Valentine, Montana 

 Location 



Fergus Co., MT; Sec. 16, R. 26 E., T. 18 N.; GPS-UTM 5244386 N, 696118 E. 

 About 30 miles east of Roy. 



From Roy, travel east 7.5 miles on U.S. Highway 191, then south 0.5 mile on Montana Highway 19 

 to Valentine Road. Turn left (east) onto Valentine Road (gravel road) and continue about 19 miles 

 to intersection of Dovetail Trail Road and Valentine Road. Continue east on Dovetail Road about 

 0.3 mile until road turns north. Photopoint is from southernmost ridge, located southeast of the 

 intersection of Dovetail Road and Valentine Road, or northeast of Valentine, Montana. Ridge for 

 this photopoint is shown in previous photo set (Valentine, Montana pages 29 and 30). 



Description 



August 10, 1999 



Near Photopoint and 

 Along Ridge 



Grasses. Calamovilfa 

 longifolia, Oryzopsis 

 hymenoides, Agropyron 

 spicatwn, Muhlenbergia 

 cuspidata, Schizachyrium 

 scoparium 



Forbs. Solidago spp. 



Shrubs. Rhus trilobata, 

 Atriplex confertifolia. Yucca 

 glauca, Artemisia tridentata 



Upland Below Ridge 



Grasses. Agropyron smithit 

 Bouteloua gracilis. Stipa 

 comata, Koeleria pyramidata, 

 Poa secunda 



Shrubs. Artemisia tridentata, 

 Artemisia Jrigida 



Synopsis 



Most of the Pinus ponderosa 

 have increased in size. In the 

 bottom center of picture, along 

 the lower end of the slope, two 

 trees have increased in size 

 while two others have died 

 since 1959. Artemisia tridentata 

 now covers a much larger area 

 than before. Near the upper 

 right corner of the 1998 photo, 

 hayfields are apparent. 



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