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A practical guide to prairie reconstruction / by Carl Kurtz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kurtz, Carl.
- Series:
- Bur oak book.
- A Bur oak book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prairie restoration--Iowa.
- Prairie restoration.
- Prairie planting--Iowa.
- Prairie planting.
- Prairie plants--Iowa.
- Prairie plants.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (78 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Thirty-five years and many acres after planting his first patch of prairie flowers, Carl Kurtz is considered one of the deans of the great tallgrass prairie revival. The Prairie Enthusiast called the 2001 edition of his book a "readable and understandable introduction to prairie and the general steps in carrying out a reconstruction." Now this second edition reflects his increased experience with reconstructing and restoring prairie grasslands.Kurtz has completely revised every chapter of the first edition, from site selection and harvest to soil preparation, seeding, postplanting mowing, burn
- Contents:
- Identification
- Seed selection and harvest
- Site selection
- Soil preparation
- Old pasture seeding
- Seeding
- Helpful herbicides
- Postplanting mowing
- Fire in tallgrass prairie
- Growth and development
- Questions and answers.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-60938-173-4
- OCLC:
- 851316225
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