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Originally published in the July 2022 issue of the WildFlower News By Patsy Cotterill. Photos by author unless otherwise noted. This article will be dedicated to some of the common non-native, weedy grasses that frequent our area, most of which flower in mid to late summer. For more information on these species and images, please consult the excellent online resources. One native weedy grass is mentioned. Smooth brome, Bromus inermis This tall perennial, strongly rhizomatous

Originally published in the August 2022 issue of the WildFlower News By Patsy Cotterill In this session I will take a look at some of the grasses that occur in our badland habitats, geological formations of clay and sand that have been formed by erosion of geological strata by rivers. They provide an opportunity for the expression of a grassland flora that is more characteristic of the southern prairies, and that is more particularly confined to clays slopes. I’ll make partic

Originally published in the August 2022 issue of the WildFlower News by Patsy Cotterill. Photos by author unless otherwise noted. In the July issue of WN, a population of Arnica in photos taken in Nisku Prairie was wrongly identified as shining arnica, A. fulgens. In fact, it appears that the populations of Arnica in Nisku seen so far are all leafy or Chamisso’s arnica, A. chamissonis. There has been some confusion between the two species, including plants that have been tran