Abstract

Natural history is the heart and soul of the Flint Hills. The terraced landscape created by layers of limestone, flint, and shale; the seasonally changing colors of bluestem, Indian, and switch grasses; the wildlife and the streams and ponds are all evoked by the writers in this section. This is the introduction to the, "Land," section of the Field Journal.

Keywords:

• land,
• Flint Hills,
• grassland,
• prairie,
• nature,
• natural,
• native,
• bluestem,
• animals