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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
Large flower false foxglove (Aureolaria grandiflora)
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Early summer remnant prairie #conservation #prairie #ecology #nativeplants
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
Fall prescribed fire in eastern Iowa. #conservation #prairie #woodland #restoration #ecology
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Maquoketa IA #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A successful day surveying rattlesnakes. #conservation #prairie #ecology
May 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) #prairie #nativeplants #ecology #conservation
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
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
Early spring eastern Iowa remnant dolomite prairie plants from the past few days. #prairie #conservation 🌎
April 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
More hoary puccoon.
April 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) #nativeplants 🌎
April 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
(Antennaria plantaginifolia) #prairie #nativeplants 🌎
April 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) #prairie #nativeplants 🌎
April 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Bird's foot violet (Viola pedata). #prairie #nativeplants 🌎
April 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
#HandsOff Maquoketa IA
April 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Rx fire on one of my oak savanna sites. #prairie #savanna #conservation #prescribedfire #restorationecology 🌎🔥
April 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pasque Flower (Anemone patens) #prairie #grasslands #nativeplants 🌎
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
Gratitude and reciprocity are the doorway to true abundance, not power, money, or fear. - Brian Gibbs @altnps.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Moonlighting as musicians
March 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Pale False Foxglove (Agalinis skinneriana) a rare hemiparasitic plant found in dry rock prairies in my neck of the prairie 🌎 #prairie #ecology #restorationecology #conservation #nativeplants
February 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hello prairie people. I hope you consider attending the Iowa Prairie Network Winter Seminar held on Saturday Feb 15th in Ames Iowa. The seminar has a great list of speakers and is free to attend. Register at iowaprairienetwork.org #prairie #conservation #restorationecology
February 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM