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Spring in Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

County: Chase

Date: June 22, 2016

Place Name: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Short description: Spring from the Permian-age Threemile limestone near Palmer Creek in Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Established in 1996, the 11,000-acre preserve in the Flint Hills represents a portion of the 170,000 acres of tallgrass prairie that once covered the central United States.

Key Words

Flint Hills

Nature Preserve

Spring

Limestone

Threemile Limestone Member

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

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