The spread of bison fossils suggests that there were large herds when much of central Florida was pasture land.
Three kinds of bison migrated through this State. Bison latifrons had a six foot spread of horns. To me, that great spread suggests a wide personal space, the kind of distance an expansive landscape could offer. I imagine herds spreading out across the Florida prairie, selecting the best tasting, most nutritious grass.
Bison antiquus had shorter horns and our modern bison has horns curved close to its head.
Modern bisons, Bison bison, herd close together, their bodies touching. They can graze in fairly tight groups, taking all the grass they can get.
In the literature, I have counted 300 varieties of grass native to Florida. This wide variety suggests that grasses adapted to many different environmental systems over a long period.
