tallgrass prairie
Vanishing American savanna
Tallgrass prairie is the grassland ecosystem native to the central United States, characterized by grasses that grow several feet high—big bluestem, switchgrass, Indian grass.
Once covering vast stretches from Texas to Minnesota, most has been converted to farmland; only scattered remnants survive.
The Flint Hills of Kansas contain the largest remaining tallgrass prairie.
- bisonLarge wild ox
- wide open spacesExpansive uncluttered landscapes
- horizon lineApparent earth-sky junction
- amber wavesWindblown golden grain fields
- meadowlarkGround-nesting prairie songbird
wind · seed · Great Plains · Dust Bowl · Osage · wagon trail · endemic species · land trust · steppe · coneflower · biodiversity · switchgrass · controlled burns · milkweed · Indian paintbrush · Kansas · keystone species · root system
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- Great PlainsGreat Plains, high plains, High Plains, sandhills, Badlands
- Midwest natureGreat Lakes, Great Plains, bison, white-tailed deer, Mississippi River
- Plains Landscapesplains, flatland, rolling hills, tallgrass, shortgrass
- prairietallgrass, bison, shortgrass, switchgrass, coneflower
- prairiestallgrass, plains, shortgrass, bluestem, flatlands
tallgrass prairiedesert
To leave behind completely
tundra · rainforest · tropical jungle · boreal forest · ocean
tallgrass prairiecity
Large populated area
metropolis · urban area · urban center · concrete jungle · suburb
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