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Field Notes, 1912, Part 1_018

Item

Raymond J. Pool Field Notes and Records
Title
Field Notes, 1912, Part 1_018
Alternative Title
Field Notes, 1912, Part 1
Date
1912
Creator
Raymond J. Pool
Description
Raymond J. Pool Field Notes
Identifier
120712
Transcription
18 14 which gives the tone to the landscape in many places we have Stipa comata coming into blossom and being the really dominant grass at this time over a short-grass sod. This short-grass sod is composed mostly of Boutelona oligostachya , but there is also considerable Bulbilis dactyloides in mixture especially on the harder land. Then the old communities of A. Hallii are very persistence of the old upright stems. May 29- On the higher land there is much Artemisia filifolia . Where this is rather open there is considerable Bouteloua and A. hallii as well as Aristida longisets which here is a very common member of the short grass type. Andropogon seoparius is not abundant here at all. Festuca ovina is scattered through the short grass sod in considerable number in some places. Opuntia fragilis and O. Polyacantha are also common on this land, as are Penstemon acuminatus , and P. albidus , Astragalus microlobus and Aragallus lambertii . Where land controlled by the Bouteloua - Stipa - Aristida - Artemsia coveristion is broken hear and allowed to stand idle we first get a weed stage if the land is not exposed to strong winds. The species
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