TY  - JOUR
AU  - Carter, Dan
AU  - Lesh, Dan
AU  - Mogush, Ann
PY  - 2012/04/19
TI  -  Fire and mowing have effects on the density of Asteraceae and Fabaceae
JF  - Tillers; Vol 2 (2000)
KW  - 
N2  - Burning and mowing are two common prairie restoration/reconstruction tools. Both are important in determining the prairie’s composition of forbs. We investigated effects on Asteraceae and Fabaceae, the two most common forb families on the tallgrass prairie. We measured the density of both families and species belonging to these families on plots where mowing and burning were treatments. Burning led to a significant increase in the density of Fabaceae but not Asteraceae. Mowing had a significant effect on  Amorpha canescens  and  Solidago  sp. The effects of these treatments indicate that they influence the presence of the two largest forb families on tallgrass prairie in Central Iowa.
UR  - https://ojs.grinnell.edu/index.php/tillers/article/view/16