... (Poaceae) of some 9, 000 species that thrive everywhere from the equator to inside the Arctic Circle and from the edge of the desert to the edge of the ocean Among them the grasses harbor many other ... and of the predators that pursue them the lions, cheetahs, hyenas, and hunting dogs With their wide skies and distant horizons the grasslands appeal to our love of freedom, of space, of travel They ... vegetation In 194 9 workers sowed 20 acres (8 ha) of prairie plants in the Brownfields Wood Preserve of the University of Illinois, 225 226 GRASSLANDS under the supervision of the eminent ecologists...