Fryburg, North Dakota 



Location 



Billings Co., ND; Sec. 18. R. 100 W., T. 139 N.; GPS-UTM 5191143 N, 625999 E. 

 About 2 miles west-southwest of Fryburg. 



From Medora, South Dakota, travel 13 miles east on U.S. Interstate 94. Take Exit 36 and turn 

 right (south). Continue through Fryburg to "T" in road, located about 0.4 mile south of town. Turn 

 right (west) onto Sully Creek Road and travel 2 miles. Photopoint is about 30 yards south of the 

 road. 



Description 



August 27, 1999 



Bottomland 



Grasses. Agropyron 

 cristatum, Agropyron smithii 



Forbs. Kochia scoparia, 

 Sphaeralcea coccinea, 

 Psoralea tenuiflora. Artemi- 

 sia ludoviciana 



Hills, Ridgetops, 

 Upper Plateaus 



Grasses. Agropyron smithii, 

 BouteloucL gracilis, Stipa 

 comata, Calamovilfa 

 longifolia 



Shrubs and Trees. Artemi- 

 sia cana, Artemisia 

 tridentata, Artemisia frigida, 

 Rhus trilobata Juniperus 

 communis, Juniperus 

 scopulorum, Fraxinus 

 pennsylvanica 



Synopsis 



Much of the native range has 

 been cultivated on the upper 

 plateaus (note the round hay 

 bales in upper center of 1998 

 photo). A haystack yard fence is 

 visible in the bottom right corner 

 of the 1998 photo. Kochia 

 scoparia and Agropyron cristatum 

 are abundant inside the stack 

 yard. The shrubs (look to be 

 Shepherdia argentea) in immedi- 

 ate foreground of 1924 photo had 

 been removed by the 1959 re- 

 take. Size of Artemisia spp. and 

 Juniperus spp. have increased 

 since 1924 



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