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This entry was posted on May 14, 2017, in Kansas, May, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged antelopehorn milkweed, constellations, corn, delphinium, evening primrose, fescue, fledging birds, gooseberries, green dragon, jack in the pulpit, Kentucky bluegrass, Kentucky coffee tree, lightning, milo, moon, oxeye daisy, prairie violet, puccoon, salsify, soybeans, spiderwort, wheat, wild alfalfa, wild blue indigo, yarrow, yellow sweet clover. Leave a comment

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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.

Little Flower Killing Moon: May

This month is so called by the Osage Indians of the area for the transition from the short statured flowers of April to the taller flowers that keep up with the growing prairie grasses. The shorter pre-vernal flowers like prairie violets, star-eyed grass, buttercups and lousewort on the prairie finish up and go to seed, being replaced by taller flowers such as yarrow, daisy fleabane and larkspur. In the woodland, the "killing" is even more dramatic, as early spring beauties, dutchman's breeches, cutleaf toothwort, rue anemone and the like finish up and pretty much disappear under the closed canopy of tree leaves and thick shrubbery, with virtually no woodland flowers replacing them until mid-late summer composites make their way back into the woods.

Part of our annual seasonal progression this month is increasing severe weather as the warming, moist air flows in from the south, pushed violently up and out of the way by waves of colder air from the north and west. Also, in addition to plentiful plants and many young animals of all stripes this time of year, people living here have been planting their gardens this time of year for at least 4,000 years. Tap into this wonderful tradition as a way to connect with the incredible fertility of this land.

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