Information about Konza Prairie
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Konza in spring with herd of bison in distance
The Konza Prairie is owned by The Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University, and is operated as a field research station by the university's Division of Biology. It is one of 26 sites within the Long Term Ecological Research Network. The Konza ecosystem contains forest, claypan, shrub and riparian communities in addition to the dominant tallgrass. Limestone outcrops are found throughout the landscape.
The Konza is the largest remaining area of unplowed tallgrass prairie in North America. It supports over 520 types of plants[1], 31 mammals[2], 208 bird species[3], 34 types of reptiles and amphibians, 20 kinds of fish, and over 700 types of invertebrates. A herd of approximately 300 bison is maintained on the Konza, and native deer and wild turkey are often present in large numbers.
The public is allowed onto portions of the Konza Prairie through three loop hiking trails (approximately 3, 5, and 7 miles). The rest of the preserve is opened up for educational tours and for the Biennial Visitors' Day. The next Visitors' Day will be held in September of 2008.
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The Konza in winter
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A nature reserve (natural reserve, nature preserve, natural preserve
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The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America, with fire as its primary periodic disturbance. In the past, tallgrass prairies covered a large portion of the American Midwest, just east of the Great Plains, and portions of the Canadian Prairies.
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The Flint Hills, historically known as Bluestem Pastures, are a band of hills in eastern Kansas stretching into north-central Oklahoma, extending from Marshall County in the north to Chautauqua County, Kansas and Osage County, Oklahoma in the south.
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State of Kansas
Flag of Kansas Seal
Nickname(s): The Sunflower State
Motto(s): Ad astra per aspera
Official language(s) English[1]
Capital Topeka
Largest city Wichita
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Flag of Kansas Seal
Nickname(s): The Sunflower State
Motto(s): Ad astra per aspera
Official language(s) English[1]
Capital Topeka
Largest city Wichita
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City of Manhattan
Riley County Courthouse, Manhattan
Nickname: The Little Apple
Location within Riley County and Kansas
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Country United States
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Riley County Courthouse, Manhattan
Nickname: The Little Apple
Location within Riley County and Kansas
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Country United States
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The Nature Conservancy is a US environmental organization working to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
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Kansas State University, officially called "Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science" [2] but commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States.
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The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network consists of a group of over 1800 scientists and students studying ecological processes over extended temporal and spatial scales. 26 LTER sites cover a diverse set of ecosystems.
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FOREST (an acronym for "Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco") is a United Kingdom political pressure group that campaigns for the right of people to smoke tobacco and opposes attempts to ban or reduce tobacco consumption.
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In geology, a claypan is a dense, compact, slowly permeable layer in the subsoil having a much higher clay content than the overlying material, from which it is separated by a sharply defined boundary. Claypans are usually hard when dry, and plastic and sticky when wet.
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A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m (15-20 ft) tall.
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riparian zone is the interface between land and a flowing surface water body. Plant communities along the river margins are called riparian vegetation, characterized by hydrophilic plants.
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Poaceae
(R.Br.) Barnhart
Subfamilies
There are 7 subfamilies:
Subfamily Arundinoideae
Subfamily Bambusoideae
Subfamily Centothecoideae
Subfamily Chloridoideae
Subfamily Panicoideae
Subfamily Pooideae
Subfamily Stipoideae
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(R.Br.) Barnhart
Subfamilies
There are 7 subfamilies:
Subfamily Arundinoideae
Subfamily Bambusoideae
Subfamily Centothecoideae
Subfamily Chloridoideae
Subfamily Panicoideae
Subfamily Pooideae
Subfamily Stipoideae
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Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite (calcium carbonate: CaCO3). Limestone often contains variable amounts of silica in the form of chert or flint, as well as varying amounts of clay, silt and sand as disseminations, nodules, or layers
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North America is a continent [1] in the Earth's northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west
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Bison
Hamilton Smith, 1827
Species
†B. antiquus
B. bison
B. bonasus
†B. latifrons
†B. occidentalis
†B.
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Hamilton Smith, 1827
Species
†B. antiquus
B. bison
B. bonasus
†B. latifrons
†B. occidentalis
†B.
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Cervidae
Goldfuss, 1820
Subfamilies
Capreolinae/Odocoileinae
Cervinae
Hydropotinae
Muntiacinae
A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
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Goldfuss, 1820
Subfamilies
Capreolinae/Odocoileinae
Cervinae
Hydropotinae
Muntiacinae
A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
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M. gallopavo
Binomial name
Meleagris gallopavo
Linnaeus, 1758
The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is native to North America and is the heaviest member of the Galliformes.
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Binomial name
Meleagris gallopavo
Linnaeus, 1758
The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is native to North America and is the heaviest member of the Galliformes.
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