What are some plants and animals located in grasslands?

Question

I need to know their common name, scientific name, and 4 facts about them....i can not find anything!!! thanks!!!

Answer 1

Temperate grasslands include veldt, tallgrass prairie, & pampas with more than 20” rain/year. Shortgrass prairie & steppes receive less rain. This means grasslands vary but in general there will be a plant community dominated by grass and forbs. The North American tall-grass prairie include grasses like:

bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) http://ed.fnal.gov/entry_exhibits/grass/...

switch grass ( Panicum virgatum)  http://ed.fnal.gov/entry_exhibits/grass/...

interspersed with wildflowers like:

coneflowers (Echinacia spp)

http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kenr/prairiepl...

and black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia hirta).

http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kenr/prairiepl...

http://www.shootingstarbyway.org/wrtgp/w...

Insects like skipper butterflies live on the grass as do many sparrows.

Prairie Turnip (Pediomelum esculenta)

http://www.manataka.org/page827.html

also known as Indian breadroot was probably the most important wild food gathered by Native Americans who lived on the prairies.

The small animals would be pocket gophers, voles, and prairie dogs. Their predators would include black-footed ferrets, burrowing owls, hawks, falcons and coyotes. Larger prairie animals might be elk, plains grizzly, and bison. Migrating or seasonal inhabitants included pronghorn antelope and waterfowl like the sandhill crane, snow goose, American coot, and teal.