Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in the Flint Hills region of Kansas, north of Strong City. The preserve protects a nationally significant example of th
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Entrance (2014)
Limestone barn (2012)
Main house of Spring Hill Ranch (2012)
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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
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
…Preserve located in the Flint Hills region of Kansas, north of Strong City. The preserve protects a nationally significant example of the once vast tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Of the 400,000 square miles (1,000,000 km2) of tallgrass prairie that once covered the North American continent, less than 5% remains…
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.