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The perfect plant for the rain garden… By: Grace Lohrmann Prairie Smoke (Our Habitat Garden, 2012, [Online] The perfect plant for the rain garden… (Breaking Ground, 2012, [Online])

Overview of the Plant Rare prairie plant (Wild Flowers West, 2009, [Online]) Common names include the Three Flower Avens, Pink Plumes, Johnny Smokers, Geum triflorum and it belongs in the rose family, or the Rosacea The Prairie Smoke resembles smoke hovering over the ground (Vlieg, 2008, [Online])

Sun The Prairie Smoke needs sun The Prairie Smoke can live off of partial sun The rain garden includes partial sun, but no full sun

Water and Soil require ments Soil and water The Prairie Smoke needs a medium amount of water Soil conditions must be dry or mesic soils The Prairie Smoke needs a soil pH level of about 6.8 to 7.2 (seven is pure water, the lower numbers are for acidity and higher numbers are for alkalinity)

Height of the Prairie Smoke The Prairie Smoke can grow to be sixteen inches tall Can be as short as six inches The Prairie Smoke can grow from 0.15 – 0.4 meters tall

Clay in the Rain Garden The rain garden that will soon be planted is mostly clay loam The Prairie Smoke is known to do well in rich prairie loams The Prairie Smoke also does well in clay and sand

Care The Prairie Smoke rhizome (the underground root) cuttings, which should be done in late summer or the early spring The Prairie Smoke also frequently forms dense mats creating an attractive ground cover for insects The roots of the Prairie Plants spread slowly if the rhizomes are cut

Found in Current Day Prairie Smoke can be found in prairies, savannahs and lakeshores The Prairie Smoke is also found in open woods and sloping meadows The prairie smoke is found beside roads and parking lots

Natural Habitats Prairie Smoke is naturally found in Midwestern Prairies Found from the lake shores of Lake Huron, including New York, and from Ontario to Alberta Has a native range from the northern tier of the United States through most of Canada

Blooming times The Prairie Smoke starts blooming in April at the earliest Latest the Prairie Smoke blooms is June The Prairie Smoke stays in bloom to about August

The Prairie Smoke produces a nut-like seed Fruits The Prairie Smoke produces a nut-like seed Fruits have plum-like gray tails about two inches long The tails are feathery and soft (Prairie Moon Nursery, 2012, [Online])

Flowers and Petals Flowers often have three to a cluster Five oval petals stand mostly erect to form a cup about three fourths inches across The Prairie Smoke’s flowers are a reddish, purplish while the petals are a pinkish, yellowish or whitish (Mobyle, 2009, [Online]) (Blogspot, 2010, [Online])

Leaves and Stems The leaves appear to be fernlike stem leaves are few, small and opposite and leaves are toothed Stems and leaves have soft, fuzzy hairs (Hilty, 2012, [Online]) (Slichter, 2007, [Online])

Reference List Blogspot. (2010). Prairie Smoke. Retrieved from blogspot website: www.blogspot.com/. Brandenburg, David M. (2012). Field Guide to Wildflowers of North America. New York City, NY: Sterling Publishing. Breaking Ground. (2012). Prairie Smoke. Retrieved from Breaking Ground website: www.breakinggroundomaha.com/. Hilty, John. (2012). Prairie Smoke. Retrieved from Illinois wildflowers website: www.illinioswildflowers.info/. Kirt, Russel R. (1995). Prairie Plants of the Midwest: Identification and Ecology. Champaign, IL: Stripes Publishing. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. (2012). Geum Triflorum. Retrieved from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Website: www.wildflower.org/.

Reference List Mobile, Goin. (2009). Prairie Smoke Blossoms. Retrieved from Goin Mobyle website: www.goinmopbyle.com/. North American Wildlife. (1998). Wildflowers. Pleasantville, NY: Readers Digest Association. Our Habitat Garden. (2012). Prairie Smoke. Retrieved from Our Habitat Garden website: www.ourhabitatgarden.org/. Prairie Moon Nursery. (2012). Prairie Smoke. Retrieved from Prairie Moon Nursery website: www.prairiemoon.com/. Runkel, Roosa D. (2009). Wildflowers of the Tall Grass Prairie. Iowa: University of Iowa Press. Slichter, Paul. (2007). Retrieved from halley hosting website :Science.halleyhosting.com/. Vlieg, Marco. (2008). Smoke Man. Retrieved from Aj Barickman Fine Gallery website: www.ajbarickman.com/.

Reference List Wildflowers West.(2009). Prairie Smoke. Retrieved from Wildflowers West website: www.wildflowerswest.org/. Young, Dick. (1994). Kane County Wild Plants and Natural Areas: Second Edition. Geneva, IL: Lake County Forest Preserve District.