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the flat-looking horizon hiding the planet's tallest plants underground, roots diving deeper than oaks grow up
means A large, mostly flat expanse of grassland with few trees, typical of central North America.
from Straight from French prairie, 'meadow,' which grew out of Latin pratum, 'a meadow.' French explorers and trappers crossing the continent's vast grass seas had no English word grand enough for them, so they reached for the homey word for a meadow — and it stuck, ballooning from a tidy field into an ocean of grass.
root depthSome prairie grass roots reach 15 feet down
vanished biomeOver 96% of tallgrass prairie is gone
fire-fedIt needs burning to survive and thrive
carbon vaultStores more carbon below ground than rainforests
bison engineersGrazing herds once shaped its entire ecosystem