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Seasons of the Prairie
Winter The hard frost turns the prairie drab. Spent blooms of goldenrods appear cottony and gray on browned stalks. After the first snowfall, shrew, rabbit squirrel, coyote and deer tracks crisscross the land. Sometimes, red-tailed hawks circle above in search of food. Dried leaves of prairie plants stick out from drifts of snow. Above ground, the prairie is dormant. But deep below, prairie roots have stored energy . . for the coming spring. |
