Video: Rue Anemone (Anemonella thalictroides)

[Steve]- (May 4th) Hi is this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery. I’m in a north facing steep wooded hillside. Come summer this will be really a dark shady place – the leaves will fill in so it and will be very shaded. You can see fiddleheads around here that will turn into some really [...]

Video: Learn about the Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)

[Steve] – Hi this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery. We’re in a north facing steep slope. During the summer it’s awfully shaded in here but right now because the leaves haven’t filled in its still pretty open. You’ll see down here the Maidenhair Fern. I’m guessing during the growing season it’s pretty thick with [...]

Video: Wet Prairie Species

[Steve] – Hi this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery.  I’m  at the edge of a prairie planting kind of a wet prairie planting. These incredibly beautiful red flowers here, those are the Michigan Lily, Lilium michiganense. It’s growing along side, you can see the large leaves of the Prairie Dock, the Silphium terebinthinaceum.  It’s [...]

Video: Woodland Native Species

[Steve] – Hi this is Steve at prairie moon nursery. I’m in a woodland setting by the old Prairie Moon office in the valley. Right now I really have to point out the Columbine, the Aquilegia canadensis . It has the distinctive Chinese lantern kind of red flower going on. It has a very distinctive [...]

Video: What is a goat prairie?

FAQ: What is a goat prairie? [Steve] – Just a moment ago I was talking about goat prairies.  It is one of the habitats for Pasque Flower.  Here we’ve got a goat prairie up on our farm.  Goat prairies are simply really steep, very dry south-facing hillsides that are great habitats for some of the [...]

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