Mixed grass prairie explained

A mixed-grass prairie is an ecotone located between the tallgrass prairies and shortgrass prairies. The mixed-grass prairie is richer in botanical diversity than either the tall- or shortgrass prairie. The mixed-grass prairie occurs in the central plains portion of the Great Plains, varying in width from central Texas in the United States up into southeastern Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan in the northern mixed grasslands of Canada.^[1]

See also

	Nine Mile Prairie
	Oglala National Grassland
	Texas blackland prairies
	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
	Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
	Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
	Wind Cave National Park

External links

• Web site: Badlands Mixed-grass Prairies . U.S. National Park Service ~ Prairie Ecology of the Badlands . U.S. Department of the Interior.
• Web site: Central and Southern Mixed Grasslands . Terrestrial Ecoregions - Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands . World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
• Web site: Mixed-grass Prairie - Missouri Coteau . North Dakota Game and Fish Department . State of North Dakota.
• Web site: Sagebrush Steppe And Mixed Grass Prairie . U.S. National Park Service - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area . U.S. Department of the Interior.
• Web site: Wyoming Native Plants Program . U.S. Bureau of Land Management ~ Wyoming . U.S. Department of the Interior.

Notes and References

1. G. E. Wickens: Ecophysiology of economic plants in arid and semi-arid lands p.76