. Eighty years of vegetation and landscape changes in the Northern Great Plains : a photographic record. Range plants; Landscape; Botany; forbs; grasses; landscapes; botanical composition; shrubs; trees. Original Photograph July 15, 1927. Shantz X-10-1927. Facing southeast. First Retake and Description June 30, 1958. , D-8-1958. Forest mainly of Ponderosa pines shows remarkable recovery. Agropyron smithii is still the dominant plant in both pictures, however, the 1927 photograph shows much Psoralea tenuiflora. This plant was rare when the photograph was retaken and found only along the r


. Eighty years of vegetation and landscape changes in the Northern Great Plains : a photographic record. Range plants; Landscape; Botany; forbs; grasses; landscapes; botanical composition; shrubs; trees. Original Photograph July 15, 1927. Shantz X-10-1927. Facing southeast. First Retake and Description June 30, 1958. , D-8-1958. Forest mainly of Ponderosa pines shows remarkable recovery. Agropyron smithii is still the dominant plant in both pictures, however, the 1927 photograph shows much Psoralea tenuiflora. This plant was rare when the photograph was retaken and found only along the roadside. Melilotus officinalis and Bromus tectorum were common throughout this area, although they are not mentioned in Dr. Shantz' original notes. The shrubs under the trees are Rosa spp. (from Phillips 1963, p. 99). Second Retake August 4, 1998. 50. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Klement, K. D; Heitschmidt, Rodney K. (Rodney Keith); Kay, C. E; United States. Agricultural Research Service. [Miles City, MT] : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service


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