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Island of Grass
Island of Grass tells the story of the Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area, a 240-acre preserve surrounded by housing developments in Fort Collins, Colorado. This small grassland is a remnant of the once-vast prairies of the West that early European explorers and settlers described as seas of grass. A...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Sebastopol :
University Press of Colorado,
2011.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1: The Sea of Grass; 2: Islands and Archipelagos; 3: Grassroots; 4: Life Among the Leaves of Grass; 5: Keystone of the Shortgrass Prairie; 6: Hunters of the Grasslands; 7: On the Prairie Winds; Bibliography; Glossary of common and scientific names of animals and plants described in the text; Index.