Prescribed fires help prairie plants flower and flourish
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 10:11
in Biology & Nature
A new study has discovered that fires are critically important to successful reproduction in prairie plants. Scientists at the Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action at the Chicago Botanic Garden found that fires help plants flower and find mates. Researchers observed 778 individual plants for 21 years on Staffanson Prairie in western Minnesota. During the National […]