shortgrass
Stubby plains vegetation
Shortgrass describes grasses that grow low to the ground, typically under two feet tall, adapted to arid conditions with limited rainfall.
The term appears most often in shortgrass prairie, the dry grassland ecosystem of the western Great Plains where buffalo grass and blue grama dominate: The shortgrass steppe stretched to the horizon.
Central North American grassland
- buffalograssNative prairie turf species
- blue gramaNative shortgrass species
- bisonLarge wild ox
- pronghornFast hoofed plains mammal
prairie dog · sod house · drought · windmill · ranching · cowboy · dust bowl · tumbleweed
Feeding on pasture
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- forageSeek food actively
fodder · ranching · range · hay · pastoral · meadow · agriculture · husbandry
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biomeMajor ecological community
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- floraPlants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
habitat · xerophyte · drought-resistant · perennials · carbon sink · soil · conservation · wildlife
Grass-covered earth surface
- mowingTrimming grass short
- bermudagrassTropical spreading lawn species
- buffalograssNative prairie turf species
- zoysiaThick-growing warm-season turf
fescue · bluegrass · sod · turfgrass · drought-tolerant · low-maintenance · groundcover · landscaping
Groomed golf strip
- roughUneven in surface
- linksThings that connect
- bermudagrassTropical spreading lawn species
- bentgrassFine-bladed turf species
zoysia · green · tee box · divot · groundskeeper · overseeding · drought-resistant
Great Plains
Central North American grassland
- buffalograssNative prairie turf species
- blue gramaNative shortgrass species
- bisonLarge wild ox
pronghorn · prairie dog · sod house · drought · windmill · ranching · cowboy · dust bowl · tumbleweed · sagebrush
grazing
Feeding on pasture
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
forage · fodder · ranching · range · hay · pastoral · meadow · agriculture · husbandry · herd
ecosystem
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biomeMajor ecological community
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- floraPlants of a region
fauna · habitat · xerophyte · drought-resistant · perennials · carbon sink · soil · conservation · wildlife · herbivores
turf
Grass-covered earth surface
- mowingTrimming grass short
- bermudagrassTropical spreading lawn species
- buffalograssNative prairie turf species
zoysia · fescue · bluegrass · sod · turfgrass · drought-tolerant · low-maintenance · groundcover · landscaping · yard
fairway
Groomed golf strip
- roughUneven in surface
- linksThings that connect
- bermudagrassTropical spreading lawn species
bentgrass · zoysia · green · tee box · divot · groundskeeper · overseeding · drought-resistant
- frontier lifehomesteaders, farmer, homesteading, shepherd, pioneer women
- prairie thingsprairie, tallgrass, tumbleweeds, dust devils, open range
- Plains Landscapesplains, prairies, grasslands, flatland, rolling hills
- prairieprairie dog, tallgrass prairie, prairie dogs, prairie chicken, tallgrass
- prairie plantsswitchgrass, prairie rose, purple coneflower, coneflower, tallgrass
- prairiesprairies, grasslands, tallgrass, tallgrass prairie, plains