Protected and managed by the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Kothenbeutel Prairie is a 40-acre tract of native prairie ...

Native prairie grasses adapted ... invasive plants and cleared dense plant litter that could smother prairie grasses. Today, less than 1% of Iowa’s original prairie remains, making restoration ...

A study of the minute anatomy of subterranean organs of prairie plants shows: (1) There is a tendency to the production of prominent mechanical tissue in plants of dry habitats and reduction of ...