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 evergreen ornamental varieties for year-round specimen plants. Grasses include blue oat grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens) and tall blue fescue (Festuca amethystine). Blue oat grass is a semi-evergreen fountain grass. It grows well in zones 4 through 9 and needs dry, well-drained soil.