NATIVE 
FROM THE 
HIGH PLAINS, BADLANDS 
AND BLACK HILLS 
1950 


GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE Golden Dome, for 
short! Until September its countless fine stems and 
minute leaves are notable for their vivid green. Then 
it glows with gold, beside the blues, whites and 
pinks of asters, purple of liatris and deeper tones 
of goldenrods. Thrives in any poor or stony, firm 
soil. 
CLAUDE A. BARR 
PRAIRIE GEM RANCH 
SMITHWICK, S. D. 
FORWORD: To grow the Great Plains plants it 
is important to recognize native factors of adapta- 
tion and environment. Character and faculty have 
been molded in these plants by untold ages of ex- 
istence where periods of moisture shortage are long 
and of moisture excess mostly brief. 
Moisture retention devices in the plant struc- 
ture have been developed to an outstanding degree 
to withstand shortage; to escape excesses the wise 
