prairies
Vast level meadows
Prairies are vast, flat grasslands, especially the expansive treeless plains of central North America stretching from Canada through the American Midwest.
The word evokes open horizons, tall grasses, and agricultural heartland: Miles of prairie stretched to the horizon.
Prairie dogs, prairie fires, and prairie schooners all take their names from this landscape.
Broad, level grasslands
- flatlandLevel, unvaried terrain
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- expanseUnbroken area of space
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
steppe · savanna · pampas · veld · tallgrass · shortgrass · rolling · vastness
Monocot blade plants
- bisonLarge wild ox
- wildflowersUncultivated flowering plants
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- nativeOriginating from a place
restoration · bluestem · switchgrass · coneflower · milkweed · pronghorn · meadowlark · pollinator
Agricultural terrain
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
sod · plowing · harvest · irrigation · cattle · ranching · crops · grain
North-central American region
- Great PlainsCentral North American grassland
- frontierEdge of settlement
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- westwardToward the sunset
settlement · homesteading · covered wagon · sod house · dugout · manifest destiny · Oklahoma · Kansas
plains
Broad, level grasslands
meadow · steppe · savanna · pampas · veld · tallgrass · shortgrass · rolling · vastness · openness
grasses
Monocot blade plants
- bisonLarge wild ox
- wildflowersUncultivated flowering plants
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
native · restoration · bluestem · switchgrass · coneflower · milkweed · pronghorn · meadowlark · pollinator · prescribed burn
farmland
Agricultural terrain
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- cultivationFostering growth through care
homestead · sod · plowing · harvest · irrigation · cattle · ranching · crops · grain · fields
Midwest
North-central American region
- Great PlainsCentral North American grassland
- frontierEdge of settlement
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
westward · settlement · homesteading · covered wagon · sod house · dugout · manifest destiny · Oklahoma · Kansas · Nebraska
- American frontierfrontier, westward expansion, pioneers, homesteading, homesteads
- natural areasnature reserve, nature reserves, wilderness areas, wetland, wildlife refuge
- rural Midwestcornfields, grain elevators, farms, family farms, silos
- Canadian EnvironmentCanadian Shield, boreal forest, boreal forests, Great Lakes, Yukon
- frontier historypioneers, settlers, homesteaders, frontier tales, westward expansion
- Midwest historyChicago, Detroit, Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Ohio River
prairiesmountains
Tall elevated landmasses
forests · jungles · rainforests · woodlands · alpine regions
prairiesdense forests
Closely packed woodland areas
jungles · old-growth forests · thickets · rainforests · canyons
prairiescities
Major populated areas
urban areas · metropolises · suburbs · industrial zones · downtown
- prairie firesBlazes across open grasslands
- prairie dogColonial burrowing grassland rodent
- prairie grasslandsFlat, treeless, grass-covered terrain
- tall grass prairie
- wild prairie
- prairie skirtFull tiered western-style skirt