An article about our short native grasses lets me talk about two of my favorite things: Native plants and bison. Since I was very young, I have been fascinated by bison. They were a cornerstone of the ...

Their flowers lack the exuberant expressions of form and of color that we associate with wildflowers, but grasses do indeed bear flowers that produce fruits that bear seeds. So they are flowering ...

Banner image: Bison grazing in Konza prairie, Kansas, where fire is needed to suppress woody encroachment. (Credit: Barbara van Horn / Reprinted with permission from Suding et al., Science 377:594 ...

As grasslands get abandoned, controlled burning is discussed as a labor-saving method of keeping forests at bay. A research team found that this method results in higher biodiversity and a higher ...

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