Loamy Bottomland
Alluvial soils that are subject to flooding and include riparian zones and
overflow areas. The site is composed of deep productive soils subject to frequent or occasional overflow
from the streams and runoff from hillsides. The site contains combinations of grasses, forbs, legumes,
shrubs, and trees depending on the region. The soils are very productive and have the potential to
produce large amounts of biomass. 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 |
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eastern gamagrass
Florida paspalum |
10 |
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Big Bluestem
Switchgrass
Indiangrass |
40 |
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little bluestem |
5 |
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broadleaf uniola
dropseed
Scribner panicum
purpletop
other native |
15 |
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invasives |
20 |
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Forbs and Legumes
leadplant
tickclover
Illinois bundleflower
slender lespedeza
roundhead lespedeza
compassplant
dotted gayfeather
perennial sunflower
wild indigo
scurfpea
goldenrod
sagewort
milkweed
ragweed
dalea
prairie clover
other natives
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poison ivy
American elm
sumac
chittamwood
greenbrier
buckbrush
hackberry
buttonbush
roughleaf dogwood
eastern cottonwood
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