MLRA 62 - Black Hills South Dakota and Wyoming 9,200 km2 (3,550 mi2)

Potential Natural Vegetation:
This area supports open to dense forest vegetation. Ponderosa pine is the dominant species. Black Hills spruce grows at higher elevations and along major drainageways. Paper birch and quaking aspen are on sites that have been burned over by wildfire. Kentucky bluegrass, poverty oatgrass, Richardson needlegrass, and Canada wildrye are common under open forest stands.

12/16/98