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Arkansas Valley: Sandy Prairie/Pasture
Area: 2,462 acres (997 ha)
Description of Mapped Type: This type occurs over more or less deep sands of the Arkansas
River valley in far eastern Oklahoma, and consists mainly of grazed pastures in the modern
landscape, although some areas of native hay and disturbed sands near the river also occur.
Common components include Bermudagrass, field borne, thickspike tridens, and silver
bluestem. Native hay meadows have species such as big bluestem, switchgrass, little
bluestem, and yellow Indiangrass.
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