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The 34.6 km2 (8550 acre) site at the Konza Prairie Biological Station is hosted by The Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University. The surrounding region consists of grasslands, forests, and agricultural land cover types and includes the largest remaining areas of unplowed tallgrass prairie in North America. KONZ is part of the NEON Prairie Peninsula Domain (D06), which stretches from Kansas through Nebraska and Iowa to southern Minnesota, and moves east to encompass Illinois and most of Indiana. The Domain hosts four other NEON field sites: two aquatic and two additional terrestrial, all of which are located in Kansas. KONZ is located just 5 km (~3 miles) east of the KONA terrestrial site. The two sites provide a contrast between more pristine prairie at KONZ and heavily impacted agricultural land at KONA within the same area. Land use and land use management are key grand challenge themes for this Domain.","citation":null,"relatedIdentifiers":null,"status":{"label":"Operational","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/elter_cl\/10772"},"yearEstablished":2015,"yearClosed":null,"relatedSites":null,"siteName":"Konza Prairie Biological Station NEON","shortName":"KONZ","siteType":"Platform","protectionLevel":null,"landUse":null,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/deims.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-06\/konz0.jpg","alt":"KONZ"},{"url":"https:\/\/deims.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-06\/konz.jpg","alt":"Prescribed burn at KONZ"}]},"environmentalCharacteristics":{"airTemperature":{"yearlyAverage":12.4,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"\u00b0C","referencePeriod":null},"precipitation":{"yearlyAverage":870,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"mm","referencePeriod":null},"biogeographicalRegion":null,"biome":"deciduous_forest","ecosystemType":[{"label":"Deciduous Forest","uri":null},{"label":"Forest","uri":null},{"label":"Grasslands","uri":null}],"eunisHabitat":null,"landforms":null,"geoBonBiome":["Terrestrial"],"geology":"Konza Prairie is part of the Chase group, a geologic group from the early Permian laid down in the Gearyan stage. It is composed of cherty limestone and green or red shale. Chert is another term for flint, meaning a sedimentary rock composed of quartz. It is this \u201cflinty\u201d limestone that gives the Flint Hills, home of the Konza Prairie, its name.","hydrology":"The Konza Prairie is separated into 50 watersheds, each draining a tributary of King\u2019s Creek which ultimately drains into the Kansas River.","soils":"The dominant soil series is Benfield-Florence complex, a silty clay loam, with 5-30% slopes. The second most dominant is Clim-Sogn complex, a clayey soil weathered from limestone and shale, with 3-20% slopes. The soil at KONZ has a low water capacity but is well drained. Bedrock is 0.89 - 0.99 m (2.9 - 3.2 ft.) deep but can be much shallower.","vegetation":"The Konza Prairie is characterized by native tallgrasses able to withstand the rocky soil and the ferocious winds that whip over the hills. There are over 600 plant species found on the prairie, dominated by big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans), and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). 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