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Map Class Photographs

Photo(s) and text description(s) of map class in PDF - PDF photo(s) and text description(s) of map class

Vegetation Map Class


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Acer negundo / Prunus virginiana Forest

    [Ashleaf Maple / Choke Cherry Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Andropogon gerardii - Schizachyrium scoparium Western Great Plains Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Big Bluestem - Little Bluestem Western Great Plains Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Black Hills Granite/Metamorphic Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation

    [Black Hills Granite / Metamorphic Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Bromus tectorum Herbaceous Vegetation (Provisional)

    [Cheatgrass Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Cercocarpus montanus / Bouteloua curtipendula Shrubland

    [Alderleaf Mountain-mahogany / Sideoats Grama shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Cirsium arvense - Weedy Forb Great Plains Herbaceous Vegetation [Provisional]

    [Canada Thistle - Weedy Forb Herbaceous Vegetation [Provisional]
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Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Eleocharis palustris Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Pale Spikerush Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Ulmus americana / Symphoricarpos occidentalis Forest

    [Green Ash - American Elm / Wolfberry Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Juniperus horizontalis / Schizachyrium scoparium Dwarf-shrubland

    [Creeping Juniper / Little Bluestem Dwarf-shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pascopyrum smithii - Nassella viridula Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Western Wheatgrass - Green Needlegrass Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus ponderosa / Carex inops ssp. heliophila Woodland

    [Ponderosa Pine / Long-stolon Sedge Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus ponderosa / Juniperus communis Woodland

    [Ponderosa Pine / Common Juniper Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus ponderosa Limestone Cliff Sparse Vegetation

    [Ponderosa Pine Limestone Cliff Sparse Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus ponderosa / Pascopyrum smithii Woodland

    [Ponderosa Pine / Western Wheatgrass Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus ponderosa / Prunus virginiana Forest

    [Ponderosa Pine / Choke Cherry Forest]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Pinus ponderosa / Schizachyrium scoparium Woodland

    [Ponderosa Pine / Little Bluestem Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Poa pratensis Herbaceous Vegetation (Provisional)

    [Kentucky Bluegrass Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Populus deltoides / Symphoricarpos occidentalis Woodland

    [Eastern Cottonwood / Western Snowberry Woodland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Prairie Dog Town Grassland Complex

    [Prairie Dog Town Grassland Complex]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Prunus virginiana Shrubland

    [Choke Cherry Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Redbeds (Siltstone, Sandstone, Gypsum) Sparse Vegetation

    [Redbeds (Siltstone, Sandstone, Gypsum) Sparse Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Salix bebbiana Shrubland

    [Gray Willow Shrubland]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua (curtipendula, gracilis) - Carex filifolia Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Little Bluestem - (Sideoats Grama, Blue Grama) / Threadleaf Sedge Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Scirpus spp. - Mixed Herbaceous Great Plains Streamside Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Bulrush - Mixed Herbaceous Great Plains Streamside Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Shale Barren Slopes Sparse Vegetation

    [Shale Barren Slopes Sparse Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Spartina pectinata - Carex spp. Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Prairie Cordgrass - Sedge species Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Stipa comata - Bouteloua gracilis - Carex filifolia Herbaceous Vegetation

    [Needle-and-thread - Blue Grama - Threadleaf Sedge Herbaceous Vegetation]


Link to map class photo(s) and description(s) in PDF - Symphoricarpos occidentalis Shrubland

    [Western Snowberry Shrubland]



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