HARP

PIEDMONT PRAIRIE RESTORATION

Prairie habitat is a part of the natural history of the southeastern United States Piedmont region. Most prairie habitat has disappeared from the Carolina Piedmont due to agriculture and development over the last 300+ years, but small remnants still exist. HARP scientists have participated in many Piedmont prairie restoration projects and are conducting studies of prairie habitats, including monitoring of existing Endangered, Threatened and Rare plants occurring within prairie habitat. Ongoing studies include projects at Suther Prairie, Rock Hill Black-Jack Preserve, and Adam Hunter Prairie at the Redlair Farm and Research Station.