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"Prairie Flowers" by George Lundeen at Botanica, the Wichita Gardens. It was installed in 1993 and was donated by the Intrust Bank Charitable Trust and the S.M. and Laura H. Brown Charitable Trust. Taken during March 30, 2012 Botanica Photowalk.
Action from the 4A Semifinals between Waukee and Prairie Cedar Rapids at Principal Park on July 29, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa. Final: Prairie 4, Waukee 3 Dylan Heuer photo
Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) is related to the compass plant (Silphium laciniatum L.). The huge leaves of prairie dock are basal, rough like sandpaper, and entire. The leaves on the flower stalk are all reduced to bracts making the stem appear bare.
Prairie verbena is a partially domesticated wildflower. May folks use them in their gardens to provide a colorful ground cover. This one has a small visitor.
The prairies have a reputation to them that I don't think they deserve. Driving across Canada, the running joke is that you can pretty much doze off once you've pointed your car down the straight stretch of road that cuts like a vein through field after field, after field. This, as opposed to more obvious beauty: mountains rising high up to the sky, dense forests, or ocean coasts. Prairie beauty is more subtle - in the contrasts of expansive fields and skies; in the distant views of approaching weather and the cleansing winds that bring it; extreme seasonal change and the annual lifestyle shifts that come along with it. Nothing makes me appreciate the prairie more than spending time away from it, which I am preparing for right now. Sitting here in this field, I close my eyes and relish in the smells, sounds, and feelings of this place. I will miss this. I will be back.
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Prairie Falcon (adult) - western Cumberland County, Pennsylvania - 1 Jan 2010 - digiscoped photo by Tom Johnson
Devils Tower National Monument, September 2003
As we were leaving Devils Tower, we stopped for a bit to watch the prairie dogs since this was the first time either of us had seen them.
Prairie dogs (Cynomys) are burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America. There are five different species of prairie dogs: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison, Utah, and Mexican prairie dogs. They are a type of ground squirrel. On average, these stout-bodied rodents will grow to be between 30–40 centimetres (12–16 in) long, including the short tail and weigh between 0.5–1.5 kilograms (1–3 lb). They are found in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
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At Rolling Hills Preserve, Saline County, Kansas.
February 20, 2010: Dwarfed by the trees, Sara, Michael, and Jamie walk the James Irvine Trail in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park