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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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Seed Harvest @ Fox Island - INVITATIONSATURDAY October 2nd OR 24, 2011 -
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on blue to see pictures:
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 |
THE FOLLOWING IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE GATHERED in 2010
What did we pluck from the generous nature preserve, Fox Island, and
what will we be planting for Earth Day? Estimates of seed weight and prices.
The following in blue is a price list from Heartland Restoration/Earth Source Inc. (2010 quotes)
Big Bluestem: $12/LB Save Maumee collected approx . 5.5 lbs = $66
Canada Wild Rye: $14/LB Save Maumee collected approx. 4.5 lbs = $63
Indian Grass: $8/LB Save Maumee collected approx. 3lbs = $ 24
3 types of grasses totaling 13lbs = approx $153.00
Tall Iron Weed: $225/LB Save Maumee collected approx. 3lbs = $675
Wild Bergamot: $352/LB Save Maumee collected approx. 2 lbs = $704
Gray Headed
Coneflower: $105/LB
Save Maumee
collected approx. 1.5 lbs=
$157.50
Common Milkweed: $7/oz, $108/LB Save Maumee collected approx. 1 lb = $108
Switchgrass: $2/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 2 oz = $ 4
Prairie Dropseed: $18/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 2 oz = $36
Mountain Mint: $43/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 2 oz = $86
New England Aster: $21/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 1.5oz =$31.50
Prairie Dock: $18/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 2oz = $ 36
Yarrow: $2/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 1oz = $2
Lemon Queen:$23-50/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 5 oz = $125
Grey Goldenrod: $450/lb Save Maumee collected approx. 1 lbs = $450
Dogwood Berries: $36-50/lb Save Maumee collected approx. 2.5 lbs = $100
Black Eyed Susan:$6/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 2oz = $ 12
Cup Plant: $10/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 1oz = $ 10
Evening
Primrose:$5/oz Save
Maumee collected approx. 1oz = $ 5
Joe Pye Weed: $36/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 7 grams
= $3
Fox Glove: $10/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 1oz = $ 10
Nodding Onion: $22.50/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 7grams = $ 10.
Natives totaling approx. 14lbs = $ 2,565
So how much is all of this worth in dollars saved by plucking it ourselves?
GRAND TOTAL: $ 2,718 WORTH OF SEED equaling 27 LBS!!! THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!
This will be GREAT for diversity on our riparian areas!
THE FOLLOWING IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE GATHERED in 2009
Seed able to be identified and gathered at our first Fox
Island Seed Harvest;
of course this is not an exhausted list.
Harvested on 9/26/09 and what will be planted on Earth Day
2010 in addition to seed purchased...
In order of AMOUNT collected
*Big Blue Stern & Canada Wild Rye & Indian Grass – 16 lbs (TOTAL of these 3)
*New York Iron Weed/Tall Iron Weed – 5 lbs
*Bergamot/Monarda – 2 lbs
*Gray Headed Coneflower – 2 lbs
*Milkweed (most of the Milkweed was too green to harvest, but some were) 75 pods
*Yarrow – 12 ounces
*Mullein – 12 ounces
*Switchgrass – 6 ounces
*Common Evening Primrose – 6 ounces
*Prairie Dropseed – 6 ounces
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TOTAL SEED COLLECTED: Approximately 29 lbs! This will definitely make our area
have a diverse variety of plants!
The following in blue is a price list of WORTH of seed collected from Heartland Restoration/Earth Source Inc.
Big Bluestem: $12/LB Save Maumee collected approx. 10lbs = $120
Canada Wild Rye: $14/LB Save Maumee collected approx. 5lbs = $70
Indian Grass: $8/LB Save Maumee collected approx. 2lbs = $16
Tall Iron Weed: $225/LB Save Maumee collected approx. 5lbs = $1,125
Wild Bergamot: $352/LB Save Maumee collected approx. 2lbs = $704
Gray Headed Coneflower $105/LB Save Maumee collected approx. 2lbs = $210
Common Milkweed:
$7/oz, $108/LB
Save Maumee collected approx. 15 ounces
= $105
Switchgrass: $2/oz Save Maumee collected approx. 6 ounces = $12
Prairie Dropseed: $18/oz Save Maumee collected approx 6 ounces = $108
So how much is all of this worth in dollars saved by plucking it ourselves?
Approximately: $2,470 WORTH OF SEED!!! THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!
Not harvestable but present:
Gray Goldenrod
Aster
Blazing Gray-Feather
Lemon Balm
SOME Milkweed was harvested but most was green ~ Monarch Butterflies need this!
Why?
- Milkweed contains a chemical called cardenolides – a form of a steroid that is a cardiac arrester (stops the heart). (Different species of Milkweed have different concentrations) When a Monarch caterpillar eats the leaves from the Milkweed it ingests the cardenolides that makes them toxic to many vertebrate predators. For example if a bird ate a Monarch butterfly of caterpillar it would throw up. (Birds know this) Research has found that Monarchs have high levels of this steroid from having eaten Milkweed so they are much less susceptible to being predated by birds and mice! Great way to keep the ‘bad guys’ away eh?…We will keep collecting it!
Please email Abigail Frost or call (260) 417-2500 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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