Jennifer Chakravorty,^1,* John A. Harrington,^1,** Elizabeth M. Bach<sup>2,***,****

1</sup>University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Letters and Sciences
²The Nature Conservancy – Nachusa Grasslands, 8772 S. Lowden Rd., Franklin Grove, IL 61031

^*Jennifer Chakravorty completed this research as part of her MS in Landscape Architecture (restoration ecology focus) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She currently works as a resource conservationist with the USDA-NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program supporting conservation on our private lands.
^**John A. Harrington is professor emeritus in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture where he specialized in restoration ecology and Midwestern grassland communities.
^***Elizabeth M. Bach is the Research Scientist at The Nature Conservancy's Nachusa Grasslands. She has a BA from Cornell College, MSc in Plant Biology from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Iowa State University.
^****Corresponding author: elizabeth.bach@tnc.org; 515-509-0297