What Animals Live in Short Grass Prairies
What Animals Live in Short Grass Prairies Grasses dominate the prairie. NPS photograph The prairie ecosystem is like a puzzle. When parts of the puzzle get missing, information technology is difficult to understand the consummate film. At Wind Cave, every bit many parts of this puzzle are preserved as is possible. Every bit a result, this park is a refuge for prairie plants and animals, and a slap-up place to see a remnant of the N American grasslands. At one time, a third of the Due north American continent was covered by grasslands. French explorers named it the "prairie" which translates from French to "meadow". Many explorers saw desolation when they arrived on the Cracking Plains, a feeling that even so takes hold of many travelers today. To the untrained eye, the prairie seems like