Sentence examples for a patch of prairie from inspiring English sources

Biological complexity and diversity sound like abstractions, until you see a patch of prairie beside the monotony of a soybean field, a whole county of soybean fields.

Two hundred people followed, making their daily walk a mile up a rural highway to a patch of prairie grass and excavated dirt that has become a new kind of battlefield, between a pipeline and American Indians who say it will threaten water supplies and sacred lands.

At least 15 more were in the 3 range — and all were centered within a few miles of each other, in a patch of prairie about 100 miles northwest of Oklahoma City, according to the USGS.

You could almost be outdoors, looking at Mr. Gober's sculptures on a patch of artificial prairie.

Others, like viceroys, regal fritillaries and tiger swallowtails, are "habitat sensitive," rarely venturing far from a patch of virgin prairie.

Would a buyer share the pride I've taken in my tiny patch of prairie?

It is a time-consuming, intensive and expensive process, said Betsy Gulotta, a biology professor at Nassau Community College who is the project manager for the patch of prairie on campus.

Visitors to Mr. Bush's spread may see a brown, flat prairie relieved by a patch of canyons and woods off a creek, but to the president it is paradise.

I parked in a patch of shade.

"Find a patch of sunlight, my boy.

He landed on a patch of grass.