prairie rattlesnake prairie rattler Western rattlesnake Crotalus viridis | widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies |
prairie chicken prairie grouse prairie fowl | brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies |
greater prairie chicken Tympanuchus cupido | the most common variety of prairie chicken |
lesser prairie chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas |
coyote prairie wolf brush wolf Canis latrans | small wolf native to western North America |
kit fox prairie fox Vulpes velox | small grey fox of the plains of western North America |
prairie vole Microtus ochrogaster | typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada |
prairie dog prairie marmot | any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry |
blacktail prairie dog Cynomys ludovicianus | tail is black tipped |
whitetail prairie dog Cynomys gunnisoni | tail is white tipped |
covered wagon Conestoga wagon Conestoga prairie wagon prairie schooner | a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top, used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the th century |
grassfire prairie fire | an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area |
prairie | a treeless grassy plain |
Illinois Prairie State Land of Lincoln IL | a midwestern state in northentral United States |
American pasqueflower Eastern pasque flower wild crocus lion's beard prairie anemone blue tulip American pulsatilla Pulsatilla patens Anemone ludoviciana | short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers, North America and Siberia |
prairie rocket | any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers |
prairie rocket | any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers |
wormwood sage prairie sagewort Artemisia frigida | silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere, has tawny florets |
western mugwort white sage cudweed prairie sage Artemisia ludoviciana Artemisia gnaphalodes | perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States |
white prairie aster Aster falcatus | perennial of western North America having white flowers |
prairie aster Aster turbinellis | violet-flowered perennial aster of central United States having solitary heads |
prairie sunflower Helianthus petiolaris | similar to the common sunflower with slender usually branching stems common in central United States |
hairy golden aster prairie golden aster Heterotheca villosa Chrysopsis villosa | hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters, found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States, sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis |
American feverfew wild quinine prairie dock Parthenium integrifolium | stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers, leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns |
long-head coneflower prairie coneflower Ratibida columnifera | plant similar to the Mexican hat coneflower, from British Columbia to New Mexico |
prairie coneflower Ratibida tagetes | coneflower of central to southwestern United States |
prairie orchid prairie white-fringed orchis Habenaria leucophaea | orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers |
prairie white-fringed orchid Platanthera leucophea | of central North America, a threatened species |
broom beard grass prairie grass wire grass Andropogon scoparius Schizachyrium scoparium | handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn |
prairie cordgrass freshwater cordgrass slough grass Spartina pectinmata | North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns |
prairie gourd prairie gourd vine Missouri gourd wild pumpkin buffalo gourd calabazilla Cucurbita foetidissima | perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit |
prairie gourd | small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant |
prairie mallow red false mallow Sphaeralcea coccinea Malvastrum coccineum | false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers, sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum |
prairie gentian tulip gentian bluebell Eustoma grandiflorum | one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers, of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas |
prairie wakeobin prairie trillium Trillium recurvatum | trillium of central United States having dark purple sessile flowers |
prairie mimosa prickle-weed Desmanthus ilinoensis | perennial herb of North American prairies having dense heads of small white flowers |
prairie bird's-foot trefoil compass plant prairie lotus prairie trefoil Lotus americanus | North American annual with red or roseolored flowers |
breadroot Indian breadroot pomme blanche pomme de prairie Psoralea esculenta | densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots |
prairie smoke purple avens Geum triflorum | North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits |
Iowa crab Iowa crab apple prairie crab western crab apple Malus ioensis | wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers |
prairie willow Salix humilis | slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America |
prairie star Lithophragma parviflorum | plant with mostly basal leaves and slender open racemes of white or pale pink flowers, prairies and open forest of northwestern United States to British Columbia and Alberta |
trompillo white horse nettle prairie berry purple nightshade silverleaf nightshade silver-leaved nightshade silver-leaved nettle Solanum elaeagnifolium | weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers, roundish berry widely used to curdle milk, central United States to South America |
prairie soil | a type of soil occurring under grasses in temperate climates |