Snapshots of a wildflower meadow, summer 2013. The Kerr Center's Native Pollinator Project is establishing and preserving habitat for native pollinators and educating farmers, ranchers and the public about ways to help native pollinators.

2. Pollinators on the Kerr
Ranch

3. Native
Pollinator
Project
•Educate Public
about Pollinators
•Increase Habitat
for Pollinators on
the Kerr Ranch

4. Wildflowers on the Ranch
Wildflower Meadows & Plots
Provide Habitat for Diverse
Pollinators

5. Butterflies

6. Bees

7. Flies….
Bee or fly?

8. Some fly species mimic bee coloration
.
Many flies visit flowers; some are important pollinators

9. Wildflowers on the Ranch:
Rails-to-Trails Roadside Meadow

10. Roadsides are critical repositories
of native plants

11. Controlled burn
of this area
Brought Pale
Purple Coneflowers
(Echinacea pallida)
in new abundance

13. Snapshots
June 2013

14. A bio-diverse
meadow:
Key pollinator
habitat in every
season

15. Prairie Parsley

16. Large-flowered
Coneflower

18. Hairy Petunia (Wild Petunia))

19. Daisy Fleabane (White Top)

20. Fringed Poppy Mallow
(Tall Wine Cup)

21. Large-flowered Tickseed

23. Carolina Larkspur

24. Indian Plantain

26. Prairie Sabatia

27. Crimson Clover

28. Sensitive Briar

29. Common Milkweed
(seed pods)

30. Poison Hemlock

31. Button Snakeroot

33. Wooly Yarrow

36. For more information on Kerr
Center’s Pollinator Project
Contact David Redhage
Project Manager

37. This material is based upon work supported by the Natural
Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, under number 69-7335-1-21

38. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed
in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.