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Kentucky Color: Tebbs Bend Nature and Recreation Area

By Billy Joe Fudge

If we want wildflowers, natural habitat and ultimately a forest in the Great Wooded South, all we have to do is stop mowing our lawns and fields.

The upland fields of the Tebbs Bend Nature and Recreation Area is a prime example of the Barrens Prairie grasslands our pioneer forefathers found when they came across the Appalachian Mountains into South Central Kentucky.

The Western Slope of the dividing ridge between the Cumberland River on the East and the Little Barren, Barren River and Green Rivers on the West was the beginning of Kentucky's Tall Grass Prairie. It stretched from here across Southern Kentucky to near the Mississippi River.

This grand example of a Tall Grass Prairie at Homeplace on Green River/Tebbs Bend Nature and Recreation Area is maintained by fire just as the Native Americans maintained Kentucky's Tall Grass Prairie prior to our forefathers arriving here.




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The Tall Grass Prairie at Homeplace on Green River



2025-09-30 - Great Wooded South - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge.
This grand example of a Tall Grass Prairie at Homeplace on Green River/Tebbs Bend Nature and Recreation Area is maintained by fire just as the Native Americans maintained Kentucky's Tall Grass Prairie prior to our forefathers arriving here.

The tall tree silhouetted against the sky on the left is Black Walnut and the one on the right is Sumac.

The yellow flowered plant in the lower middle of the front is Partridge Pea. The yellow just above it is Wingstem. Of course, the yellows, if you will, above and behind are our state flower, Goldenrod. And finally, the tall grass supporting heavy seed heads is the appropriately named, Yellow Indiangrass!

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