The Grasslands and the Northern Swift Fox

The lush grasslands of North American grasslands spread throughout the United States Great Plains. The grasslands supply a home to many plants, species, and endangered species, such as the Northern Swift Fox, Vulpes Velox. The grasslands provide a beautiful habitat for the many species of wildlife to thrive and live because of the tall, mixed grass, Rocky Mountains, fertile soil, rainfall, and moderate temperatures. The conservation of the species of these grasslands have become extremely important, because if one endangered species such as the small, speedy Northern Swift Fox went extinct, horrible effects will occur. The grasslands provide a wonderful environment for the many plant and animal species, like the Northern Swift Fox, to enjoy.

The lush topography, moderate temperatures, wet rainfall, and fertile soil make the grasslands a great place for species to live in. The temperatures rise as high as one hundred degrees Fahrenheit, thirty-eight degrees Celsius, or as low as ten degrees Fahrenheit, negative twelve degrees Celsius. In the summer, the average temperature calculates to eighty-three degrees Fahrenheit, twenty-eight degrees Celsius. In the winter, the average temperature calculates to thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit, zero degrees Celsius. The grasslands create a perfect place for heat-loving and cold-craving species. The topography includes lots of tall grasses, mixed grasses, short grasses of the prairie, and the Rocky Mountains in the west. The well-drained and different soil types accord to different grass types. The tall grass rooted to rich soil benefits crops. Mixed grass soil, though dryer, still has some moisture. The dry short grass prairie soil profits animals living for a period of time without water. Th...

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...the country. Humans need to take care of the northern swift fox species, or humans will have to wave goodbye to a cute, little fox. The life punishments of losing the northern swift foxes look endless.

The grasslands have become an important ecosystem to animals, plants, and humans. The swift fox has also showed significant to humans and animals of that ecosystem. Humans need to shine a light on the environment, and the world will at last see peace. “Most of the natural temperate grasslands of the world have been lost, but perhaps they have not been lost forever,” 3 says Michael Allaby, author of Biomes of the World - Temperate Grasslands. Hope for the temperate grasslands of North America and the Northern Swift Fox, Vulpes Velox, still persists. The North American temperate grasslands and the northern swift fox have become important to the present and the future.