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Map of the Grand Prairie Ecoregion, eastern Arkansas, showing historical distribution of approximately 500,000-acres of prairie.
Credit: Sunny Fleming
Data Source: USGS Gap Analysis Program (GAP), Esri
Newspaper article from 1904 advertising "10,000 acres of virgin prairie for sale, Prairie Co., Arkansas"
Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea), Mississippi Alluvial Plain Hardpan Prairie, Grand Prairie, Arkansas
Credit: Dwayne Estes
Rudbeckia grandiflora (Rudbeckia grandiflora) and Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya), Mississippi Alluvial Plain Hardpan Prairie, Grand Prairie, Arkansas
Credit: Theo Witsell
Oklahoma Grass Pink Orchid (Calopogon oklahomensis), Mississippi Alluvial Plain Hardpan Prairie, Grand Prairie, Arkansas
Credit: Theo Witsell
Mississippi Alluvial Plain Hardpan Prairie, Railroad Prairie Natural Area, Grand Prairie, Prairie Co., Arkansas
Credit: Pamela Pasco
Mississippi Alluvial Plain Hardpan Prairie, Railroad Prairie Natural Area, Grand Prairie, Prairie Co., Arkansas
Credit: Pamela Pasco
Theo Witsell (SGI Director of Research) surveying Mississippi Alluvial Plain Hardpan Prairie, Railroad Prairie Natural Area, Grand Prairie, Prairie Co., Arkansas
Credit: Pamela Pasco
Mississippi Alluvial Plain Hardpan Prairie, Roth Prairie Natural Area, Grand Prairie, Arkansas
Credit: Pamela Pasco
Ornate Box Turtle in Mississippi Alluvial Plain Hardpan Prairie, Roth Prairie Natural Area, Grand Prairie, Arkansas
Credit: Theo Witsell
Mississippi Alluvial Plain Hardpan Prairie, Roth Prairie Natural Area, Grand Prairie, Arkansas
Credit: Pamela Pasco
Mississippi Alluvial Plain Sand Savanna, Sikeston, Missouri
Credit: Paul Nelson
Mississippi Alluvial Plain Riverbank Sandbar Barren, Mississippi River, Lake Co., Tennessee
Credit: Dwayne Estes
Mississippi Alluvial Plain Riverbank Sandbar Barren, Arkansas River, Arkansas
Credit: Theo Witsell