Enjoy prairies year-round

Spring Flowers

Look for these early bloomers:

Spring Ladies' Tresses

Wood Betony

Summer Flowers

Look for:

Prairie Fringed Orchid

Prairie Lily

Purple Coneflower

Purple Prairie Clover

Fall Flowers & Grasses

Look for:

Grey-headed Coneflower

Winter

Fall Flowers & Grasses

Although the blooms are gone, the winter prairie is still beautiful. The tall grasses and dried forbs give shape and structure to the winter landscape. Notice how prairie plants provide warmth and shelter for many animal species. Look for their tracks in the prairie snow.