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The Great Plains Region The Great Plains are in the middle of our country This region is made up of dry grassland It falls between the Midwest region’s farmland to the east and the Mountain region to the west The Great Plains states include Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming Colorado Nebraska Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas Washington Oregon Montana North Dakota Minnesota New Hampshire Vermont Maine Idaho South Dakota Wisconsin Wyoming Michigan New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Nevada Nebraska Iowa Utah Colorado Illinois Indiana Pennsylvania Ohio New Jersey Delaware Maryland Washington D C West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina California Arizona New Mexico Kansas Missouri Kentucky Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee Texas Alabama Mississippi Georgia Louisiana Florida 4
Though few people live in the Great Plains the land supports plant and animal life A wide variety of grasses grow Animals in the region include lizards prairie dogs weasels and rattlesnakes The Great Plains has a variety of grasses including blue grama buffalo grass crested wheatgrass and little bluestem 5
