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Article: Consider the prairie. (wildflower photography)
- Article from:
- PSA Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 1996
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When you are looking for wildflowers to photograph, have you considered the prairie? Many of us in the Midwest are aware of the wealth of flowering plants in the scattered remnants of the tallgrass prairie and find some of our favorite photographic subjects in these grasslands.
The tallgrass prairie is not just a treeless plain. It is an ecological community of specific flora and fauna including grasses and forbs, mammals, birds and insects. Vast areas of the Upper Midwest were once covered by prairie. The only remaining areas are those which were never grazed or plowed, such as pioneer cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way or rocky hilltops. Now many prairie ...