Eighty years of vegetation and Eighty years of vegetation and landscape changes in the Northern Great Plains : a photographic record eightyyearsofveg45klem Year: 2001 Spearfish, South Dakota Location Lawrence SD; Sec. 34, R. 2 T. 7 N.; GPS-UTM 4930102 N. 590496 E. About 2 miles north of Spearfish. From Spearfish, travel north about 2 miles to the junction of Highways 14 and 85. Turn right (east) onto access road parallel to Highway 85, next to public utility station. Then, travel south about mile. Picture was taken on the hill to the left (east) of access road. Descript
Eighty years of vegetation and Eighty years of vegetation and landscape changes in the Northern Great Plains : a photographic record eightyyearsofveg45klem Year: 2001 Spearfish, South Dakota Location Lawrence SD; Sec. 34, R. 2 T. 7 N.; GPS-UTM 4930102 N. 590496 E. About 2 miles north of Spearfish. From Spearfish, travel north about 2 miles to the junction of Highways 14 and 85. Turn right (east) onto access road parallel to Highway 85, next to public utility station. Then, travel south about mile. Picture was taken on the hill to the left (east) of access road. Description September 21, 1999 Before Fence Grasses. Agropyron smithii, Stipa comata, Schizachyrium scopariwn. Muhlenbergia caspidata, Carexjilifolia, Calamovilfa longifolia, Pani- cum virgatum Shrubs and Trees. Rosa woodsil Artemisia Jrigida, Yucca glauca, Gutierrezia sarothrae Along Roadside Grasses. Bromus inermis, Agropyron intermedium, Panicum virgatum Trees. Populus deltoides. Fraxinus pennsylvanica Synopsis Although this set of photos shows highway and urban development, the geological features of rock outcrops are still apparent at the right center of photos. The distant hills show an increase in conifer density, while deciduous tree species have remained about the same as they were in 1914 due to land management practices. Note the abundance of Yucca glauca in the vegetation complex in foreground. 63
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