Two types of meadow

This area is visited by Cornell classes to explore plants within these two grassland-dominated landscapes. If you are facing uphill, the meadow area to the left (east) was intentionally created to display plants typical to a prairie habitat, which include bluestem, culver’s root, and Indian grass (shown above). To the right (west) is a successional meadow, which typically emerges after an agricultural area is allowed to revert to natural regrowth. These meadows are dominated by non-native species and native goldenrods.