Grassrange, Montana 

 Location 



Fergus Co., MT; Sec. 7, R. 22 E., T. 13 N.; GPS-UTM 5196943 N, 662854 E. 

 About 9 miles southwest of Grassrange. 



From Grassrange, travel to the southwest corner of town. Take the left fork onto Tyler Cutoff Road, 

 which crosses the south fork of McDonald Creek. Continue south and west after crossing the creek, 

 about 9 miles. Photopoint is about 75 yards west of road near a livestock watering tank. 



Description 



August 11, 1999 



Upland Near Photopoint 



Grasses. Agropyron smithii. 

 Agropyron cristatum, Poa 

 pratensis 



Hillside 



Grasses. Agropyron smithii, 

 Koeleria pyramidata, Stipa 

 comata, Bouteloua gracilis 



Shrubs. Juniperus 

 horizontalis, Rhus trilobata, 

 Shepherdia canadensis, 

 Symphoricarpos occidentalis 



Synopsis 



This site is of a hillside with 

 very thin soil and a rock out- 

 crop, which is in center of the 

 photo. The diversity and den- 

 sity of shrub species had 

 increased on this site by the 

 time the 1959 photo was 

 taken. The 1998 photo shows 

 an increased use similar to 

 that in 1917. A livestock water- 

 ing tank, located about 50 

 yards behind the photopoint, 

 may be affecting this area. 



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