Story, Wyoming 

 Location 



Sheridan Co., WY; Sec. 15, R. 83 W., T. 53 N.; GPS-UTM 4936150 N, 353906 E. 

 About 3 miles east of Story. 



From Buffalo, Wyoming, travel north on U.S. Interstate 90 to Exit 44. Travel northwest on U.S. 

 Highway 87/Wyoming Highway 344 about 5 miles to Massacre Hill Monument, site of Fetterman 

 Massacre. Photopoint is on the large hill about 0.5 mile southwest of the monument. 



Description 



September8, 1999 



Uplands and Hills 



Grasses. Agropyron smithii, 

 Agropyron spicatum, Stipa 

 comata, Koeleria pyramidata, 

 Poa pratensis, Poa secunda, 

 Agropyron spicatum 



Shrubs. Artemisia frigida, 

 Gutierrezia sarothrae 



Bottomland 



Shrubs and Trees. Artemi- 

 sia carta, Artemisia 

 tridentata, Symphoricarpos 

 occidentalism Shepherdia 

 argentea, Prunus virginiana, 

 Rhus trilobata 



Synopsis 



Rhus trilobata and 

 Symphoricarpos occidentalis 

 stands continue to increase in 

 size, as does the density of 

 Artemisia tridentata and A. cana 

 plants in the bottomlands. Cover 

 of Pinus ponderosa has increased 

 significantly on the Bighorn 

 Mountains in the background. A 

 livestock watering facility, lo- 

 cated near the center of the 

 photo, has been added since 

 1959. 



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