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Grass fires continued to wreak havoc at the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday as practice and qualifying sessions were halted three times when three separate blazes broke out. The dramatic scenes ...

Purple needlegrass is a popular native grass for small gardens or open meadows, but its long prickly awns can be a nuisance ...

Fire stretches across a vast tract of prairie. Ranchers set fire to the land to stimulate the growth of native grasses like big bluestem, little bluestem, and Indian grass. The region plays host ...

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Fire suppresses the growth of woody plants and stimulates the growth of native grasses like big bluestem, little bluestem, and Indian grass. The spring blazes also ignite a cycle of renewal ...

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I once rounded a bend on this trail at dawn to find dewdrops suspended on spiderwebs between bluestem grasses, each droplet capturing and reflecting the sunrise like thousands of tiny prisms scattered ...

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