Nine Mile Prairie :: SNR-UNL

Nine-Mile Prairie is a 230-acre (97-hectare) relict tallgrass prairie owned by the University of Nebraska Foundation. It is located in on the northwest edge of Lincoln, in Lancaster County. This guide aims to help ecology students identify plant species in nine-mile prairie, Lincoln NE.

buffalograss 1
Bouteloua dactyloides
blue grama 2
Bouteloua gracilis
tall dropseed 3
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
prairie dropseed 4
Sporobolus heterolepis
purple lovegrass 5
Eragrostis spectabilis
sideoats grama 6
Bouteloua curtipendula
purpletop 7
Tridens flavus

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