Across the Great Plains, including Texas, there are a gradient of physical conditions going from west to east as you cross the shortgrass prairie through the mixed grass prairie to the tall grass ...

Recently this summer I was ordered by City of Decatur to remove my decades-plus long well-kept backyard simulated prairie garden because the height of the native tall-grasses and wildflowers ...

Native plants are the foundation of prairie ecosystems. Unlike turf grass or exotic ornamentals, Kansas natives evolved over thousands of years to thrive in the region’s unique climate and soils.

The North American prairie ... of grass in a vast sea of corn and wheat. Today it covers some four million acres in eastern Kansas and northern Oklahoma and includes the Tallgrass Prairie National ...

Between two corn fields in central Iowa, Lee Tesdell walks through a corridor of native prairie grasses and wildflowers. Crickets trill as dickcissels, small brown birds with yellow chests ...

A pocket prairie is a small garden in a landscape that includes native prairie grasses and wildflowers. Folks in a suburban or urban setting can have a natural area in their yard while providing ...

We're thrilled to add this artist's book to our collection and invite all to visit the Emmett D. Chisum Special Collections reading room to experience its beauty firsthand and contemplate the native ...