Native Plants
Curious by Nature: Fungus Fueled Prairie Health
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MDC Virtual Nature Center
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Registration required by visiting www.deeproots.org/curious-by-nature (adults) Could the key to more successful prairie restorations be hidden beneath our feet? Explore the fascinating world of native Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) with Dr. Liz Koziol of the University of Kansas. Her research focusses on how restoring AMF improves floristic quality, increases native plant diversity and helps suppress weeds in new prairies. Learn how prairie restoration projects at Big Bull Creek Park and Shawnee Mission Park are contributing to groundbreaking long-term research on AMF application methods. We'll dig into the role of soil microbial communities, discuss practical approaches for reintroducing naive AMF and review the first two years of results from experimental prairie plots. Kathy A Kottemann