Presenter: Glenn Merkord, Vice President and Senior Biologist of Bluestem Environmental Consultants

Glenn Merkord, will teach how to identify 10-15 of the most common prairie grasses. He will discuss how these grasses fit into the prairie system and why we should value grasses as much as wildflowers - seeing how they are the backbone of a prairie. The prairie community includes many different grass species co-existing in a complex ecosystem.