Meadow
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A meadow is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non-woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as they maintain an open character. Meadows can oc
Wildflower meadow in the Bavarian Alps
Living meadow, Austria
An uncut hay meadow
Mountain hay meadows with haystacks
Prairie
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Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses,
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…Desert meadows restricted by low precipitation or lack of nutrients and humus. Prairies maintained by periods of severe drought or subject to wildfires. Wet meadows (a semi-wetland area) saturated with water throughout much of the year…
Tallgrass prairie flora (Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie)
Prairie grasses
Wheatfield intersection in the Southern Saskatchewan prairies, Canada
The Prairie Homestead, Milepost 213 on I-29, South Dakota (May 2010)