Visitors flying in to Stillwater Airport will soon be treated to a view of the Butterfly Pocket Prairie Garden that is in the shape of a butterfly with a 122 foot wingspan.
Text on marker by parking:
Pocket Prairie Garden Map
For more information about this garden: (scan QR code)
This garden was made possible with support by OSU Senior Administration, Engineering Without Borders, Office of Sustainability, Facilities Management Landscape Services, and the many student, faculty, staff volunteers.
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Pollinator Habitat
Planting List
In partnership with the OSU Senior Administration, Engineering Without Borders, Office of Sustainability, Facilities Management Landscape Services, and many student/faculty/staff volunteers a Pocket Prairie was planned and planted on November 8, 2022. More information and images to come as the plants mature, and the area develops.
The lower portion of the butterfly wings were planted as small plugs and include the following plants:
Common Name: Lead Plant
Botanical Name: Amorpha canescens
Common Name: Elliott’s Bluestem
Botanical Name: Andropogon gyrans
Common Name: Butterfly Milkweed
Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa
Common Name: Creamy Wild Indigo
Botanical Name: Baptisia bracteate
Common Name: Sideoats Grama
Botanical Name: Bouteloua curtipendula
Common Name: Bush’s Sedge
Botanical Name: Carex bushii
Common Name: White Prairie Clover
Botanical Name: Dalea candida
Common Name: Yellow Coneflower
Botanical Name: Echinacea paradoxa
Common Name: Purple Lovegrass
Botanical Name: Eragrostis spectabilis
Common Name: Junegrass
Botanical Name: Koeleria macrantha
Common Name: Prairie Blazing Star
Botanical Name: Liatris pycnostachya
Common Name: Spotted Beebalm
Botanical Name: Monarda punctata
Common Name: White Upland/Stiff Aster
Botanical Name: Oligoneuron album
Common Name: Blue Sage
Botanical Name: Saliva azurea
Common Name: Little Bluestem
Botanical Name: Schizachyrium scoparium
Common Name: Showy Goldenrod
Botanical Name: Solidago speciosa
Common Name: Diamondflower
Botanical Name: Stenaria nigricans
Common Name: Ohio Spiderwort
Botanical Name: Tradescantia ohiensis
Common Name: Heart Leaved Alexander
Botanical Name: Zizia aptera
The upper portion of the butterfly wings were planted using a seed mix, broadcasted and covered in place with a light dusting of wood chips. The upper wing area is roughtly 1,860 sqft and the seed mix was a meadow for dry places, grass and forbs. It included the plants in the list below. The bloom time for these polinators is between April and October.
Common Name: Nodding Onion
Botanical Name: Allium cernum
Common Name: Sideoats Grass
Botanical Name: Bouteloua curtipendula
Common Name: Partridge Pea
Botanical Name: Chamaecrista fasciculata
Common Name: Lanceleaf coreopsis
Botanical Name: Coreopsis lanceolata
Common Name: Purple Coneflower
Botanical Name: Echinacea purpurea
Common Name: Canada Wild Rye
Botanical Name: Elymus canadensis
Common Name: Wild Bergamot
Botanical Name: Monarda fistulosa
Common Name: Dotted Beebalm
Botanical Name: Monarda punctata
Common Name: Beardtongue
Botanical Name: Penstemon digitalis
Common Name: Hairy Beardtongue
Botanical Name: Penstemon hirsutus
Common Name: Slender Mountain Mint
Botanical Name: Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Common Name: Black-Eyed Susan
Botanical Name: Rudbeckia hirta
Common Name: Sweet Coneflower
Botanical Name: Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Common Name: Little Bluestem
Botanical Name: Schizachryium scoparium
Common Name: Old Field Goldenrod
Botanical Name: Solidago nemoralis
Common Name: Skyblue Aster
Botanical Name: Symphoyotrichum oolentangiense
Common Name: Hoary Vervain
Botanical Name: Verbena stricta
Propagation or cuttings are strictly prohibited
This information provided to you by: Oklahoma State University Facilities Management's Landscape Services Department
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