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

Cover

Cover drawing by Bellamy Parks

Abstract

Introduction

Section One — Kuchler Vegetation Types

Section Two — Identification of Prairie in National Park Units

Midwest Region:
     Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
     Chimney Rock National Historic Site
     Effigy Mounds National Monument
     Fort Larned National Historic Site
     Fort Scott National Historic Site
     George Washington Carver National Monument
     Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
     Homestead National Monument of America
     Ice Age National Scientific Reserve
     Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
     Pipestone National Monument
     Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
     Scotts Bluff National Monument
     Wilson's Creek National Battlefield

Rocky Mountain Region:
     Badlands National Park
     Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
     Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
     Little Bighorn (formerly Custer) Battlefield National Monument
     Devils Tower National Monument
     Fort Laramie National Historic Site
     Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
     Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
     Theodore Roosevelt National Park
     Wind Cave National Park

Southwest Region:
     Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
     Capulin Mountain National Monument
     Chickasaw National Recreation Area
     Fort Union National Monument
     Lake Meredith Recreation Area
     Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
     Pea Ridge National Military Park
     Pecos National Monument

Summary Tables

Section Three — Bibliography of Prairie Studies

Literature Cited


LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 Prairie parks in the Great Plains
Figure 2 Prairie and grassland types in the central United States
Figure 3 Prairie map, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Figure 4 Prairie map, Chimney Rock National Historic Site
Figure 5 Prairie map, Effigy Mounds National Monument (South Unit)
Figure 6 Prairie map, Effigy Mounds National Monument (North Unit)
Figure 7 Prairie map, Fort Larned National Historic Site
Figure 8 Prairie map, Fort Scott National Historic Site
Figure 9 Prairie map, George Washington Carver National Monument
Figure 10 Prairie map, Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Figure 11 Prairie map, Homestead National Monument of America
Figure 12 Prairie map, Ice Age National Scientific Reserve (Cross Plains Unit)
Figure 13 Prairie map, Ice Age National Scientific Reserve (Devils Lake Unit)
Figure 14 Prairie map, Ice Age National Scientific Reserve (Kettle Moraine Unit)
Figure 15 Vegetation map, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Figure 16 Prairie map, Pipestone National Monument.
Figure 17 Prairie map, Scotts Bluff National Monument
Figure 18 Prairie map, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Figure 19 Prairie map, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Figure 20 Land classification map, Badlands National Park
Figure 21 Prairie map, Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Figure 22 Land classification map, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Figure 23 Prairie map, Custer Battlefield National Monument
Figure 24 Prairie map, Devils Tower National Monument
Figure 25 Prairie map, Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Figure 26 Prairie map, Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Figure 27 Prairie map, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Figure 28 Land classification map, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Figure 29 Vegetation map, Wind Cave National Park
Figure 30 Prairie map, Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
Figure 31 Prairie map, Capulin Mountain National Monument
Figure 32 Vegetation map, Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Figure 33 Prairie map, Fort Union National Monument
Figure 34 Land classification, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Figure 35 Prairie map, Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Figure 36 Prairie map, Pea Ridge National Military Park
Figure 37 Prairie map, Pecos National Monument

LIST OF 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

Table 3 Land use and vegetation within one of the park boundary

Table 4 Prairie management history within each park


Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stubbendieck, James L.
An identification of prairie in national park units in the Great Plains.
(National Park Service occasional paper; no. 7)
Includes bibliographies.
Supt. of Docs. no.: 129.14:7
1. Prairies—Great Plains—Identification. 2. National parks and reserves—Great Plains. 3. Prairie flora—Great Plains. 4. Vegetation classification—Great Plains. 5. Prairies—Great Plains—Bibliography. 6. Prairies—Great Plains—Maps. 7. National parks and reserves—Great Plains—Maps. 8. United States. National Park Service. I. Willson, Gary, 1949— . II. United States. National Park Service. III. Title. IV. Series.
QK135.S78 1986 581.5'2643 86-607903




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