The definition of prairies is “prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and scrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type. “The prairie animals are the American toad, badger, black-footed ferret, bison, black-tailed jack rabbit, bumble bee, burrowing owl, California condor, carrion beetle, common snipe, coyotes, deer, dragonfly’s, eagles, eastern cottontail, elk, ferruginous hawk, fox snake, golden owl, gopher snake, grasshopper, and gray wolf those are some of the prairie animals. The American prairies is a type of grassland that was dominated by herbaceous plants and grasses.
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The other types of prairie plants are called forbs and their names are the rosinweed, saw-toothed sunflower, wild bergamot, yellow coneflower, black-eyed Susan, compass plant, cup plant, new England aster, prairie dock, rattlesnake master, stiff goldenrod, tall coreopsis, blazing star, culver’s root, mountain mint, purple coneflower, shooting star, showy tick trefoil, wild indigo, and the wild quinine. Those are all the prairie plants. Some facts on the prairies are that the prairies tall grass once did cover 142 million acres before. They also once covered ruffle about 40% of the united states. The prairies formed about 8,000 years ago, one bison con consumes up to 30 to 50 pounds of their feed each day. In the plant species, you can find in less than 5 acres a 100-plant species. Know that is cool I think. Bison’s way up to 2,000 pounds and the cows way up to 1,000
The other types of prairie plants are called forbs and their names are the rosinweed, saw-toothed sunflower, wild bergamot, yellow coneflower, black-eyed Susan, compass plant, cup plant, new England aster, prairie dock, rattlesnake master, stiff goldenrod, tall coreopsis, blazing star, culver’s root, mountain mint, purple coneflower, shooting star, showy tick trefoil, wild indigo, and the wild quinine. Those are all the prairie plants. Some facts on the prairies are that the prairies tall grass once did cover 142 million acres before. They also once covered ruffle about 40% of the united states. The prairies formed about 8,000 years ago, one bison con consumes up to 30 to 50 pounds of their feed each day. In the plant species, you can find in less than 5 acres a 100-plant species. Know that is cool I think. Bison’s way up to 2,000 pounds and the cows way up to 1,000