conducted a radical experiment to see if the bees were causing their wild cousins to decline
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?
It’s always a treat to see blooming Pasque flowers. And extra fun when you find one in the fall - seen this little guy today. #prairie #nativeplants
September 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It’s always a treat to see blooming Pasque flowers. And extra fun when you find one in the fall - seen this little guy today. #prairie #nativeplants
This is a hell of a sign. Just look at that patina.
September 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is a hell of a sign. Just look at that patina.
I seen this today. Would love to hear this story.
September 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I seen this today. Would love to hear this story.
I’ve seen fringed gentian plenty of times, but I have never picked it for seed… until now. This seed will find a new home on a #prairie restoration a few miles away. #moreprairieplease
September 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I’ve seen fringed gentian plenty of times, but I have never picked it for seed… until now. This seed will find a new home on a #prairie restoration a few miles away. #moreprairieplease
You see a lot of bottle gentian with 1 ring of flowers, sometimes 2 rings, occasionally 3 rings, but 4 rings is worthy of a picture. #prairie
September 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
You see a lot of bottle gentian with 1 ring of flowers, sometimes 2 rings, occasionally 3 rings, but 4 rings is worthy of a picture. #prairie
What else did I mow around this year? This is a Lindley’s aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum) that I spotted this spring when it was just a couple inches tall. Kept mowing around it and here it is at peak bloom. Just a spectacular splash of color.
September 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
What else did I mow around this year? This is a Lindley’s aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum) that I spotted this spring when it was just a couple inches tall. Kept mowing around it and here it is at peak bloom. Just a spectacular splash of color.
When it’s in bloom, it’s super easy to find! But when it’s time to find that seed pod, incredibly difficult. Why? It gets eaten! Deer get most of the blame, but I suspect ground squirrels too. Wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum).
September 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
When it’s in bloom, it’s super easy to find! But when it’s time to find that seed pod, incredibly difficult. Why? It gets eaten! Deer get most of the blame, but I suspect ground squirrels too. Wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum).
My big beautiful showy goldenrod growing in my yard. I don’t know how old it is. I first noticed it two summers ago and decided to mow around it to see what it was. It bloomed last year and this year it’s even bigger.
September 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My big beautiful showy goldenrod growing in my yard. I don’t know how old it is. I first noticed it two summers ago and decided to mow around it to see what it was. It bloomed last year and this year it’s even bigger.
Never. Never will I find a better shade of blue. This flower stops me in my tracks every single time.
Downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta). #prairie #nativeplants
Downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta). #prairie #nativeplants
September 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Never. Never will I find a better shade of blue. This flower stops me in my tracks every single time.
Downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta). #prairie #nativeplants
Downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta). #prairie #nativeplants