[PCA] Prairie plant seen as promising fuel option

[Megan_Haidet at fws.gov]

If you're interested in switch grass, its history, biology and fuel 
potential, here's an article from Tuesday's Chicago Tribune.



CHILLICOTHE, Iowa -- If there were such a thing as a Comeback Plant of the 
Year award--maybe Comeback of the Century--a top contender would have to 
be switch grass, a dominant part of the tallgrass prairie that once 
blanketed much of North America.

That vast sea of grasses, so thick and high that pioneers said it could 
swallow a rider on horseback, all but disappeared as sodbusters ripped it 
away to make room for lush and productive cropland.


To view the entire article visit: 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0611280111nov28,1,7884980.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
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