Upland soils more than 20 inches deep, with a loamy texture and permeable
subsoils. The site is composed of deep loamy upland soils with slopes that are gentle to steeply rolling.
The site contains combinations of forbs, grasses, legumes, and shrubs. Root growth is unrestricted
through the soil profile. The vegetation was formed under migratory grazing and heavy impact from
bison and other native wildlife, with fires in both the dormant and growing season.
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Site Composition Maximum |
Observed Composition |
Percent Counted Toward SI
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| Vegetation |
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big bluestem
switchgrass
Indiangrass |
10 |
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little bluestem |
20 |
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_2__ |
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eastern gamagrass
Florida paspalum |
5 |
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prairie cordgrass
Canada wildrye
dropseed
blue grama
sideoats grama
Scribner panicum
purpletop
other natives |
10 |
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_1__ |
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invasives |
20 |
_20_ |
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Forbs and Legumes
catclaw sensitivebrier
tickclover
Illinois bundleflower
prairie acacia
slender lespedeza
roundhead lespedeza
compassplant
halfshrub sundrop
dotted gayfeather
Pitcher's sage
perennial sunflower
wild indigo
prairie scurfpea
Mexican hat
milkweed
goldenrod
sagewort
ragweed
purple prairie clover
dalea
other natives
invasives
| 15%
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Woodies
sumac
blackberry
sand plum
winged elm
buckbrush
other natives
invasives
| 1%
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0
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