Rumford, South Dakota 



Location 



Fall River Co., SD; Sec. 6, R. 54 W., T. 36 N. GPS-UTM 4775673 N. 606085 E. 

 About 8 miles north-northwest of Ardmore. 



From Ardmore, South Dakota, travel north about 6 miles on South Dakota Highway 71, then turn 

 left (northwest) for 2 miles on South Dakota Highway 471 (County Road 52). Photopoint is from 

 road near a gravel parking area that replaced a railroad switching yard. 



Description 



September 21, 1999 



Between Fence and Road 



Grasses. Agropyron 

 cristatum, Setaria spp., 

 Bromus inermis 



Forbs. Helianthus annuiis 



Fence to Drainage 



Grasses. Agropyron 

 cristatum, Agropyron smithii 



Shrubs. Sarcobatus 

 vermiculatus 



Trees. Populus deltoides 



Synopsis 



Current herbaceous vegetation 

 is dominated by Agropyron 

 cristatum. This is a shift from a 

 dominance of Agropyron smithii 

 in 1927 (seeded?) and possibly 

 Koeleria pyramidata in 1960, 

 although close examination of 

 the 1960 photo suggests the 

 dominant species was still 

 Agropyron smithii. Both the size 

 and density of Populus deltoides 

 trees growing along the drainage 

 have increased considerably 

 since 1927. 



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