1. What is a prairie?

2. Yellow=Prairie

3. The BIG picture of prairies
Rich soil
Very few trees
No plants are over 8 feet tall
Many types of grass
Need periodic disturbances
Something (like fire) that keeps other bigger plants (like trees) from growing and taking over the grasses

4. Golden Rod in a prairie field

9. Types of Prairies Wet Dry Mesic Wet soil with some standing water
No standing water and the ground looks very dry
Usually located on slopes
Mesic
Good drainage and rich soil
Most endangered

10. Wet Prairie

11. Dry Prairie

12. Mesic Prairie

13. Short and Tall grass Short grass Tall grass Where Bison live
Ex: Blue grana and buffalo grass
Tall grass
Much taller grasses
Ex: Indian grass, big bluestern, and switch grass

14. Name all the different types of prairie combinations you can think of now