. Eighty years of vegetation and landscape changes in the Northern Great Plains : a photographic record . Synopsis Earlier photos indicate heavy grazing. However, 1998 photos reveal grazing intensity had been dramatically reduced, resulting in a grass-dominant complex of Agropyron smithii, Stipa comata, and Stipa viridula. Furthermore, the position of the large rocks has remained constant, but an abundance of Melilotus officinalis in 1999 caused their presence to be less conspicuous because of the taller vegetation. 55

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