A prairie is a wide, relatively flat area of land that has grasses and only a few trees
A prairie is a large area of flat, grassy land in North America. Prairies have very few trees. a wide open area of fairly flat land in North America which is covered in grass or wheat (pratum ). Level or rolling grassland, especially that found in central North America. Decreasing amounts of rainfall, from 40 in. (100 cm) at the forested eastern edge to less than 12 in. (30 cm) at the desertlike western edge, affect the species composition of the prairie grassland. The vegetation is composed primarily of perennial grasses, with many species of flowering plants of the pea and composite families. The three main types of prairie are the tallgrass prairie; midgrass, or mixed-grass, prairie; and shortgrass prairie, or shortgrass plains. Coastal prairie, Pacific or California prairie, Palouse prairie, and desert plains grassland are covered primarily with combinations of mixed-grass and shortgrass species. prairie chicken prairie dog Prairie school
- area dominated by grasses on mineral soil Trees may be present, but less than 10% of the area has a tree canopy Four natural communities: fine-textured-soil prairie, sand prairie, gravel prairie, dolomite prairie
a tract of level to hilly land that has a predominance of grasses and small broad leaved plants, a scarcity of shrubs, and is nearly treeless
Nearly level or rolling grassland, originally treeless, and usually characterized by fertile soil
An extensive area of flat or rolling, natural grassland Florida has both wet and dry prairies, each with its own specialized communities of plants and animals