Testing your bone density -- how strong your bones are -- is the only way to know for sure if you have osteoporosis. One common test doctors use is called dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA or DEXA). DXA scanning focuses on two main areas -- the hip and the spine. If you canât test those, you can get a DXA scan on your forearm.
The vegetation of Konza Prairie is predominately native tallgrass prairie, dominated by the perennial, warm-season grasses big bluestem, little bluestem, Indiangrass, and switchgrass. A highly diverse mixture of other species includes warm-season and cool-season grasses, composites, legumes, and other forbs.
Plant Life. Most of the plant life in the grasslands are grasses. They include Blue Grama, Buffalo grass, Big Blue stem, switch grass and Little Blue Stem just to name a few. The tall grasses will grow where rainfall is about 30 inches a year.The Big Blue stem and switch grass can grow 7 feet tall.The little blue stem and needle grass types grow up to 4 feet high. In the Rocky Mountains, buffalo grass and blue grama grow between 4 and 18 inches tall.There are 23 species of plants per square yard in the grassland.The stems and leaves of all plants are made up of chloroplasts.he little blue stem and needle grass types grow up to 4 feet high. In the Rocky Mountains, buffalo grass and blue grama grow between 4 and 18 inches tall. There are 23 species of plants per square yard in the grassland. The stems and leaves of all plants are made up of chloroplasts.