Prairie
THEODORE ROOSEVELT:
We have taken into our language
sights unknown
the term already in use
the formation
the
upwelling
will not tolerate
the parent material
scraped the landscape
leveling the terrain
disturbances of grazing,
fire,
the expansive, diverse, plentiful
the
overwhelmingly human
active participants in the process
(the establishment of diversity)
graminoids
forbs
fire has
effect on
the ash produced.
fire kills the
plant
below the soil.
will
regrow from its deep
will
encroach on a grassland
oak trees
oak savanna
wet:mesic:dry
good
drainage, but
most
often converted for
uplands
or slopes.
after the other extinction,
using loud noises and waving large signals
en masse,
the killing power,
indiscriminate killing,
almost caused their extinction—
the plows bounced around,
the soil stuck to them.
the tallgrass prairie biome remains.
this land-use intensity,
uncultivated land remaining,
-cropland
-small fenced pastures as well.
unlike
human consumption,
more abundant.
