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Location Of The North American Prairies

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The North American Prairie Part One: a. the location of the North American Prairies: • All areas of the American Prairie include North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. (Wikipedia.org) B. Basic environmental conditions: • About 12.6 inches of rain in the short grass prairies and about 21 in tall grass prairies. Really dry in the summer months. Strong winds throughout the whole year. Fires occur every 1-5 years. (blueplanetbiomes.org) C. Plants of the prairie: • Plants in the prairie have an underground root system. So the roots can die and then grow back when winter is over. There is a plant that grows in prairie called turkey

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