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Small Prairie at Natural Resources Building (Completed)

Recent Project Updates

  • An update from the South Arboretum Woods about the planting projects

    5/8/2016
    John Marlin (from Illinois Sustainable Technology Center) reported that the planting projects using SSC and ISEE grants are progressing well.The majority of the large honeysuckle was removed from the South Arboretum Woods, mostly by the fecon...

  • Natural Resources Building Prairie Funding Agreement

    6/30/2011
    This proposal seeks to support a prairie initiative at the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability. The institute will use its greenhouses to begin growing sustainable, native plants for use on campus. Additionally, INRS will design and plant a...
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Monarch Butterfly projects

Description

The Natual Resources Building is the site of another native species planting project, both in front of the building and behind it on Pennsylvania Avenue. This project is funded by the Student Sustaianability Project.

The front of the building is home to five plots of woodland wildflowers. Fifteen plant species are present in the plot behind the building, which was formerly covered in mulch. Many of these species are insect pollinators. Monarch butterfly larvae have been spotted at the plot. Staff and student volunteers from the Prairie Research Institute maintain the plots at the Natural Resources Building.

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Project Team

  • Project Leader:

    John Marlin

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Project details last updated on: 9/6/2020. Check Project Updates for recent activity.