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pollinators

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Not every plant takes root, but prairie interventions help with biodiversity
Prairie

Not every plant takes root, but prairie interventions help with biodiversity

A St. Cloud church with a 15-acre prairie planted seedlings in 2022 that didn’t take off. Other plantings have worked. Here’s what we learned.

Pencil drawing of yellow and black swallowtail butterfly on an orange, spotted tiger lily bloom.
wildflowers

Drawn by Nature: Prairie plants provide sustainable, essential ecosystem

Keep your eyes open for pollinators, including swallowtails, eastern tailed-blues, painted ladies, hummingbird moths, hummingbirds, rusty-patched bumblebees and more.

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