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Before European-American settlement, various cultures of Indigenous peoples of the Americas lived in the region. The pre-colonization state of the Bluegrass is poorly known, but it is thought to have been a type of savannah known as oak savanna, with open grassland containing clover, giant river cane (a type of bamboo), and scattered enormous trees, primarily bur oak, blue ash, Shumard's oak ...
The drill is a short-tailed monkey up to 70 cm (28 in) long, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacks the bright blue and red on the face of that species. It has high sexual dimorphism in weight, with males weighing up to 20 kg (44 lb) and females up to 12.5 kg (28 lb).
The name Kentucky bluegrass derives from its flower heads, which are blue when the plant is allowed to grow to its natural height of 60 to 90 cm (2 to 3 feet). [ 9 ] Poa pratensis is the type species of the grass family Poaceae .
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently declared 21 species extinct, including an environmentally significant one previously found in the Bluegrass State.
Blue Grass, Iowa, a city in the United States; Blue Grass, Minnesota, an unincorporated settlement in the United States; Blue Grass, Virginia, an unincorporated settlement in the United States; Bluegrass region, a geographic region in the US state of Kentucky; Blue Grass Airport, an airport in Fayette county, Kentucky
Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) is the most extensively used cool-season grass used in lawns, sports fields, and golf courses in the United States. [14] Annual bluegrass ( Poa annua ) can sometimes be considered a weed.
[33] [34] Many types of animals eat grass as their main source of food, and are called graminivores – these include cattle, sheep, horses, rabbits and many invertebrates, such as grasshoppers and the caterpillars of many brown butterflies. Grasses are also eaten by omnivorous or even occasionally by primarily carnivorous animals. A kangaroo ...
The original grandstand at the racetrack known today as Churchill Downs did not have the iconic Twin Spires. When the track opened in 1875 for the first Kentucky Derby 150 years ago, things were ...