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13th Annual Butterfly & Prairie Walk - August 2, 2020

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Click the butterfly above to watch the butterfly walk

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Click the wildflowers above to watch the native prairie plant walk

The Rouge Park Prairie: In 1999, the city of Detroit received an EPA grant to improve water quality by replacing mowed grass with native wildflowers and grasses. Michigan Wildflower Farm planted 15 acres of native grass and wildflower seeds in 2000 (see plan). The mowed 1¼ mile Prairie Pathway was added in 2010. In 2012, an additional EPA Grant covered a prescribed burn and expansion of the prairie with a seeding of the Butterfly Garden area, and the Greening of Detroit seeded a portion of the southern area of the prairie in 2018. The Butterfly Garden and Tallgrass Prairie areas are now well established and support a wide variety of plant and animal species. Click here to download a checklist of butterflies and native plants that have been identified in Rouge Park. 

Maps of the Rouge Park Prairie Pathway and Butterfly Garden

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Test your knowledge! Hover over the butterfly or wildflower to see its name.
​Click on it for more information on each species
Black Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Little Wood Satyr
Monarch
Cabbage White
Silver Spotted Skipper
Pearl Crescent
Summer Azure
Common Wood Nymph
Eastern Tailed Blue
Juvenal's Duskwing
Hummingbird Moth
Bee Balm
Black-eyed Susan
Culver's Root
Swamp Milkweed
Grey-headed Coneflower
Purple Coneflower
Prairie Dock
Joe Pye Weed
Liatris
Ironweed
Rattlesnake Master
Rosinweed
Small Wood Sunflower
Mountain Mint
Big Bluestem

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