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* Grassland Group Page* -Amanda Hayes, Nathan Arnold, Amanda Lowery, Emily Buchanan, Jarrett Art, Kimi Pepping, Matt Saylor, Katylynn Wallace, Caleb Shumaker and Adin Canfield ! Posted by katylynn (cute huh) First we must get one thing straight, there are two types of grasslands, tropical grasslands and temperate. They have diffrent climates, and different animals, there are examples of each on this page. One similarity is that they both are home to a wide variety of grasses. Grasses are tough and have extremely long roots to collect precise water far under the ground. These gasses grow from their base allowing them to be chewed off, and still regrow. Grassland plants, espacially grasses disperse huge amounts of seeds. Some seeds hitchhike on animals to be spread out. Certain seeds are as light as a feather so they blow in the wind. Some plants have sharp razor leaves to deter hungry animals. Besides grasses other grassland plants are forbs, sedges, cacti, and shrubs. ​ ​There are many places that have Grasslands, mainly Africa and America. There are some in Argentina (South America)also in Asia too. There are lots of grasslands so don't count them out.

By:Adin.  Fixed By:Kimi 

This wolf is the main preditor in an American Grassland also known as a Prairies.

[[image:http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/images/grassland/hbindiw.jpg width="257" height="400" caption="Ironweed (Vernonia sp.) with Hedge Bindweed Vine (Calystegia sepium)"]]
=== This is an ironweed flower. This flower blooms from july to sept. :by Matt Saylor theses are plant are in the general Grasslands. ​ === 

by Kimi PeppingBy: Amanda Lowery:) Andropogon. Typically, fifty percent of the plants in any grassland will be grasses, making them the most common type of plant present.   The American grassland bison.
 * This rabbit lives in the grassland!!**

This plant is called the frog fruit.

An interesting animal on the grassland is a giraffe. They are super tall. Especially their necks :)! By:Kimi Pepping:)
 * Giraffe **

The ironweed plant.By: Amanda Lowery:) Koeleria Most grasses are in the family Poaceae and share the grass characteristics of narrow, linear leaves. They often have inconspicuous flowers and rhizomes or stolons (creeping roots or stems) and many have silica throughout their tissue.

 ​ Wart ​Hog is like a pig but is smaller than one. : by matt saylor 

Koeleria is a plant in the grassland.Andropogon. Adept climbers, leporads will often drag their food into trees to protect is from scavengers. By: Amanda Lowery:)

By: Amanda Lowery:)
 * [[image:http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/Images/plants3.jpg width="175" height="146" caption="Big bluestem grass is the tallest grass found on tall grass prairies and it can reach a height of 11 feet! Another name for big bluestem is turkeyfeet because of the shape of the seedheads."]] ||

__FOOD CHAIN__ SUNLIGHT-GRASS-ZEBRA-LION b y Kimi Pepping food chain green grass, baby zebra, full grown cheetah:)! ​** F o o d C h a i n s  **  Grain- >Mouse-->Snake-->Eagle : By Adin

__FOOD CHAINS__  flower->pronghorn--->cheetah by the one and only __MATT SAYLOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I___ Food Chain(By Emily) Grass ---mousesnake--hawk

sunlight--grass--gazelle--leapord By:Amanda Hayes

Amanda' Food Chain-

clovers to -> rabbit to > hawk --->--> >

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Leafy spurge (Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbia esula) is an invasive plant threatening the structural and functional integrity of wildlands throughout much of northern North America. Biological control agents, specifically Aphthona flea beetles, have successfully reduced the foliar cover and density of leafy spurge below and ecological and economic threshold shortly after release. However, the long-term efficacy of flea beetles on the target plant are unknown; consequently, we have several long-term monitoring sites used to investigate not only the efficacy of flea beetles, but also the target and non-target effects of using herbicides to control leafy spurge

grass/seeds<mouse<snake<hawk nathan arnold