During -> Post Rx Burn
Eugene, OR. October 2025 -> April 2026. The goal with this prescribed burn, as it is with many prescribed burns in the Willamette Valley, was to decrease woody encroachment to increase the quality of the wet prairie site we burned in. It was interesting to view a tree like Fraxinus latifolia as almost a weedy species, especially since we now face functional extinction of the species with emerald ash borer finally making it to Oregon. The goal was to not kill all woody saplings, but to greatly reduce their abundance. Coming back in April we have seemed to achieve that goal. It always blows my mind how different sites like this look like when filled with water and/or at peak bloom!
Plant list for the remaining photos:
Lomatium bradshawii
Micranthes integrifolia
Cardamine penduliflora
Camassia quamash