shortgrass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shortgrass
Example Sentences
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CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Twenty years ago, Stan and Tammy Higgins moved into a home just outside this Old West railroad town on 3 acres of windswept shortgrass prairie.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The chestnut-collared longspur, which lives in the northern shortgrass prairie and sings as it flies.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
Scientists, nature enthusiasts and that rare subspecies of humanity obsessed with spiders all come to witness something remarkable: hordes of fuzzy, fist-sized male tarantulas emerging from their burrows to scour the shortgrass prairie for mates.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2022
The couple, who own a farm in nearby Hays, had previously collected ammonites and tiny bones while hiking through the shortgrass prairie.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2020
“I show off the cattle and the shortgrass prairie system, the climate and how people make a living out here.”
From Washington Times • Aug. 23, 2015
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