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oai:figshare.com:article/32253522 2026-09-29T15:50:02Z category_30677 category_30680 category_31079 category_31082 category_31088 portal_1059 item_type_3 month_year_09_2026

Prairie Biomass Chemistry and Biomethane Potential, Iowa and Missouri, 2023–2024 Elmin Rahic (21394722) Jalon Tyndall (23890248) Lillia Dahlstrom (23890252) Valerie Nyderek (23890260) Noralan Warsame (23890261) Lisa Schulte (17390354) Crop and pasture biochemistry and physiology Crop and pasture biomass and bioproducts Bioprocessing, bioproduction and bioproducts Fermentation Industrial microbiology (incl. biofeedstocks) anaerobic digestion bioenergy feedstocks biomethane potential lignocellulosic composition prairie biomass renewable natural gas Andropogon geradii Monarda fistulosa Heliopsis helianthoides Ratibida pinnata Elymus canadensis Silphium laciniatum Silphium integrifolium Baptisia alba Panicum virgatum Bromus inermis Solidago altissima Sorghastrum nutans Echinacea pallida Lespedeza capitata <p dir="ltr">This dataset contains compositional and biochemical measurements of prairie biomass collected to evaluate the native grassland species as feedstocks for anaerobic digestion. Biomass from 14 prairie species, including grasses and forbs, was sampled from three sites in Iowa and Missouri across two harvest periods (summer and fall). The dataset includes results from biochemical methane potential (BMP) assays, elemental analysis, extractives analysis using water and ethanol solvents, and lignin and structural carbohydrate characterization. Together, these data quantify differences in biomass chemistry and methane yield across species, plant functional groups, harvest timing, and location. The dataset supports comparative analyses of prairie biomass quality, evaluation of trade-offs between bioenergy performance and ecological diversity, and policy-relevant metrics such as adjusted cellulosic content used in renewable fuel standards.</p> 2026-09-29T15:50:02Z Dataset Dataset 10.6073/pasta/397a5a88a163b95896dfd1ce921bdcd6 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Prairie_Biomass_Chemistry_and_Biomethane_Potential_Iowa_and_Missouri_2023_2024/32253522 CC BY 4.0