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#45. This one is called Tall Boneset. No idea how the early pioneers came up with that name. Another member of the aster family.
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I know what you mean about the chiggers and other kinds of insects .Several years ago I located a very large dump in a fiield that was planted in Switchgrass The spot had been a farmstead many years ago The buildings where gone and one of the pits became a dump Than later it was covered over and crops where planted over it for many years .I locater it because I was working with the landowner /farmer and noticed numerous ground hog holes .At the surface everyone of those holes where Littered with broken pieces of old glass I got permission from the owner to dig And my thought that this was a really great spot to find old bottles was set in stone within about the first 30 minutes Much of what transpired over the next 2 years is in my many posts on Treasurer net IN THE GLASS FORUM The caption for the post was I think I finally found it And I began posing about it in Oct of of 2019 Anyway I time I was digging I was over run by deer ticks While digging I removed about 15 that where crawling on me On my drive home I found about and equal number that had ls decided to go for a ride with me .Another time I was digging early in the day and there where a number of small bumble bees busy getting dirt f where I had been digging at another time It was damp that day because of the morning dew After I was stung the second time Ieft for the day But they are pollinator plots for that very reason .The prairie grass is peaking and is 6-7’ tall. I doubt if any more species will make an appearance at this point. The original prairie would have been difficult to travel through on foot at this time of year. People on horseback would have had to avoid patches of slough grass, also called rip gut. Its sharp serrated edges would cut up a horse walking through it. Also, there are no shortage of chiggers out there. I don’t go into the grass without clothes treated with permethrin. Once winter starts setting in it dies down and is perfect for bird hunting with a dog. Unfortunately all the pheasants live down the road where there is 50 acres of prairie grass so I rarely see them. I’ll post more pics here, especially this spring when we burn it off. Hope you enjoyed the pics.View attachment 2105379