{"id":3567,"date":"2012-01-26T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/botanists-on-the-prairie\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T14:28:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:28:30","slug":"botanists-on-the-prairie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2012\/01\/26\/botanists-on-the-prairie\/","title":{"rendered":"Botanists on the prairie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6464\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/dry-prairie.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/dry-prairie.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/dry-prairie-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none\">\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit\">Some days the shortgrass prairie doesn\u2019t seem to hold much of interest to botanists. It\u2019s hot, windy, dry, and grazed as far as the eye can see. CNHP Botanist Pam Smith sent these photos of a 2011 prairie bioblitz.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none;clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6465\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/hot.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/hot.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/hot-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: x-small\">How hot was it? Check out the temperature on the speedometer!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none\">\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit\">In situations like this&nbsp;one last summer, it isn&#8217;t too surprising that the searchers were drawn to a couple of the prairie\u2019s biggest plants &#8211; not that much shade was available.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6466\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/021-1.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/021-1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/021-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small\">&nbsp;CSU herbarium manager Jennifer Ackerfield and CNHP&#8217;s Ren\u00e9e Rondeau<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small\">with <em>Asclepias latifolia<\/em>, the broadleaf milkweed.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6467\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/024.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/024.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/024-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><em>Ipomoea leptophylla<\/em>, the bush morning-glory<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Pam, Jennifer, and Ren\u00e9e managed to add 33 new plants to the list of documented species at Brett Gray Ranch. 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