native prairie
Original untilled meadowland
Native prairie is grassland that has never been plowed or converted to agriculture, retaining its original plant communities and soil structure.
These ecosystems—tallgrass, mixed-grass, or shortgrass depending on rainfall—support hundreds of species adapted over millennia.
Less than 4% of North American prairie remains in native condition, making preservation efforts urgent: The ranch includes 200 acres of native prairie.
- controlled burnsDeliberate fires for management
- soil erosionLoss of topsoil
- meadowlarkGround-nesting prairie songbird
- switchgrassNative prairie grass species
- seed bankCollection preserving plant genetics
bison · open range · wagon ruts · root systems · milkweed · carbon sequestration · rewilding · prescribed fire · monarch butterfly · biodiversity · goldenrod · badger · coyote · ground squirrel · buffalo grass · sea of grass · land stewardship · land trust
- grasslandsgrassland, steppe, savanna, pampas, veld
- Flint Hillsrolling hills
- protected areasnature reserve, wildlife sanctuary, protected area, nature preserve, wildlife refuge
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Agricultural terrain
cropland · pasture · plowed field · monoculture · parking lot
native prairieforest
Tree-dense ecosystem
woodland · dense forest · golf course · tree plantation · old-growth forest
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