This isn’t the time of the year to be walking through a tall grass prairie. It is as dense as a thicket in a forest. Many of the prairie flowers bloom in July and August, some are already setting to seed. The Compass Plant, Indian Plantain, False Indigo, Orange Milkweed, Black Eyed Susans and Purple Coneflowers are some of the plants that will grow tall enough to make a hike through this area difficult. There are also four main grasses which grow in thick clumps — Little Bluestem, Big Bluestem, Indiangrass, and Switchgrass. It is not unusual to have many plants swaying three to six feet above your head.
This photograph was taken at Pope Farms Park, a natural area west of Madison, and this prairie is a restoration that was seeded about 5 years ago.
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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Now that the prairies are thick with tall grasses and flowers, she spends a few minutes each day enjoying the sway of the tallgrass prairie plants.
I love the composition, just right
Yes, and you can almost see the deep prairie colors fading if you look closely!
Love the colors, Bo. You’ve captured the late summer shades of browns and greens, yellows and whites gently faded by the sun. Summer is fading, autumn is coming. The sumac in Nashville is already turning bright orange and the light is beginning to change. Love it.
Yes, late summer’s light is always lovely, the harshness dissipating.
Really beautiful, Bo.
Thanks, Robin. Bet your land and pond are showing sign’s of change, too!
Such a typical…beautiful meadow scene. Love the soft light.
The edges are softening, aren’t they? Yes, soft…