In Illinois, our historic grasses have been tallgrass prairie species. These include big bluestem, yellow Indian grass and switchgrass. It would make sense that a person wishing to include native ...

McLean Nature Preserve Tall Grass Prairie Walk will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24. Participants will get the chance to experience the kind of prairies that the American settlers encountered ...

The remote interior of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is a land where the prairie rises to meet the sky in an unbroken line that stretches as far as the eye can see. It’s a quiet place, where the ...

In a region known for its hill and forests, vast tracts of prairie dot the Ozarks landscape. Flat acres of grassland, nearly devoid of trees, are found in Northwest Arkansas, northeast Oklahoma and ...

A native prairie pasture in western Douglas County. Before European settlement, Kansas was dominated by vast prairies of tall grasses and wildflowers. However, farming and development have since ...