Central tall grasslands

Central tall grasslands
Central tall grasslands
	Big bluestem, Andropogon gerardi
Ecology
Realm	Nearctic
Biome	Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders	List Central and Southern mixed grasslands; Central forest-grasslands transition; Flint Hills tall grasslands; Northern mixed grasslands; Northern tall grasslands; Upper Midwest forest-savanna transition;
Bird species	228
Mammal species	67
Geography
Area	248,400 km2 (95,900 sq mi)
Country	United States
States	North Dakota; South Dakota; Nebraska; Minnesota; Iowa; Missouri; Wisconsin;
Climate type	Humid continental (Dfa)
Conservation
Habitat loss	95.7%
Protected	0.95%

The Central tall grasslands are a prairie ecoregion of the Midwestern United States, part of the North American Great Plains.

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