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Above: Mafic savanna remnant in Fauquier County. Credit: Emily Luebke By Drew Chaney, Senior Field Technician,Piedmont Discovery Center In 2024 Piedmont Discovery Center (PDC) embarked on its fourth season of […]
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Of the many types of grasslands occurring in the Virginia Piedmont, wet prairies, marshes, and seepages are some of the least common. Ditching and draining for agriculture has destroyed many of them, and since an estimated less than 1 percent of the modern day Virginia Piedmont remains as natural grasslands, these wetlands, which likely always existed predominantly as small-patch communities, are especially rare to find intact today.
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Above: Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Mary Jane Epps, records species in a remarkable remnant hardpan grassland over Triassic sedimentary rocks in the Richmond Basin. We wanted to take a moment and […]
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by Ezra Staengl April 5, 2022 Smoke plumed into the sky, and trees crackled and popped as they were consumed by the roaring fire. It was difficult to see through […]
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Above: Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), photo by Ezra Staengl. (Not taken at Oakencroft Farm.) Ezra StaenglMarch 4, 2021 Oakencroft Farm is a small, privately owned farm located in the Piedmont […]
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Unplanted Scaly blazing star (Liatris squarrosa) in a remnant natural grassland close to downtown Charlottesville. Image by D. Floyd February 24, 2021 Grasslands Conservation in our Communities. Because of growing […]
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Question: What are the top 5 things you would like to see changed in Charlottesville/Albemarle that would make our community better? (Part 4 of 5)
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Above: Unplanted, high-quality Piedmont prairie view, Fluvanna County. Image by D. Floyd, at one of PDC’s 2021 grassland research sites. Protect what is left of Indigenous Grassland Habitats By Devin […]
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Above: Part of the PDC survey crew at a survey site near Montebello, Virginia. Crew members, left to right, Devin, Jessie, Olivia, Emily, Ashley, and Ezra. Image by the client, […]
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By Ezra Staengl, Center for Urban Habitats Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Family: Odontophoridae Other common names: Bobwhite Quail, Virginia Quail Distinguishing Features/Description Northern bobwhites are a small, round bodied species […]