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Prairie Lab

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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THE PRAIRIE

  • The native tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem in
  • North America

PRAIRIE

  • The tallgrass prairie once covered over 142 million acres

PRAIRIE

  • About one percent of north America prairie still exists

PRAIRIE

  • In one acre of established prairie,there is an average of 24,000
  • Pounds of roots

PRAIRIE

  • Prairie dogs,prairie chickens,hawks,foxes and ferrets are all native
  • Prairie wildlife

PRAIRIE

  • The Iowa prairies reached Thais peak approximately
  • 5000 ago and we're still thriving 300 years ago,when
  • the European settlers arrived
Photo by jaredjhansen