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Title
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Field Notes, 1912, Part 1_004
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Alternative Title
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Field Notes, 1912, Part 1
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Date
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1912
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Creator
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Raymond J. Pool
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Description
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Raymond J. Pool Field Notes
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Identifier
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120712
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Transcription
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3 3 bunch grass ( A. scop. ) was seen usually only near the tops of the hills and near the summits of the higher tables. Yucca was very inconspicuous only a few dozen plants being seen over the whole 21 mi. always near crests with bunch grasses - and there were small plants. Considerable grasses was seen too. It seems here that the Bunch Grasses and their associates are being crowded off the landscape via the hilltops and that the land is being occupied by Stipa , Bouteloua , and other sod forming species. Prunis besseyi was seen but once. The most conspicuous society at this time of year was that of Anemone caroliniana which in certain pockets and bunches formed areas of many square sods in size of purple or white as the color varied. The wind flower was in great profusion and added tone to the otherwise slowly awakening range. Stipa comata was in more places conspicuous as old culsuss with the frayed out leaves of the peculiar silver gray, a color wh. always marked the consocies in the distance. From about 21 north of North Platte to Gandy , and beyond there is much table land with fine hard soil. The bunch grasses have
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Rights
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