Root Displays

reserved prairie root specimens — produced at the Tallgrass Prairie Center — are currently on display in several states across the tallgrass region. For information about purchasing a root, contact Laura.Walter@uni.edu.

On occasion, Iowa's Living Roadway Trust Fund sponsors roots for display at in-state educational facilities. Recipients of these LRTF-funded roots are below. Click to see images of their displays.

 

 

 

Ann Smeltzer Charitable Trust 
Smeltzer Iowa Learning Farm

Switchgrass + Purple Prairie Clover


 

 

Appanoose County Conservation Board
The Nature Center at Sharon Bluffs

Big Bluestem + Prairie Dropseed + Leadplant


 

 

Benton County Conservation Board
Benton County Nature Center

Leadplant


 

 

Black Hawk County Conservation Board
Hartman Reserve Nature Center

Big Bluestem + Leadplant


 

 

Boone County Soil and Water Conservation District
USDA Service Center

Big Bluestem + Pale Purple Coneflower + Compassplant


 

Buchanan County Conservation Board
Fontana Interpretive Nature Center

Big Bluestem 


 

 

Butler County Conservation Board
Allan and Fayette Meyer Nature Center

Switchgrass + Compassplant


 

Cerro Gordo County Conservation Board
Lime Creek Nature Center

Indiangrass


 

Chickasaw Co. Conservation Board
Twin Ponds Nature Center

Big Bluestem


Clayton County Conservation Board
Osborne Nature Center

Big Bluestem


 

Cresco Wildlife Club
The Clubhouse

Switchgrass + Leadplant


‌‌

 

City of Davenport
Davenport Natural Resources Department

Big Bluestem


 

 

City of Des Moines Parks and Recreation/City of Des Moines Libraries
Franklin Library Branch

Switchgrass + Prairie Rose


‌‌‌‌

Des Moines County Historical Society
Heritage Center Museum

Big Bluestem


‌‌‌‌

 

Dickinson County Conservation Board
Dickinson County Nature Center

Big Bluestem


‌‌‌‌

 

Fayette County Conservation Board
Fayette County Courthouse Pocket Nature Center

Big Bluestem + Compassplant


‌‌‌‌‌

 

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden

Big Bluestem + Leadplant


‌‌‌‌

 

Grundy County Conservation Board
Grundy County Heritage Museum

Big Bluestem


‌‌‌‌

 

Grundy County Soil and Water Conservation District
USDA Service Center

Switchgrass


‌‌‌‌

 

Hardin County Conservation
Calkins Nature Area

Big Bluestem


‌‌‌‌

 

Harrison County Conservation Center
Willow Lake Nature Center

Switchgrass + Compassplant


‌‌‌‌

 

Indian Creek Nature Center

Wild Rose


‌‌‌‌‌

 

Iowa County Conservation
Lake Iowa Nature Center

Big Bluestem


Iowa & Johnson County Soil and Water Conservation Districts
East-Central Iowa USDA Service Centers

Switchgrass


‌‌‌‌‌

 

Jackson County Conservation
Hurstville Interpretive Center

Big Bluestem


‌‌‌‌‌

 

Kirkwood Community College
Parks and Natural Resources

Switchgrass


‌‌‌‌‌

 

Madison County Conservation Board
Pammel Park Nature Center

Rigid Goldenrod


‌‌‌‌‌

 

Marshall County Conservation Board
Grimes Farm & Conservation Center

Switchgrass   


‌‌‌‌‌

 

Meskwaki Department of Natural Resource

Big Bluestem


‌‌‌‌

 

Mills County Conservation
Pony Creek Nature Center

Switchgrass + Compassplant


‌‌‌‌

 

Muscatine County County Conservation Board
Environmental Learning Center

Big Bluestem


‌‌‌‌

 

Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
Prairie Learning Center

Big Bluestem


‌‌‌‌

 

O'Brien County Conservation Board
Prairie Heritage Center

Indiangrass


‌‌‌‌

 

Osceola County Conservation
Willow Creek Nature Center

Big bluestem


‌‌‌‌‌

 

Palo Alto County Conservation Board
Lost Island Nature Center

Compassplant


‌‌‌‌‌‌

 

Prairie Rivers RC&D

Big Bluestem + Butterfly weed


‌‌‌‌‌‌

 

Ringgold County Conservation Board
Dragoon Trace Nature Center

Cordgrass


‌‌‌‌‌

 

Scott County Conservation Board
Wapsi River Environmental Education Center

Big Bluestem + Compassplant


‌‌‌‌‌

 

Sioux County Conservation Board
Nature Center

Prairie Sage


‌‌‌‌‌‌

 

Wapello County Conservation Board
Pioneer Ridge Nature Center

Big Bluestem


‌‌‌‌

 

WOODbury County Conservation Board
Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center

Big Bluestem + Leadplant