Calvary Cemetery Prairie Remnant Restoration
Project Description
Calvary Cemetery prairie in northern St. Louis is the last fragment of the city’s once extensive grassland heritage. The goal of the partnership is to restore and sustain a diverse, viable prairie remnant, and to integrate this resource into the fabric of local and regional life. MDC staff developed a five-year plan for intensive restoration and reconstruction, with the goal of managing the prairie unit with prescribed fire and occasional perennial weed control by the 2017. The funds will be used to reestablish native forbs (native warm season grasses were established in 2013), control in...
Project Map
County: Saint Louis City, MO
Project Sites
- Calvary Cemetary
Goals and Targets
Primary Motivations:
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Conservation Mission
Restore and reconstruct prairie remnant
Primary Goals:
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To restore and sustain a diverse, viable prairie remnant, and to integrate this resource into the fabric of local and regional life.
Progress: Reestablish native forbs, control invasive plants, and implement prescribed fire.
Consistent With Plans:
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Conservation Plan
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Habitat Conservation Plan
Targeted Habitats:
- Shrublands and Grasslands
- Grasslands
- Central Tallgrass Prairie
Targeted Species:
- Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii
- Crown Vetch Coronilla varia
- Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
- Sericea Lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata
- Yellow Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans
Conservation Actions
| Action | Status | Start Year | End Year |
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| Plant native trees and/or shrubs, herbs, forbs, grasses | In Progress | 2014 | -- |
reestablish native forbs |
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| Control invasive plants | Proposed | 2014 | -- |
spot-spray |
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| Conduct prescribed burns | In Progress | 2014 | -- |