Wildflowers Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

onecrazycanadian: Hi,

This cache has been disabled for an extended period of time. Due to the lack of response toward the needed maintenance I am archiving the cache. According to direction received from HQ caches that were archived for maintenance reasons will not be unarchived.

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onecrazycanadian
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Hidden : 5/4/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Should be an easy gravel road side find.


Tall-grass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem in Manitoba, and consequently many endangered species are found in the tall-grass prairie, less than 1% of the original 6000 square kilometres remains.

Manitoba has two types of grasslands, mixed-grass prairie and tall-grass prairie. Mixed-grass prairie is on the western side of the province, while tall-grass prairie is in the middle and towards the east of the province.

Mixed-grass prairie takes its name from the medium-height grasses. It has many short species of grasses in a second layer of vegetation cover. It has elements of both short-grass and tall-grass prairie. It usually only grows to knee height.

Only 24% of the original 24 million hectares remains. Tall-grass prairie takes its name from the dominant tall grasses that grow over one meter high. It used to cover an area about one and a half times the size of the province of Manitoba. Less than 0.02% of the original 900 000 square kilometers remains.

We are very lucky here at Oak Hammock Marsh because we have 3 pieces of tall-grass prairie within the Wildlife Management Area. The Brennan Prairie is the largest piece of unbroken prairie in Manitoba.

Be sure to visit our tall-grass prairie and see some of the beautiful flowers.

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