NATIVE 
ROCK PLANTS 
AND OTHERS 
FROM THE 
HIGH PLAINS, BADLANDS AND 
BL ACK HILLS 
CLAUDE A. BARR 
PRAIRIE GEM RANCH 
Smithwick, S. D. 
PLEASE NOTE: That the plants here listed 
are those of a region where the typical 
American climate includes such extremes as 
to insure unquestioned hardiness. The greater 
number endure full sun when readings in the 
shade reach to 114 degrees; they endure 28 
degrees or more below zero, tihe ground wet 
or dry, often without a covering of snow; 
they survive frequent prolonged droughts 
even though forced into unseasonable dor¬ 
mancy; and they receive in occasional years 
continuous abundant moisture. The Great 
Plains soils are rich in mineral elements, 
often alkaline, but low in humus and so not 
retentive of moisture. Nearly all the plants 
here offered are found, in the wild state, in 
places where moisture drains readily from 
the surface, and also downward from the 
roots into porous or , dryer subsoil. In tlhe 
garden, full sun and excellent subdrainage 
approximate their native environment, though 
some, as indicated in the description®, enjoy 
some shade. 
