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
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.
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,
Tallgrass prairie
…seed dispersal and germination. Prior to widespread use of the steel plow, which enabled large scale conversion to agricultural land use, tallgrass prairies extended throughout the American Midwest and smaller portions of southern central Canada, from the transitional ecotones out of eastern North American…
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)