Collocations for prairie - noun

high
open, rolling, vast, wide
northern, western, etc.
native
Only about 5% of native prairie is left in Kansas.

tall-grass (esp. AmE)

cross
a train of covered wagons crossing the wide American prairies

grass
fire (AmE,figurative)
His charges spread like a prairie fire.

across the prairie
their route across the prairie

on the prairie
settlers' houses on the prairies of Canada