Kirwin Prairie Flowers

A patch of mixed grass with pink coneflowers

Photo By/Credit

Tony Ifland/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

04/18/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

This patch of mixed grass prairie at Kirwin NWR in Northcentral Kansas was prescribe burned a couple months before this photo was taken. The result was a great show of Blacksamson Echinacea (Echinacea angustifolia) and Catclaw Sensitivebriar (Schrankia nuttallii).

Facility

Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Prairie

Subject tags

Fires

Wildflowers

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