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.
Warm-Season Grasses for Hay and Pasture. Switchgrass, Indiangrass, and big bluestem are warm-. season grasses that are a suitable alternative for sum-. mer pasture in Iowa. Their advantage over cool-season. grasses such as bluegrass, bromegrass, and orchard-. grass is their ability to produce during midsummer.