grasslands QB631.2 .P57 Planet Earth 3 Great Plains America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie (Wild Ones) "Meadow"
Steppes: Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Armenia. Mongolia(Gobi) Xinjiang.
Argentina/Uruguay
Kenya/Tanzania: Serengeti & Mara Plains
ecosystem Frederick Clements 1916 prairie succession Arthur Tansley 1935 ecosystem
prairie Peace River poplars (aspen and willow).
Palouse grasslands=shadow of Cascades (Idaho) bunchgrass, sagebrush virtually gone QB631.2 .P57 Planet Earth 3 Great Plains
bison Coronado golden city, need sea-compass.
plains Also monthly/yearly fluctuations. Elevation: 1 mile -> 226 m. (741 ft.) MONTANA -> WYOMING; Mojave/Sonoran.
rain_shadow Coast Ranges, Cascades to north Gobi Desert Asia Coriolis effect: rotating earth causes prevailing winds Coriolis effect (carousel analogy)
ecoregions Farming: shelterbelt. Flint Hills=KS, NE; see chap03. Mixed: buffalo grass in south, speargrass, wheatgrass.
soil LICHEN. Parent: bedrock (Thornton limestone) in crust, sediment.
texture Drummer silty clay loam. Loess silty wind deposit=glacial drift.
il First people new world Illinois_Priaire.jpg USDA IL Crop map (Grassland Herbaceous is less than 1%) Chicago Wilderness Resources An Atlas of Biodiversity (Chicago Wilderness)
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