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Visit Wolf Road Prairie -- the Virtual Tour -- the Real Thing Learn About the Prairie Take Action to Save Natural Areas Kids in Action Teachers' Corner return to Save the Prairie Society |
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Seasons of the Prairie
Autumn The plants of the prairie are tall in autumn. Turkey foot or big bluestem, the state grass of Illinois, can reach six feet in height. Indian grass, cord grass (also called rip gut), switch grass, little bluestem and northern dropseed range in height from 3 to 5 feet. Saw-toothed sunflowers reach 10 feet high and color the prairie gold. Prairie seeds ripen. Look for monarch butterflies migrating south through the prairie to their wintering grounds in Mexico. |
