Upland clay soils greater than 20 inches deep, on rolling and broken topography with some gentle slopes. This site is moderately productive and generally has a midgrass or short grass aspect. The site contains forbs, grasses, and legumes. This site has little or no woody vegetation on it. 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.
Site Composition Maximum Observed Composition Percent Counted Toward SI
Vegetation Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 1 Site 2 Site 3
  Grasses 70%
 little bluestem 25 ______ ______ _18_ ______ ______ _18_
 sideoats grama 25 ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
 buffalograss
 blue grama 		10 ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
 big bluestem
 Indiangrass 		10 ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
 tall dropseed
 hairy grama
 other natives 		15 ______ ______ _70_ ______ ______ _15_
 invasives 0 ______ ______ _0__ ___0__ ___0__ ___0__
Forbs and Legumes
 purple prairie clover
 catclaw sensitivebrier
 scurfpea
 Illinois bundleflower
 tephrosia
 wild indigo
 groundplum
 sagewort
 black samson
 dotted gayfeather
 Texas croton
 compassplant
 halfshrub sundrop
 blackeyed susan
 other natives
 invasives 		14%
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 buckbrush
 other natives
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