Prairie City, Iowa - Biologists at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge wrap milkweed pods to collect seeds from the less common varieties--the but

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Prairie City, Iowa - Biologists at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge wrap milkweed pods to collect seeds from the less common varieties--the butterfly, swamp, and prairie milkweed. The seeds will be planted in other areas of the refuge in a continuing effort to bring back the tallgrass prairie. Tallgrass prairie used to cover most of Iowa; now less than one-tenth of one percent remains.

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Location: Prairie City, IA, USA
Photo credit: © Jim West / Alamy / Afripics
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