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Title
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Field Notes, 1912, Part 1_017
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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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17 13 May 27- North Platte to Oshkosh - much cedar on bluffs south of river about Keystone & farther west. In some places, the cedar is very conspicuous in the rock outcrops across the river from Keystone. All along the river bottom there is considerable Alkali - Distichlis and Agropyron being everywhere controlling. West of Keystone there is much sagebrush on the south edge of the sand hills which here come with half a mile of the river. Artemisia filifolia here practically assumes the role of Andropogon scoparius farther north. Ipomoea leptaphylla is also common along here. Hypoxis hirsuta and Allium mutabile are very common in the valley all the way from North Platte . Along the river here at Oshkosh in the broad meadows at this time of the year Dodecatheon radicatum is extremely abundant. Southwest of town the meadows are literally simple for acres and acres up and down the river. May 28 North of Oshkosh for a number of miles along Lost Creek there is much farming. Alfalfa does very well here. Here on the native land we have a sagebush - short grass - beard grass - Stipa combination. At this time of the year besides Artemisia filifolia
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Rights
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