{"id":61199,"date":"2025-08-29T13:43:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T08:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=61199"},"modified":"2025-08-30T10:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:06:16","slug":"prairies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/prairies\/","title":{"rendered":"Prairies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Prairies Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent efforts\u2014including a newly launched database\u2014aim to ensure that the prairies are restored much more comprehensively.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Prairies<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prairies are <\/span><b>flat, temperate grasslands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found in <\/span><b>North America.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most North American prairies are in locations with a <\/span><b>low amount of annual<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>rainfall.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prairie <\/span><b>vegetation is maintained by grazing, fire, drought, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>low temperatures.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although<\/span><b> grasses dominate,<\/b> <b>lichens, mosses, forbs, and low- to mid-size shrubs also <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comprise prairie vegetation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Taller shrubs and trees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>mostly willows and poplars, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including aspen and cottonwoods, are<\/span><b> found in depressions and valleys <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where there is sufficient moisture and nutrients.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prairie, like other temperate grasslands, is <\/span><b>among the most productive and diverse of earth\u2019s terrestrial ecosystems.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Grasses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the predominant cover in prairie vegetation, have the <\/span><b>following adaptations:<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Deep <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or extensive <\/span><b>roots<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Growing points at or near the soil surface that are tucked in the crown of the plant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Narrow leaves.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Small flowers in dense head<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s that are <\/span><b>pollinated by wind.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tough stems and leaves <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hardened with silica phytoliths (plant stones).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategies to <\/span><b>optimize photosynthesis without losing moisture.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Wildlife specie<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s living in prairies have <\/span><b>adapted to a semi-arid, windy, open environment.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Species found here include <\/span><b>elk, deer, coyote, bobcat, Badgers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> jackrabbits, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, etc<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Similar temperate grasslands in South America <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are called <\/span><b>Pampas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while in <\/span><b>Africa they<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are<\/span><b> described as velds\u00a0 and in Asia are known as steppes.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2025-08-database-species-latest-effort-prairies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PHY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prairies are vast, flat temperate grasslands of North America, known for fertile soil, rich biodiversity, and vital role in agriculture and ecology. 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