Native Grasses and Wildflowers Provide Kansas Travelers Nature's Beauty to Enjoy and also Provide Food and Shelter for Birds such as pheasants, Bobwhite Quail and Goldfinch, Butterflies and Other Wildlife.

Native Wildflowers and Tallgrasses Can Also increase safety for drivers by Providing a Barrier to Blowing snow and dust, breaking the glare of a icy landscape and delineating the road's edge during bad weather or when a driver is tired. Note on photos where the shoulder is mowed short and the tallgrass stands in sharp contrast making the "edge" distinctive.

Chase, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley counties

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