Tallgrass Tony
@tallgrasstony.bsky.social
Prairie lover, natural resources manager, amateur nature photographer.
Great plains lady's tresses (Spiranthes magnicamporum) #nativeplants #prairie
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Great plains lady's tresses (Spiranthes magnicamporum) #nativeplants #prairie
Large flower false foxglove (Aureolaria grandiflora)
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Large flower false foxglove (Aureolaria grandiflora)
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
2025 Prairie and Woodland photo dump. #conservation #prairie #woodland #restoration #ecology #nativeplants
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
2025 Prairie and Woodland photo dump. #conservation #prairie #woodland #restoration #ecology #nativeplants
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
May 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
May 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This high quality dolomite prairie remnant puts on quite the show in spring. #prairie #ecology #nativeplants #conservation
May 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This high quality dolomite prairie remnant puts on quite the show in spring. #prairie #ecology #nativeplants #conservation
Padicularis Point Jackson County IA. Hemi-parasitic plants like wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis) are a component of old growth high quality prairies, oak savannas, and open oak woodlands. For Ecologists plants like wood betony, among others, serve as indicator species of a site's quality.
May 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Padicularis Point Jackson County IA. Hemi-parasitic plants like wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis) are a component of old growth high quality prairies, oak savannas, and open oak woodlands. For Ecologists plants like wood betony, among others, serve as indicator species of a site's quality.
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Federal scientists will stop updating the NOAA list of billion-dollar weather disasters. The list, which had grown rapidly in recent years, reflected both worsening extreme weather and expanding development nationwide.
May 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Federal scientists will stop updating the NOAA list of billion-dollar weather disasters. The list, which had grown rapidly in recent years, reflected both worsening extreme weather and expanding development nationwide.
Early spring eastern Iowa remnant dolomite prairie plants from the past few days. #prairie #conservation 🌎
April 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Early spring eastern Iowa remnant dolomite prairie plants from the past few days. #prairie #conservation 🌎
More hoary puccoon.
April 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
More hoary puccoon.
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) #nativeplants 🌎
April 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) #nativeplants 🌎
April 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) #prairie #nativeplants 🌎
April 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) #prairie #nativeplants 🌎
Bird's foot violet (Viola pedata). #prairie #nativeplants 🌎
April 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Bird's foot violet (Viola pedata). #prairie #nativeplants 🌎
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Bernie showed up at Coachella!
April 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Bernie showed up at Coachella!
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Right now, Booker is still at it. And you can watch: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Listen to Sen Cory Booker rip into anyone who voted for the CR!
He’s pledged to hold the floor tonight for as long as possible.
Let’s lift him up and show him support as he gets in good trouble!
@booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com
He’s pledged to hold the floor tonight for as long as possible.
Let’s lift him up and show him support as he gets in good trouble!
@booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Right now, Booker is still at it. And you can watch: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Rx fire on one of my oak savanna sites. #prairie #savanna #conservation #prescribedfire #restorationecology 🌎🔥
April 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Rx fire on one of my oak savanna sites. #prairie #savanna #conservation #prescribedfire #restorationecology 🌎🔥
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Regarding #prairie and prairie #fire in Iowa from "Journalism of Northwest Iowa" by Charles Aldrich in Annals of Iowa (can't find pub year, but Aldrich died in 1908...certainly well beyond copyright). Don't deride "calendar prairies." Prairie was blossoms after blossoms through the growing season.
March 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Old friends are waking up. Snow trillium (Trillium nivale) #nativeplants #ecology 🌎
March 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Old friends are waking up. Snow trillium (Trillium nivale) #nativeplants #ecology 🌎