Smoky Hill Air National Guard range tallgrass prairie data

This project was part of a larger study of vegetation and management of the Smoky Hill Air National Guard lands west of Salina, Kansas (reference below). Chapter 5 of that report (see PDF file below) provides the background for plant communities and plot data that were collected during the summer of 2004. Plot data was collected from native prairie sites (which have been classified as both Dakota Hills tallgrass prairie and also referred to as mixed-grass prairie).

Smoky Hill Vegetation Report – Chapter 5 (PDF) 

Location data

The location of the 20-by-20m plots is given in the attached file. All data are in the mapping projection NAD83. The details on the selection of sites are in the document titled “Smoky Hill Vegetation Report – Chapter 5.”

Grassland Plot Locations (XLXS) 

Study data

The attached file provides the data for all species found on all plots at sites that are native Dakota sandstone tallgrass hayed, range or impact (essentially only burned because this is the impact area for dropping practice bombs). The data are for percent cover of 20-by-20m plots.

Grassland Plot Data – Final Version (XLXS) 

Reference

Busby, W. H., J. M. Delisle, C. C. Freeman, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, D. E. Nimz, and C. J. Schmidt. 2007. A Natural Features Inventory of the Smoky Hill ANG Range (PDF).

You are welcome to use this data, and I ask that you credit the source. Please contact me, as I am especially interested in opportunities to collaborate on uses of this data.