Prairie Springs Environmental Education Center

Prairie Springs Environmental Education Center This is the page for Carroll University's Field Station! (Also known as the Prairie Springs Environmental Education Center.)

We love seeing the deer that live out here at prairie springs through our trail cams! 🦌
08/05/2021

We love seeing the deer that live out here at prairie springs through our trail cams! 🦌

We had a botanist come out to prairie springs this morning who identified a state threatened plant called Eurybia furcat...
07/28/2021

We had a botanist come out to prairie springs this morning who identified a state threatened plant called Eurybia furcata. This plant is more commonly called forked aster. It is native to the Great Lakes region and is commonly found in moist woods along streams. It is also included in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. 🌱

Some of the gorgeous flowers that have recently bloomed here at prairie springs! 🌸🌻🌺🌼🌷
07/22/2021

Some of the gorgeous flowers that have recently bloomed here at prairie springs! 🌸🌻🌺🌼🌷

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07/17/2021

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A few more trail cam pics! 🦌🌿
07/08/2021

A few more trail cam pics! 🦌🌿

Some critters we found during our creek survey earlier this week! 🦞🪱
07/02/2021

Some critters we found during our creek survey earlier this week! 🦞🪱

Some pictures that our trial cams captured 🦌🪵
06/28/2021

Some pictures that our trial cams captured 🦌🪵

Hi everyone! Today we will be learning about the flower: hogweed 🌷Scientific Name: Heracleum Description: hogweed is a h...
06/21/2021

Hi everyone!
Today we will be learning about the flower: hogweed 🌷
Scientific Name: Heracleum
Description: hogweed is a herbaceous plant that originates from Asia and grows in damp soil near streams and marshes
Fun fact: hogweed sap can cause skin irritation, leading to blister formation

Happy Wednesday from Prairie Springs! • •🌼🌤🌻🪴🌞
06/16/2021

Happy Wednesday from Prairie Springs!
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Happy Friday everyone! ☀️Today we are learning about mushrooms Scientific name: Trametes Description: mushrooms are comm...
06/11/2021

Happy Friday everyone! ☀️
Today we are learning about mushrooms
Scientific name: Trametes
Description: mushrooms are commonly found on dead logs, they have a thin appearance and tend to be fan shaped with a radius of less than 5cm
Fun fact: mushrooms are available all year round but have a peak in fall and winter seasons 🍄

Today we will be learning the flower: sage 💜Scientific Name: Salvia officinalis Description: sage is considered an herb ...
06/07/2021

Today we will be learning the flower: sage 💜
Scientific Name: Salvia officinalis
Description: sage is considered an herb that produces purple, white and pink flowers and grows to be 1 to 3 feet long
Fun Fact: it is believed that sage stimulates the brain, improving concentration, memory and reasoning

American Robin aka Tutdus migratorius a fun fact Robin's roost together in trees and as many as 200,000 can roost togeth...
06/03/2021

American Robin aka Tutdus migratorius a fun fact Robin's roost together in trees and as many as 200,000 can roost together

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Genesee Depot, WI
53189

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