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Texas’ beautiful spring is here! Come out for the Burleson Prairie field trip and the Riesel Prairie work day! Check out the Fort Worth…
Read more of this >>Prairie Facts
The prairie is a diverse ecosystem of mainly native grasses and flowering plants (forbs) with prairie wildlife, soil, geology, and fire playing very important roles.
Prairie Property for Sale
NPAT members have seen the following possibly native prairie sites for sale. These could be good conservation buyer properties for restoring prairie along with a conservation easement. For more information, contact Jason Spangler, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 512-736-4199.
1. 180 acres near Bruceville-Eddy (Blackland Prairie) and I-35 of degraded tallgrass prairie (south of Waco). Site contains Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem, Ceanothus, Wild Hyacinth, Prairie Celestial, Standing Winecup, Barbara’s Buttons, Perennial Paintbrush, Liatris, including endemics White Silphium and Pale-Leaf Yucca. A wooded stream runs through property, and an asphalt driveway already exists. Site seems mostly native, with mostly seeding of climax native grasses and brush control needed for restoration.
2. 80 acres near Paris (Blackland Prairie) with Silveus Dropseed-Longspike Tridens prairie including prairie flowers/forbs such as Liatris and Giant Coneflower. Property contains a house, workshop, and pond.
3. 500 acres near Paris (Blackland Prairie) of possibly degraded Silveus Dropseed-Longspike Tridens prairie used as pasture, near Smiley-Woodfin Meadow.