Upland soils more than 20 inches deep, with a loamy texture and permeable subsoils. The site is composed of deep loamy upland soils with slopes that are gentle to steeply rolling. The site contains combinations of forbs, grasses, legumes, and shrubs. Root growth is unrestricted through the soil profile. The vegetation was formed under migratory grazing and heavy impact from bison and other native wildlife, with fires in both the dormant and growing season.
| Site Composition Maximum | Observed Composition | Percent Counted Toward SI |
| Vegetation | Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 | Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 |
| Grasses | 70% |
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big bluestem switchgrass Indiangrass |
10 | _22_ | ______ | ______ | _22_ | ______ | ______ |
| little bluestem | 20 | _40_ | ______ | ______ | _20_ | ______ | ______ |
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eastern gamagrass Florida paspalum |
5 | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ |
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prairie cordgrass Canada wildrye dropseed blue grama sideoats grama Scribner panicum purpletop other natives |
10 | _22_ | ______ | ______ | _10_ | ______ | _____ |
| invasives | 20 | _3__ | ______ | ______ | ___0__ | ___0__ | ___0__ |
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Forbs and Legumes catclaw sensitivebrier tickclover Illinois bundleflower prairie acacia slender lespedeza roundhead lespedeza compassplant halfshrub sundrop dotted gayfeather Pitcher's sage perennial sunflower wild indigo prairie scurfpea Mexican hat milkweed goldenrod sagewort ragweed purple prairie clover dalea other natives invasives | 15% __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
0 |
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Woodies sumac blackberry sand plum winged elm buckbrush other natives invasives | 1% __________ __________
0 |
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