Southeastern Grasslands: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Management

Today the southeastern United States is a largely rural, forested, and agricultural landscape interspersed with urban areas of development.

However, two centuries ago it contained hundreds of thousands of acres of natural grasslands that stretched from Florida to Texas.

Now more than 99 percent of these prairies, glades, and savannas have been plowed up or paved over, lost to agriculture, urban growth, and cattle ranching.