Mixed grass prairie facts for kids

Mixed grass prairie around the Afterbay near Fort Smith, Montana

Mixed grass prairie in relation to the Great Plains      Shortgrass prairie      Mixed grass prairie      Tallgrass prairie

A mixed-grass prairie is an ecotone located between the tallgrass prairies and shortgrass prairies. The mixed-grass prairie is richer in ecological diversity than either the tall- or shortgrass prairie. The mixed-grass prairie occurs in the central portion of the Great Plains, varying in width from central Texas in the United States up into southeastern Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada.