Eighty years of vegetation and landscape changes in the Northern Great Plains : a photographic record eightyyearsofveg45klem Year: 2001 White River, South Dakota Location Mellette Co., SD; Sec. 19, R. 28 T. 42 N.; GPS-UTM 4829632 N, 362066 E. About miles northeast of White River. From the junction of Highways 44 and 83 in White River, South Dakota, travel north miles on Highway 83. Then, turn right (east) onto an unnamed gravel road just south of the Little White River bridge. Continue east for miles to an unfenced area adjacent to the White River. From this point,
Eighty years of vegetation and landscape changes in the Northern Great Plains : a photographic record eightyyearsofveg45klem Year: 2001 White River, South Dakota Location Mellette Co., SD; Sec. 19, R. 28 T. 42 N.; GPS-UTM 4829632 N, 362066 E. About miles northeast of White River. From the junction of Highways 44 and 83 in White River, South Dakota, travel north miles on Highway 83. Then, turn right (east) onto an unnamed gravel road just south of the Little White River bridge. Continue east for miles to an unfenced area adjacent to the White River. From this point, the photopoint is north of the road about 50 yards. Description September 22, 1999 Island on White River Grasses. Stipa viridula, Stipa comata, Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua gracilis, Agropyron smithii, Spartina pectinata, Elymus canadensis, Andropogon gerardii, Andropogon hallii, Schizachurium scoparium, Calamovilfa longifolia Forbs. Solidago spp., Xanthium strumarium, Arte- misia ludoviciana, Conyza canadensis. Ambrosia psilostachya. Ambrosia gigantea Shrubs. Amorpha canescens. Prunus spp., Rhus trilobata, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, Fraxinus pennsylvanica. Acer negundo, Salix spp., Populus deltoides, Shepherdia argentea Riverbanks Trees. Populus deltoides, Fraxinus pennsylvanica Synopsis The largest portion of land area shown in the photograph is now an island because of a change in the river's course. Grazing intensity appears to have been extremely heavy in the 1927 photo (see horses) but much reduced thereafter. Accordingly, density of both herbaceous and woody species have increased along riverbanks, with Populus deltoides the dominant tree. Fields across the river are now planted to Medicago sativa and Bromus inermis. 67
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