The decline of the prairiechicken is linked to the conversion of shinnery to other uses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Texas (EPA)] Reference

The decline of the lizard is a signal that the sand/shinnery oak ecosystem is being altered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA)] Reference

The shinnery sands are habitat for the lesser prairie-chicken, a species that is in serious decline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Texas (EPA)] Reference

Lesser prairie-chickens, a unique grouse of the High Plains, inhabit shinnery oak and sand sagebrush habitats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA)] Reference

The shinnery sands are habitat for the lesser prairie-chicken and sanddune lizard, two species that are in serious decline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA)] Reference

In addition, shinnery grows on sand flats and hills in the west, and short grass prairie is found on higher elevation, sandy sites in the northwest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA)] Reference

Upland native vegetation is mostly mesquite – buffalograss, but shinnery is native on sandy areas; natural vegetation is distinct from Ecoregions 27d, 27l, 27o, 27q, and 29.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA)] Reference

The potential natural vegetation in this region is grama-buffalo grass with some mesquite-buffalo grass in the southeast and shinnery (midgrass prairie with open low and shrubs) along the Canadian River.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of the United States-Level III (EPA)] Reference

The potential natural vegetation in this region is grama-buffalograss with some mesquite-buffalograss in the southeast, juniper-scrub oakmidgrass savanna on escarpment bluffs, and shinnery (midgrass prairie with low oak brush) along parts of the Canadian River.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Texas (EPA)] Reference

The upland natural vegetation in this dry-subhumid area is mostly mixed grass prairie, but mesquite – buffalograss and shinnery are native, respectively, to the south and to sandy areas; potential natural vegetation is distinct from the short grass prairie of the semiarid High Plains (25), the tall grass prairie of Ecoregions 28 and 40, and the oak savanna of the Cross Timbers (29).    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA)] Reference