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This entry was posted on June 9, 2019, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged blackberry, butterfly milikweed, cinquefoil, common milkweed, crown vetch, daisy fleabane, deer, delphinium, deptford pink, echinacea, evening primrose, fawn, gooseberry, Grant-Bradbury Prairie, Grassland Heritage Foundation, honeysuckle, Magicicada cassini, musk thistle, oxeye daisy, penstemon, Prairie Park Nature Center, prairie phlox, prairie rose, prickly pear cactus, raspberry, roughleafed dogwood, sensitivebrier, spiderwort, strawberry, wild indigo. Leave a comment

May 20 – 26, 2019 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on May 19, 2019, in Kansas, May, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beaver, blackberry, blue wild indigo, bobcat, brome, cherry, cottontail, cottonwood fluff, coyote, dutch white clover, fescue, fox, gooseberry, grape, hackberry, lightning bug, mayapple, muskrat, oxalis, oxeye daisy, papaw, plum, pollen, prairie plox, prairie violet, puccoon, raccoon, raptor, red clover, roughtleafed dogwood, salsify, Scribner's panicum, skunk, songbird, spiderwort, spittlebug, star eyed grass, waterfowl, white wild indigo, wild four-o'clock, yarrow, yellow sweet clover. Leave a comment

June 18 – 24, 2018 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 17, 2018, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beebalm, blackberry, bluegrass, butterfly milkweed, coreopsis, cottonwood, deer antlers, deptford pink, dogwood, dragonfly, echinacea, elderberry, fescue, gray headed coneflower, Johnsongrasss, lead plant, lightning bug, mars, mulberry, new jersey tea, orchardgrass, poison hemlock, raspberry, rolypoly, sensitivebrier, slender mountain mint, sumac, summer solstice, timothy, tree frog, walnut, white prairie clover, wild white indigo. Leave a comment

July 17 – 23, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on July 18, 2017, in July, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beebalm, blackberry, compass plant, daisy fleabane, dragonfly, elderberry, gayfeather, gooseberries, gray coneflower, green lacewing, ironwood, Liatris, oxeye daisy, rattlesnake master, slender mountain mint, solar eclipse, spider mite, stiff sunflower, sweet coneflower, wasp, yarrow. Leave a comment

June 22 – 28, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 21, 2015, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged antelopehorn milkweed, bat, blackberry, blue heron, bobcat, bullfrog, butterfly milkweed, Canada wild rye, common milkweed, compassplant, corn, deer, easter gama grass, echinacea, elderberry, gooseberry, gray fox, hackberry, lightning bug, milo, mulberry, multiflora rose, nighthawk, osage orange, purple prairie clover, rattlesnakemaster, red fox, sensitivebrier, snake, soybeans, spiderwort, St. John's wort, wheat harvest, whippoorwill, white prairie clover, white sweet clover. Leave a comment

June 1 – 7, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on May 31, 2015, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged 17 year locust, antelopehorn milkweed, blackberry, brome pollen, Canadian musk thistle, chiggers, common milkweed, crown vetch, fescue, gooseberry, green milkweed, honeysuckle, lambsquarter, Mead's Milkweed, mint, mulberry, Operation Wildlife, raspberry, sage, stinging nettle, ticks, turtle, watercress, wavy leafed milkweed, whorled milkweed. Leave a comment

May 11 – 17, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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July 7 – 14, 2014 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on July 6, 2014, in July, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beebalm, black walnut, black-eyed susan, blackberry, brown eyed susan, chickory, cricket, culver's root, dogwood berries, gray coneflower, lead plant, osage orange, oxeye daisy, queen anne's lace, raspberry, ratibida, rattlesnakemaster, sericea lespedeza, slender mountain mint, sumac, sycamore bark, teasel, wheat. Leave a comment

June 23 – 29, 2014 Kaw Valley Almanac

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May 19 – 25, 2014 Kaw Valley Almanac

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Twelve Years of Wild Douglas County!

If you like the weekly posts of Kaw Valley Almanac, you might be interested in purchasing a compilation of these kinds of posts that Ken Lassman has put together into a book, along with essays on the land and the ecosystems of the area. This book was designed not to be just another coffee table book full of pictures; rather it was designed to be used as a guide to accompany you when you take your treks outdoors to observe nature first hand. You can get this book at a number of local bookstores or order it here for $15 + $2 shipping (regular price: $20). Click here to purchase your copy via Paypal.

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Ken Lassman has been keeping this almanac for over a decade, He invites you to share your observations and photos in the comments section. You can find his book Wild Douglas County at The Raven Bookstore and The Community Mercantile in Lawrence.

June: Buffalo Pawing Earth Moon

The Osage, like many of the eastern horticultural tribes who inhabited the woodland/prairie transition zone from Minnesota to Texas, planted extensive gardens in the spring, then left the children and grandparents to tend them while most of the tribe went west to hunt bison. This is reflected in the name of the summer moons, which chronicle the behavior of the primary protein source for these tribes.

The parade of prairie flowers that began in May continues in earnest in June, with each week unfolding a new flavor of colors as wave after wave of wildflowers compete for the sunlight with the growing warm season prairie grasses. June also sees berries ripening, ranging from mulberries and blackberries to wild raspberries, gooseberries and currants.

Mammals are busy raising young, and some birds are starting second litters as the wheat ripens in the fields. Corn grows noticeably on a daily basis this month, and soybeans go from green rows in dark fields to a carpet of green. The summer solstice arrives on June 21st and the entire landscape seems to be alive with life as a result of the energy-filled longest days of the year. Nights are shorter, but full in its own way with the sounds of night life and the beautiful summer constellations in the sky,

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