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Update to Fox Island Seed Harvest 2010 Update to Fox Island Seed Harvest BUSHWACKERS - You know we cannot do this without you! All of you did such a great job! The kids loved it! There were 28 volunteers present at our first annual seed collection. YOU collected approximately 29 pounds of quality seed in the 4 hour allotment! …(the guy with the glasses & pony tale) would win most collected seed! THANK YOU! Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo Keeper 1, David Messman was a strong competitor along with Greg Konger – HARDEST WORKERS EVER! We could not have done this without Executive Director of Fox Island County Park - Ron Zartman! All of our volunteers found primarily Big Blue Stem, Indian Grass, Canada Wild Rye and a little Switchgrass and Prairie Dropseed. The grasses that are taller than your head were the ones we were seeking out and the ones that Save Maumee spends all of your hard earned money upon! Some of the seeds will be grown in our greenhouse (growing them into plant plugs)…and the rest we will be planting on Save Maumee Earth Day, Sunday April 18, 2010:
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Grasses ~ |
Big Bluestem |
| Carex bicknellii | Bicknell's Sedge |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye |
| Panicum virgatum | Swtich Grass |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indian Grass |
| Sporobolus heterolepis | Prairie Dropseed |
| Forbs | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed |
| Aster laevis | Smooth Blue Aster |
| Aster novae-angliae | New England Aster |
| Baptisia leucantha | White Wild Indigo |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Sand Coreopsis |
| Coreopsis tripteris | Tall Coreopsis |
| Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower |
| Echinaceae purpurea | Purple Coneflower |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master |
| Gentiana andrewsii | Fringe-top Bottle Gentian |
| Helianthus mollis | Downy Sunflower |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | False Sunflower |
| Liatris scariosa nieuwlandii | Savanna Blazingstar |
| Liatris spicata | Spiked Gayfeather |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot |
| Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine |
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beard Tongue |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Mountain Mint |
| Ratibida pinnata | Yellow Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan |
| Senna hebecarpa | Wild Senna |
| Silphium integrifolium | Rosin Weed |
| Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant |
| Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Dock |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod |
| Solidago rigida | Stiff Goldenrod |
| Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort |
| Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain |
| Vernonia gigantea | Tall Ironweed |
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root |
| Zizia aurea | Golden Alexanders |
SAND TOLERANT (below)
TREES
*Acer negundo (Boxelder)
*Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple)
*Celtis occidentalis (Hackberry)
*Fraxinus americana (White Ash)
*Ostrya virginiana (Hop Hornbeam)
*Cercis canadensis (Redbud)
Shrubs
*Staphylea trifolia (Bladdernut)
*Sambucus canadensis (Elderberry)
*Hamamelis virginiana (Witch-hazel)
Grasses
*Elymus virginicus (Virginia Wild Rye)
*Elymus riparius (Riverbank Wild Rye)
*Leersia virginica (White grass)
*Diarrhena americana (Beak grass)
*Hystrix patula (Bottlebrush Grass)
Forbs
*Verbesina alternifolia (Wingstem)
*Eupatorium rugosum (White snakeroot)
*Rudbeckia laciniata (Cut-leaf Coneflower)
*Aster lateriflorus (Side-flowering aster)
2011 Official Stats for
Save Maumee, Fox Island Seed Harvest October 24th
In 2012 we have approval to pluck our seed at Little River Wetlands
Project at Eagle Marsh to give Fox Island’s plant life a rest for a few years!
We also plucked seed from the 2 acres of land from Save Maumee/Top Notch Tree
Service Greenhouse property so we had quite a diversity of seeds this year!
Trying to group them as to ideal planting. This is an ESTIMATE of prices and harvest weight!
River’s Edge
Monarda/Bergamot 2lbs – split between full sun & river’s edge.
$352/lb = $704
Under Erosion Control Mats
Blend of many seeds…approximately 2lb mixture so
approximately = $45
Big Blue Stem $12/lb
Indian Grass $8/lb
Canada Rye $14/lb
Annual Barley
Indian Grass $8/lb
Prairie Drop Seed $18/oz = 1 oz
collected - $18
Switchgrass $2/oz
Full Shade
Grey Golden Rod $450/lb we
collected 4lbs - $1,800
Fox Tail 3oz – avoid but only an annual – shade only but will establish root
system for perennial plants.
Mugwort 3oz
Understory
New England Aster 2.25 lbs –
$21/oz = $739
Black Eyed Susan’s (wet shade & understory) 2lbs -
$6/oz = $192
Grey Headed Coneflower –105/lb 7 oz – (4 oz full
sun/3oz ) = $200
plantain plantago major
Full Sun/Open Field
Iron Weed $225/lb – we
collected
Primerose $5/oz we collected 1 lb = $80
Milkweed 1.5lbs $108/lb - $148
Prairie Dock – 2oz collected – 18/oz = $36
Sweet Clover (to fix nitrogen)
Mountain Mint 1 lb $43/oz = $688
Woods Edge
Dogwood Berries – $36-50/lb
Yarrow – 1oz - $2/oz = $2
(some Grey Headed Cone Flower & Aster as well)
Ground Cherry – 100 seeds
Elymus Canadensis (shade)
Wet Area
Ohio Buckeye’s
Oak Tree Acorns (Oak Nuts) 20 lbs - wet
WHERE TO PLANT?:
Echinacea 1oz
Penstemon (beardtongue) – 2 oz
Senna Hebecarpa 1oz
Joe Pye Weed – $36/oz 1 oz collected = $36
Here are some food/herbs we will plant that may not be native, but are a food
source and non-invasive
Peppermint, not native
Spearmint, not native
Lemon Balm not native
Green Peppers not native
Hot Peppers not native
Tomatillias
Tomatoes
Dill
Wild Onion
SOME Milkweed was harvested but most was green ~ Monarch Butterflies need this!
Why?
Please email Abigail King if you have any questions or comments.
Please join Save Maumee on Earth Day
to celebrate the cleansing of the riverbanks and and rally the community’s
awareness about our 3 River’s condition in Fort Wayne. Educational information
will be available.
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