Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion of Canada and the United States
Northern Tallgrass Prairie
Tall grasses of Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve
Ecology
Realm
Nearctic
Biome
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders
List
Canadian aspen forests and parklands
Mid-Continental Canadian forests
Western Great Lakes forests
Upper Midwest forest-savanna transition
Central tall grasslands
Bird species
212[1]
Mammal species
63[1]
Geography
Area
76,000 km2 (29,000 sq mi)
Countries
United States
Canada
States/Provinces
Minnesota
North Dakota
Manitoba
Climate type
Humid continental (Dfb)
Conservation
Conservation status
Critical/Endangered[2]
Global 200
Yes
Habitat loss
88.245%[1]
Protected
4.21%[1]
The Northern Tallgrass Prairie is one of 844 terrestrial ecoregions defined by One Earth.[3] This ecoregion largely follows the Red River Valley in the Canadian province of Manitoba and the American states of North Dakota and Minnesota.[2]
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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.
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Williams TallgrassPrairie Preserve, in Osage County, Oklahoma near Foraker, Oklahoma, is the largest protected tract of tallgrassprairie in the world...
into the easternmost tallgrassprairie, the westernmost shortgrass prairie, and the central mixed-grass prairie. Tallgrassprairies receive over 30 inches...
NorthernTallgrassPrairie National Wildlife Refuge was established to provide a means of working with individuals, groups, private organizations, and...
tallgrass in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tallgrass most frequently refers to the native North American grasslands Tallgrassprairie. Tallgrass may...
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it transitions into tallgrass aspen parkland; and the northern Laurentian mixed forest, a transitional forest between the northern boreal forest and the...
by appointment. Natural features in the monument include forests, tallgrassprairies, wetlands and rivers. There are no lodging or camping facilities in...
Iowa; less than 1% of the tallgrassprairie that once covered most of Iowa remains intact; only about 5% of the state's prairie pothole wetlands remain...
Voyageurs National Park is an American national park in northern Minnesota near the city of International Falls established in 1975. The park's name commemorates...
remnants of the tallgrassprairie that covered much of the Great Plains (see TallgrassPrairie Preserve). Kansans generally refer to the northern portion of...
Lake Prairie State Natural Area is a 2,537-acre (1,027 ha) state park and listed state nature preserve. More than half of the state park is a tallgrass prairie...
a perennial plant in the Asteraceae family that is native to the tallgrassprairies of the central United States. The flower stalks reach 60 to 120 cm...
Chain of Lakes. 1999 – Trucks return to two of the three truck portages, Prairie and Trout Lake portages, as a result of Congressman Oberstar including...
in prairie, steppe, and grassland. It is the western part of the Interior Plains, which also include the mixed grass prairie, the tallgrassprairie between...
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American prairie grass found in the Central United States, the Eastern United States, and Canada, especially in the Great Plains and tallgrassprairies. Indiangrass...
Edward Smith, who championed its creation. It seeks to restore the tallgrassprairie and oak savanna ecosystems that once covered most of Iowa. It has...
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www.fws.gov. Retrieved 10 February 2019. "About the Refuge - NorthernTallgrassPrairie - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service". www.fws.gov. Retrieved 10 February...
prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido). The other preserves in Kansas, are the 17-square-mile (44 km2) TallgrassPrairie National Preserve in northern Chase...
William Wagner. After the death of Herbert Hoover, an 81-acre (33 ha) tallgrassprairie was developed. Herbert Clark Hoover spent the first eleven years of...
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