We have been learning a little about wetlands recently, and learned
that there is a very unique habitat close to us. All of Nebraska's
saline wetlands occur in Lancaster County. So today we visited the
Lincoln Saline Wetlands Nature Center to take a walk and enjoy this
endangered habitat. Of the estimated 16,000 acres of saline marshes to
have once existed in this area, there are now only approximately 1,200
acres left. These areas are important stops for Nebraska's many
migratory birds (we are on the central flyway, after all) as well as unique native species which are found in no other habitat within Nebraska.
Yellow
is definitely the dominant color of fall in Nebraska. We don't have all
the maple trees I grew up with in northern Indiana and I kind of miss
all the deep shades of red and orange as the leaves change. Here, it is
yellow. Yellow from the annual sunflowers. Yellow from the goldenrod,
which is our state flower. Yellow from most of the trees, including
cottonwood and honeylocust. Even my house is yellow.
We started
to do a little nature journaling, which was cut short by the sudden
need of my three year old to use the restroom. Here is as far as Mouse
got on her study (as you can see, spelling does not rank high on her
list of things to watch for). She chose to look at some of the grass
from the native tallgrass prairie. I believe she was looking at Indian Grass.
And here is the page out of my journal. I chose an annual sunflower to study.
Now
we would like to visit some of the other saline marshes near here as
well as the more traditional alkaline marshes. We would also like to
visit some more prairie lands...Nebraska has tall grass, short grass,
mixed grass and a unique type of prairie covering the sandhills. I have
always loved prairie grasses and we have so many little pockets right
near where we live!
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