An Identification of Prairie in National Park Units in the Great Plains (Section 2)

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

An Identification of Prairie in National Park Units in the Great Plains
NPS Occasional Paper No. 7

SECTION TWO:
IDENTIFICATION OF PRAIRIE IN NATIONAL PARK UNITS

SUMMARY TABLES

TABLE 1
Total acres, acres of prairie, and origin (native, restored, go-back) of prairie within each park and region.

TABLE 2
Kuchler Vegetation Types by park and region.


Park	Number	Kuchler Vegetation Type

Midwest Region
AGFO	64	Grama—Needlegrass—Wheatgrass
CHRO	65	Grama—Buffalo Grass
EFMO*	74	Bluestem Prairie
FOLS*	69	Bluestem—Grama Prairie
FOSC*	74	Bluestem Prairie
GWCA*	74	Bluestem Prairie
HEHO	74	Bluestem Prairie
HOME	74	Bluestem Prairie
ICAG*	74	Bluestem Prairie
INDU*	74	Bluestem Prairie
PIPE	74	Bluestem Prairie
SCBL*	64,	Grama—Needlegrass—Wheatgrass,
	65,	Grama—Buffalo Grass,
	66, &	Wheatgrass—Needlegrass, &
	70	Sandsage—Bluestem
SACN*	74	Bluestem Prairie
WICR*	74	Bluestem Prairie
Rocky Mountain Region
BADL	68	Wheatgrass—Grama—Buffalo Grass
BEOL	65	Grama—Buffalo Grass
BICA*	40,	Saltbush—Greasewood,
	55,	Sagebrush Steppe,
	63, &	Foothills Prairie, &
	64	Grama—Needlegrass—Wheatgrass
CUST	64	Grama—Needlegrass—Wheatgrass
DETO*	66	Wheatgrass — Needlegrass
FOLA	64	Grama—Needlegrass—Wheatgrass
FOUS	66	Wheatgrass—Needlegras
KNRI	66	Wheatgrass—Needlegras
THRO	66	Wheatgrass—Needlegras
WICA*	66	Wheatgrass—Needlegras
Southwest Region
ALFL	71	Shinnery
CAMO*	65	Grama—Buffalo Grass
CHIC	74 &	Bluestem Prairie &
	84	Cross Timbers
FOUN*	65	Grama—Buffalo Grass
LAMR	71	Shinnery
LYJO	86	Juniper—Oak Savanna
PERI*	--
PECO	53	Grama—Galleta Steppe
*Only grassland types are listed, park includes other types.

TABLE 3
Land use and vegetation within one mile of the park boundary.

TABLE 4
Prairie management history within each park.

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