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Cherokee Plains

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The Cherokee Plains ecoregion is a non-glaciated, relatively flat, erosional plain with more poorly drained and less fertile soils than the Wooded Osage Plains (40c). Claypan soils distinguish this region from surrounding regions and support potential natural vegetation of tallgrass prairie, oak-hickory woodland, and claypan prairie where soils are less permeable. Sites can be seasonally wet but usually become extremely dry during the summers. Land use includes a mix of cropland and grassland, limited woodland, and areas of coal strip mining extending into southeastern Kansas.

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