Casper, Wyoming 



Location 



Johnson, Co., WY; Sec. 33, R. 79 W., T. 33 N.; GPS-UTM 4738179 N, 391942 E. 

 About 5 miles south of Casper. 



From Exit 185 on U.S. Interstate 25, travel south and then turn right (east) on Wyoming Boulevard 

 (Wyoming Highway 258). Continue about 4.5 miles, then turn left (south) onto an unnamed gravel 

 road (about 0.8 mile east of Wyoming County Road 510). Proceed about 1.5 miles to ranch head- 

 quarters. Photopoint is on top of ridge about 550 yards southwest of ranch house. 



Description 



September 9, 1999 



Ridgetop and Slope 



Grasses. Agropyron 

 spicatum, Koeleria 

 pyramidata, Agropyron 

 smithil Stipa comata 



Shrubs and Trees. 



Cercocarpus montanus, 

 Rhus trilobata, Pinus ponder- 

 osa, Pinus Jlexilis 



Upland 



Grasses. Carexfilifolia. 

 Agropyron smithii, Koeleria 

 pyramidata, Stipa comata 



Shrubs and Trees. Artemisia 

 tridentata. Rhus trilobata 



Synopsis 



The size and abundance of 

 conifers and shrubs have in- 

 creased significantly both along 

 the ridge in the foreground and 

 on the mountain in the distance. 

 Other species appear to have 

 changed little over the past 82 

 years. 



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