Field Notes

Monthly Weather Review Monthly Rainfall Total: 4.45inches Highest Temperature: 83°F Lowest Temperature: 64°F Average Wind Speed: 7.5mph 3/1/24 Rattlesnake Master (E. yuccifolium) basal leaves present in Firework Prairies, Steele [...]

Monthly Weather Review Monthly Rainfall Total: 2.68 inches Highest Temperature: 62.3oF Lowest Temperature: 38.3oF Highest Wind Speed: 5.1 mph 2/2/24 Red Maple (A. rubrum) observed in flower near [...]

Monthly Weather Review Monthly Rainfall Total: 0.69 inches Highest Temperature: 63.50F Lowest Temperature: 25.4oF Highest Wind Speed: 8.4 mph 1/1/24 Initial growth of Carolina Cranesbill (G. carolinianum), Dove’s [...]

Monthly Weather Review Monthly Rainfall Total: 0.39 inches Highest Temperature: 62.00F Lowest Temperature: 31.3oF Highest Wind Speed: 6.8 mph 12/1/23 Female Northern Harrier sighted hunting over Fireworks Prairie. [...]

Monthly Weather Review: Monthly Rainfall Total: 0.2 inches Highest Temperature: 73.3oF Lowest Temperature: 31.4oF Highest Wind Speed: 4.6 mph 11/2/23 First Frost Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) in seed throughout Fireworks, [...]

Monthly Weather Review: Rainfall Total: 1.18 inches Highest Temperature: 71.8oF Lowest Temperature: 49.7 oF Highest Wind Speed: 5.9 mph Highest Wind Gust: 22.1 mph 10/3/23 Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) [...]

Monthly Weather Review: Monthly Rainfall Total: 0.11 inches Highest Temperature: 76.6oF Lowest Temperature: 60.1oF Highest Wind Speed: 7.1 mph 9/06/23 Thoroughworts (Eupatorium spp.) are dominant flowering plants in [...]

Weather Review Monthly Rainfall Total: 0.18 inches Highest Temperature: 84.5oF Lowest Temperature: 70.4oF Highest Wind Speed: 6.5 mph 8/3/23 Rosinweed (S. asteriscus) is the dominant flowering plant in [...]

7/5/23 Black Eyed Susan (R. hirta) is the dominant flowering plant in all Firework Prairies, Prairie One, Prairie Five, Prairie Six, Prairie Seven, and Steele Prairies. Butterflyweed (A. [...]

6/1/23 The first flower of Meadow Beauty (R. mariana) sighted in prairie two. Deer sighted on drone bedding down in Redbanks prairie. Three more deer sighted running in [...]