Grassland Restoration Forum

Choosing flower species for restoration of beneficial insect biodiversity: community-level flower preferences and flower visiting insect responses to native vs. non-native flowers

Re-establishing native forbs for pollinators is currently highly resource intensive, and limited by the lack of commercially available seed for most species. Therefore, it would be useful to know which native flower species are most effective at supporting whole communities of pollinators, to ensure that pollinator restoration efforts provide the maximum benefit to the most pollinator species. In the scientific literature, calculating various “preference metrics” from plant-pollinator interaction data has become a popular way to assess pollinator community flower preference.

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Event Cancellation

How to Use the Range Plant Community Guides and Recovery Strategies

Unfortunately with a number of late cancellations for the Range Plant Community Guides & Recovery Strategies Workshop scheduled for September 13th, 2023 we’ve had to make the tough decision to cancel the workshop for this fall due to insufficient registrations for a cost recovery event.  We will be offering the same workshop in conjunction with the CLRA Conference in March 2024.  The GRF Mailing list will receive notice/announcements about the event as details become available.

We are still proceeding as planned with the Grassland Assessment Classroom & Hands on Field Training on September 14th at the Cassils Hall/Antelope Creek Ranch.

Apologies for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.