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Amorpha canescens, known as leadplant, downy indigo bush, prairie shoestring, or buffalo bellows, is a small, perennial semi-shrub in the pea family , native to North America. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It has very small purple flowers with yellow stamens [ 5 ] which are grouped in racemes . [ 6 ]
On March 16, 1982, the Omaha City Council designated the house a local landmark. [1] This red-brick building has been home to a law firm since at least 1998. [2] It was designed by architect F. A. Henninger in the Prairie style [3] made famous by Frank Lloyd Wright. It was designated as an Omaha Historical Landmark in 1982. [4]
The 4-acre (1.6 ha) arboretum represents seven regional plant communities: prairie, savannah, oak hickory forest, maple linden forest, farmstead windbreak, marsh, and flood plain river margin. Since opening, new garden areas have been added each year. The garden also features a parking garden and arrival garden with annual and perennial flowers.
Prairie Queen Recreation Area is located in northcentral Sarpy County, Nebraska, U.S. and approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of downtown Omaha. Prairie Queen consists of between 260 and 335 acres (105 and 136 ha) of parkland of which 135 acres (55 ha) is an artificial reservoir .
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Neale Woods was home to the Millard Observatory, which was the largest public observatory in the Omaha metropolitan area. Astronomy nights were generally held two times per month, between the months of August and May. [4] Featured telescopes included: 10” Schmidt-Cassegrain; 2 - 12” Meade LX 200 GPS; 14” Celestron; 13” Coulter; 8” Meade
Zorinsky Lake Park is a park located at 156th and F streets in West Omaha, Nebraska. Named after Senator Edward Zorinsky of Omaha, the park has a 255-acre (103 ha) lake offering boating and fishing. The park is surrounded by 770 acres (310 ha) of public land, including 190 acres (77 ha) dedicated to wildlife management.
Built in combined Georgian Revival, Colonial Revival and Prairie School styles, the complex was designated a City of Omaha Landmark in 1978; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 1980. [4] The historic district originally included 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) with 19 buildings.