Continental interiors

Grasslands & Steppe

The flat empire. Built grazing mammals, shaped human civilization, fed half the world.

Species

12,000

Plant species

9,000

Endangered

28%

Pressure

Less than 4% of native prairie remains in North America

Surprise of the day

Prairie dog 'towns' once stretched across 65,000 km² in Texas and supported one of densest predator networks ever recorded.

Who eats who

Apex predators on top. Energy flows down.

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