Flint Hills
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The Flint Hills, historically known as Bluestem Pastures or Blue Stem Hills, are a region of hills and prairies that lie mostly in eastern Kansas. It is named for the abundant residual flint eroded fr
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Konza Prairie Preserve, a tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills
A walking trail in the Konza Prairie shows the height of the grasses in the fall.
Landscape of Flint Hills
Tallgrass prairie
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The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America. Historically, natural and anthropogenic fire, as well as grazing by large mammals provided periodic disturbances to these ecosyst
Flint Hills
…formation as the Osage Hills or "the Osage." The Flint Hills Ecoregion is designated as a distinct region because it has the densest coverage of intact tallgrass prairie in North America. Due to its rocky soil, the early settlers were unable to plow the area, resulting in the prevalence of cattle ranches as opposed to…
Flowering big bluestem, a characteristic tallgrass prairie plant
Bison grazing on the 158 km2 (39,000-acre) Tallgrass Prairie Nature Preserve in Osage County, Oklahoma
A pink wild onion (Allium stellatum) — blooms in the tallgrass prairie of Waubay Wetland Management District in South Dakota.