Soil Microbial Composition and Nitrogen Cycling in a Disturbed Wet Prairie Restoration (Wisconsin)

Figure 1.

Lower Greene Prairie in Madison, Wisconsin. The wet-mesic prairie restoration (approximately 9 ha) was planted with a diverse community of native plants starting in the 1940s (top, foreground). The southern portion (> 3 ha) of the site has received stormwater inputs since the 1970s and is now dominated by reed canarygrass (top, background). Plots (bottom) were located in the zones of reed canarygrass (RCG), the transitional zone (between reed canarygrass and restored prairie), and native restored prairie. Photos by J. Kao-Kniffin (top) and courtesy of TerraServer (bottom)