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The first group comprises the eudominants of the association, occur- 

 ring as climax species in no other unit of the grassland. The members 

 of the next group are more wide-ranging, being found in two or more 



Fig. 63. — The prairie peninsula (after Transeau, 1935) ; the stippled areas are 



prairie. The early records of the badger are shown with the dates. 1871 and 



1880 are dates of disappearance from the locality. 



associations, four of them in mixed prairie. The generally lower sta- 

 ture of the last two renders them less important, though they are fre- 

 quently of great abundance. As preclimax relicts, Boutelou-a, gracilis, 

 B. hursuta, and Buchloc dactyloides are fairly widespread, especially 



