Document a wild little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) stand.

A stand of little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) in the Blackland Prairie remnant at Cedar Hill State Park has no recent population-size or provenance record, so no one can responsibly recommend it for permitted hand seed collection to supply the local-ecotype restoration plantings this library already asks for elsewhere.

Where

Cedar Hill State Park, 1570 W FM 1382, Cedar Hill, TX 75104 (Dallas County; a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department public state park, day use entry fee, confirm seed collection permission with park staff before any collecting) · Open the map

Pay

$85 proposed

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Proof

document only stand condition photo log plus population and rarity assessment plus ecoregion note plus GPS plus ranked follow on note

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Level

entry

Open until

2026-11-06

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 45–120 minutes. Method of record: Point-count / transect species survey (Breeding Bird Survey + Xerces pollinator-count protocols)

Bring

• binoculars
• field ID guide or app
• GPS phone
• data sheet / recorder
• timer
• camera

Steps

1. 1. Navigate to the first survey point; record GPS; note start time, weather, and wind (surveys pause in rain/high wind).
2. 2. Wait a settling minute, then run a fixed-duration count (e.g., 5 min) within a fixed radius; record every species seen/heard and the count of each.
3. 3. Photograph the habitat and any species you can; note any threatened/target or invasive species.
4. 4. Move to the next point along the transect (keep points >=200 m apart) and repeat the count.
5. 5. Record total effort (points, duration) and observer.
6. 6. Enter the per-point species lists + counts, GPS, weather, effort, and photos into the proof record; sign.

If it does not match the plan

• Threatened/at-risk or target species observed -> flag for the land steward (with location) for protection planning.
• Invasive species dominant / native diversity very low -> flag for a management plan.
• Rain or high wind -> pause/reschedule; counts under poor conditions are not valid.

What counts as done

• Photo of the stand and its immediate surroundings
• Approximate population size and rarity/listed-species assessment recorded
• Confirmation that any collection recommendation from this survey requires permission obtained first from the managing public agency before any collecting begins; that the stand's approximate population size and rare/listed status were assessed and, if small or of a rare, threatened, or conservation-concern species, the record states document only, never collect, as an absolute; that no precise coordinate of the individual stand was published; that the ecoregion and general site of origin were recorded; and that species identification was confident before any recommendation to collect.
• Ecoregion (Blackland Prairie) and general site of origin recorded
• GPS waypoint of the general survey vicinity

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.