The ___ ____ are one of the largest grasslands in the world.
Great Plains
The trip between the Niobrara River and the Bad River was the most exciting. Here they found many plants and animals that scientists had never seen before. It was the most important ____ part of the whole trip.
zooilogical
Near Gregory County, South Dakota, Lewis and Clark first saw ___ ___ (Cynomys ludovicianus). They called them "barking squirrels."
prairie dogs
Lewis thought the ___ ran faster than a race horse. He was right. They are is one of the fastest animals in the world. Only the cheetah is faster.
pronghorn (commonly called "antelope")
Lewis guessed that ___ ____could jump up to twenty feet. He was right. They adjust well to South Dakota winter. Their fur turns white to match snow.
jack rabbits
The explorers also made important ____ discoveries. They wrote in their journals about the plants they found.
botanical
The Lakotas called the prairie turnip ____. This plant has a starchy root. It can be eaten like a potato. It can also be pounded into a flour and made into bread.
tinpsila
Lewis and Clark found "great quantities of a kind of berry resembling a currant except double the size." The sweet fruit was "deliciously flavored & makes delightful tarts, this fruit is now ripe."—Clark’s journal, August 24, 1804
buffaloberry
___ ____ provides habitat for many animals. Wildlife also use it for winter food when other plant
Silver sagebrush
Dried meat mixed and pressed with fat and often dried berries was called ___.
pemmican
___ ___ (Odocoileus hemionus) are bigger and have longer ears than white-tailed deer.
Mule deer
The corps caught the first ____ (Canis latrans). Today, the ___ is South Dakota’s state animal.
coyote
