2006 LHPS Plant Photos

Sylvan Runkel State Preserve is part of the Loess Hills Wildlife Management Area. Yucca flowerstalks are visible in close-up.

Cedar killed by fire - a management tool to push back the brush and expand and improve the health of the prairie.

Bur oaks are fire resistant and grow savanna-style in some parts of Loess Hills prairie.

Prairie groundsel is also called ragwort.

Nine-anther dalea is not in bloom in May or early June, but its vegetation is recognizable.

Yellow flax is blooming while the prairie turnip in the left foreground (with palmate leaves) is not yet blooming.

Red root in full bloom! Close relative of New Jersy Tea.