Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion of Canada and the United States
Northern Shortgrass Prairie
Prairie in southeastern Alberta, Canada
Ecology
Realm
Nearctic
Biome
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders
List
Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands
Northern mixed grasslands
Western short grasslands
Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands
Wyoming Basin shrub steppe
South Central Rockies forests
Colorado Rockies forests
Bird species
231[1]
Mammal species
78[1]
Geography
Area
638,400[2] km2 (246,500 sq mi)
Countries
United States
Canada
States/Provinces
Montana
North Dakota
Wyoming
South Dakota
Nebraska
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Climate type
Cold semi-arid (BSk)
Conservation
Conservation status
Critical/Endangered[2]
Global 200
Yes
Habitat loss
28.690%[1]
Protected
14.8%[1]
The Northern Shortgrass Prairie includes parts of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the American Great Plains states of Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska. One of 844 terrestrial ecoregions defined by One Earth, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) further breaks this ecoregion into the Northwestern Glaciated Plains and Northwestern Great Plains.[3]
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Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J.; Ellison, K. (2010). Molnar, J. L. (ed.). The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0.
^ ab"Northern Short Grasslands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
A mixed-grass prairie is an ecotone located between the tallgrass prairies and shortgrassprairies. The mixed-grass prairie is richer in botanical diversity...
States) List of regions of Canada Llano Estacado Natural Resources Acts Shortgrassprairie Ecozones of Canada "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces...
ecoregions in the United States (WWF) High Plains (United States) Shortgrassprairie Dust Bowl Great American Desert Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings...
source of disturbance, beech-maple forests dominated. In contrast, shortgrassprairie was typical in the western Great Plains, where rainfall is less frequent...
the easternmost tallgrass prairie, the westernmost shortgrassprairie, and the central mixed-grass prairie. Tallgrass prairies receive over 30 inches of...
Soapstone Prairie Natural Area in 2004, which was opened to the public in 2009. The natural habitat of eastern Colorado was shortgrassprairie. Over the...
natural habitat of the prairie falcon is open country, especially arid, in summer including alpine tundra to shortgrassprairie and high desert. In winter...
and is co-dominant with blue grama (B. gracilis) over most of the shortgrassprairie. Buffalo grass in North America is not the same species of grass commonly...
found in the Canadian Prairie provinces and into the northern Great Plains states. Its habitats include northernshortgrassprairies and aspen parkland....
During times of drought, shortgrass species increase and expand their range, while during wetter periods, tallgrass and mixed prairie communities become more...
(Bouteloua curtipendula), and sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus). On shortgrassprairie it is associated with grasses such as blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis)...
large steppe area (prairie) is located in the central United States, western Canada and the northern part of Mexico. The shortgrassprairie steppe is the westernmost...
areas. It is a dominant plant in many types of prairie on the Great Plains, especially shortgrassprairie, where it grows alongside dominant grasses. It...
Great Plains to native prairie, and by reintroducing the American bison ("buffalo"), that once grazed the shortgrassprairie. The proposal would affect...
National Park. This marks the first time they have wandered the shortgrassprairies of Canada since their near extinction at the turn of the 20th century...
states, onto the northern Mexican Plateau in Mexico. Blue grama accounts for most of the net primary productivity in the shortgrassprairie of the central...
and nowhere else in the prairies. The mixed grass prairie was recognized as a mixture of the tallgrass and shortgrassprairies. The dominant grasses found...
grasshopper species, with seventeen acrocentric chromosomes. It is found in shortgrassprairie, desert grasslands, thinly vegetated areas and alfalfa fields throughout...
Some prominent tallgrass prairie grasses include big bluestem, indiangrass, and switchgrass. Midgrass and shortgrass species include little bluestem...
northwestern region, the prevalent vegetation consists of grasses of the shortgrassprairie ecosystem and sagebrush. Fauna List of ecoregions in the United States...
popularity opposed to the less descriptive "Indiangrass". Shortgrassprairie — Great Plains Tallgrass prairie "Sorghastrum nutans". Germplasm Resources Information...
southern quarter of the province is prairie, ranging from shortgrassprairie in the southeastern corner to mixed grass prairie in an arc to the west and north...
Nashville Basin Great Plains Shortgrassprairie Mixed grass prairie Tallgrass prairiePrairiePrairies Ecozone Canadian Prairies Geography of North America...
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