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Black Hills Core Highlands
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Black Hills NF
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Great Plains
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Black Hills
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In the Black Hills Core Highlands, higher elevations, cooler temperatures, and increased rainfall foster boreal species such as white spruce, quaking aspen, and paper birch. The mixed geology of this region includes the highest portions of the limestone plateau, areas of schists, slates and quartzites, and large masses of granite that form the most prominent peaks. Mining has increased in the Black Hills Core Highlands after a forty year lull, due to higher gold prices and improved mining technology.
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Plants
Canada Thistle
Cirsium arvense (species),
“Creeping Thistle”, “Lettuce From Hell”, “California Thistle”, “Corn Thistle”, “Cursed Thistle”, “Field Thistle”, “Green Thistle”, “Hard Thistle”, “Perennial Thistle”, “Prickly Thistle”, “Small-Flowered Thistle”, “Way Thistle”
71
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Mullein
Verbascum thapsus (species),
“Great Mullein”, “Mullein”, “Mullen”
63
Observations
JAN - DEC
Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare (species)
57
Observations
JAN - DEC
Tansy
Tanacetum vulgare (species),
“Bitter Buttons”, “Common Tansy”
36
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bull Thistle
Cirsium vulgare (species),
“Spear Thistle”, “Scottish Thistle”, “Common Thistle”, “Cirsium Lanceolatum”
32
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus (species),
“Dama Virginiana”, “Odocoileus Spelaeus”, “Key Deer”, “Key Deer Toy Deer”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (species),
“Red Squirrel”, “Mountain Weasel”, “Mount Graham Red Squirrel”, “American Red Sqirrel”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Yellow-Bellied Marmot
Marmota flaviventris (species),
“Rock Chuck”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
White-Tailed Jackrabbit
Lepus townsendii (species)
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Least Chipmunk
Tamias minimus (species)
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Birds
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
1,280
Observations
JAN - DEC
Black-Capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus (species),
“Parus Atricapillus”, “Poecile Atricapilla”
947
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis (species)
896
Observations
JAN - DEC
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia (species)
869
Observations
JAN - DEC
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura (species)
753
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Chionodes occlusa
SPECIES
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Picconia derisa
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Hellinsia phoebus
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Paraplatyptilia edwardsii
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Ochromolopis ramapoella
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Region
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Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Black Hills Core Highlands
Black Hills Core Highlands
Black Hills Core Highlands
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