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Mapped Type Name Brief Description Area (HA) Area (AC) Percent Samples Samples
This type is mapped over aeolian and alluvial deep sands where woody species other
than Havard shin oak are the prevailing dominants, although it may be present, within
High Plains: Sandhill range. The type often occurs interspersed with grasslands. Common species in the 137,255.1 339,164.3 0.758% 38 50
Shrubland modern landscape include sand sagebrush, fragrant sumac, Chickasaw plum, sand
bluestem, sand dropseed, cheatgrass, western ragweed, soapweed yucca, grama
species, Schweinitz flatsedge, yellow sundrops, and annual buckwheat.

This type is over or near sandy soils, but not mapped on deep sands. Components of
High Plains: Sandy the High Plains: Sand Prairie such as sand sagebrush, soapweed yucca, Chickasaw 59,790.8 147,746.1 0.330% 15 23
plum, little bluestem, sand dropseed, sand lovegrass, sandburs, western ragweed, field
Deciduous Shrubland
brome, cheatgrass, and Bermudagrass are common. However, components associated
with deep sands such as sand bluestem and giant sandreed are generally lacking.

This type is mapped over a broad range of generally medium-textured soils of the High
Plains, and grades into Central Mixedgrass types to the east. Grazing-tolerant species
such as blue grama, buffalograss, sand dropseed, broom snakeweed, soapweed yucca,
High Plains: and Opuntia species are common in the modern landscape. Mid grasses such as little 637,366.3 1,574,963.9 3.521% 95 63
Shortgrass Prairie
bluestem, sideoats grama, and silver bluestem are often important. Other common
herbaceous species may include plains blackfoot and Rocky Mountain zinnia. Sand
sagebrush, white sagebrush, and soapweed yucca are common woody components.

This type is mapped over soils that are well-watered in bottoms in the High Plains.
Mowed hay meadows may be dominated by grasses such as big bluestem, yellow
High Plains: Indiangrass, switchgrass, western wheatgrass, and little bluestem. In the modern 3,186.9 7,875.1 0.018% 3 0
Tallgrass Prairie landscape, this type may be grazed, and can be dominated by a variety of grazing-
tolerant grasses and forbs such as Bermudagrass, cheatgrass, brome species, grama
species, and buffalograss.

This type was open water during all seasons at the time of data acquisition for the
Open Water 330,377.5 816,379.3 1.825% 10 5
current classification (circa 2012).

This type circumscribes a variety of mainly grazed grasslands, but some native hay
meadows are also represented. In the modern landscape, non-native and grazing-
Osage Plains: tolerant species such as Bermudagrass, tall fescue, field brome, western (Cuman)
Tallgrass ragweed, prairie broomweed, and sericea lespedeza are common. Some areas have 812,104.1 2,006,749.8 4.486% 189 7
Prairie/Pasture native tallgrass elements such as little bluestem, switchgrass, big bluestem, heath aster,
and Canada goldenrod. Woody elements may include common persimmon, eastern
redcedar, sugar hackberry, elm species, and honeylocust.

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