One of the 2004 Cougar Pride Day projects completed by students, staff and faculty at Johnson Hall was the establishment of a native plant exhibit as a campus and community educational project. Students helped put in a variety of flowering plants including camas bulbs, mariposa lilies and other native Palouse prairie varieties.
The beautiful blue flowers of camas once bloomed so profusely in meadows in the Palouse region that they looked like lakes to early explorers in the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Native Palouse prairie is widely recognized as one of the most endangered grassland ecosystems in North America. The native plant exhibit will help educate students and the community about opportunities to conserve and enjoy these native species.
When the garden is completed, plant labels and an educational display will be created for the site. The project will be depicted on the website for the WSU Campus & Community Ecology Project,campus & community ecology project.
