we have to get weirder about shortgrass
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Clan Founder - Shortgrass
Name: Shortgrass
Former Names: Shortkit (Kitten), Shortpaw (Apprentice)
Age: 108 Moons
Fur Length: Medium
Pelt: Twocolor
Eyes: Sage
Gender: Female
Trait: Vengeful
Skills: Lore Master
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#igapó #lake #colored #woodbridge #blue #base #daily #jointpoint #daylight #doubleexposure #lomo #way #water #memories #freshair #shortgrass (em Igapó 4) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq85Zefuphb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Trafficblr culture is scrolling your dash and seeing a post going feral about desert duo immediately followed by a post telling people to stfu about desert duo.
HELP ME desert duo is so popular I don't blame them 😭😭 I love desert duo but other duos exist!! TALK ABOUT SHORTGRASS MORE!!
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10 October 2023 - Friday Field Notes
Fall is here. The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting colder. Got to spend some time at one of the other offices this week. All the leaves are starting to change and I haven't seen this little lady in a while.
This bullsnake is an education animal, not a pet. I know they're cute, but wildlife needs to stay wild and should not be kept as pets.
These tansy asters are some of the late blooms you'll find on the prairie. Many native flowering plants have staggered bloom cycles, some flowering plants bloom as early as Apri, if conditions are favorable, while others species bloom as late as October or November. In biodiverse rich ecosystems, you should be able to see flowers throughout the season at different times. They take turns sharing the stage. This not only reduces competition between plant species, but also allows wildlife species to utilize resources throughout the growing season. Healthy ecosystems are good at supporting all the things in it. Can you spot the bee?
Most plants out here have gone to seed though, like the sunflowers, showy milkweed, and the false boneset.
And it also means time to harvest and eat stuff. Strawbaby from the garden, a cultivated plant, and common ground cherry, found growing out on the prairie.
(@irrigone finally found some ground cherries that were ripe enough to eat! They have the consistency of a tiny grape and they kinda taste like sweet tarts candy. Not bad. Ate a couple and didn't die 👍 Would recommend as a light snack.)
Exoskeleton of a plains lubber and some fringe sage. One of my fav plants out here, smells delightful.
And one of my not so favorite plants (at least out here, totally cool if found in its native home range) Mullein is a biennial plant, meaning it has a two year life cycle, and it's an invasive weed in my neck of the prairie, and arguably, the rest of the Great Plains and grassland habitats in N. America.
The first year it grows as a basal rosette, close to the ground. Basal plants grow from the root base as opposed to forming new tissue towards the top. Most grasses grow this way too, which is why you can mow it without killing the whole plant. Same thing with mullein. In order to make sure the plant does grow back during manual removal you have to pull up the tap root as well.
The second year they'll flower, and produce these massive flower stalks that produce hundreds of seeds. And they're all tiny. Some stalks can get up to 3-4 feet tall and produce thousands of seeds that stay viable in the ground for years. It's no wonder they get everywhere and are so hard to manage.
Invasive species can take over ecosystems if left unchecked and reduce the biodiversity and overall health of native habitats.
Weed management strategies and good land stewardship practices help support wildlife. Like these pronghorn. Wildlife will stick around in habitat if they can get the resources they need to survive and thrive.
Pronghorn, often referred to as antelope, are actually more related to giraffes than antelope. They're also the second fastest land animal in the world and can reach sustained running speeds of 55mph. They prefer wide open grassland habitat.
Fall is rutting season, so all the boys have been extra feisty lately and chasing everyone around. Been getting a lot more stare downs from them lately.
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Shortgrass (bdubs and joel) has to be added here they are SO silly ur honor
ive never actually heard if this ship b4! its been added to the bracket
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