Belvidere, South Dakota 



Location 



Jackson Co., SD; Sec. 36. R. 33 W.. T. 43 N.; GPS-UTM 4835468 N, 323562 E. 

 About 17 miles south-southeast of Belvidere. 



From Belvidere, at the intersection of U.S. Interstate 90 and South Dakota Highway 63, travel 

 about 17 miles south to milepost 61.5. Photopoint is located about 150 yards southeast of the road 

 and milepost marker. 



Description 



September 22, 1999 



Upland Flats and Ridgetops 



Grasses. Agropyron smithii, 

 Bouteloua gracilis. Stipa 

 comata, Calamovilja 

 longifolia, Schizachyriwn 

 scoparium, Bouteloua 

 curtipendula 



Forbs. Melilotus officinalis, 

 Opuntia polycantha 



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Synopsis 



Vegetation composition 

 appears to have changed 

 little since 1927 other than a 

 possible decline in the den- 

 sity of Opuntia polycantha. 

 Agropyron smithii is the 

 overwhelmingly dominant 

 grass species. 



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