A Forest Census in Lyon County, Iowa

Authors

David H. Boot, State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

The northwest corner of Iowa has comparatively few native trees because of the xerophytic conditions which prevail there. The rainfall of this part of the state is the least in Iowa, at times going as low as eighteen inches for the year, and in exposed regions, the forest trees have been unable to obtain a footing. The native trees are nearly all found along the streams or in protected valleys. A good illustration of this is in Centennial Township in the southwestern corner of Lyon County, where the Big Sioux River flows in a westerly direction for several miles at the foot of a series of high bluffs. The north face of these bluffs is heavily timbered, and is the subject of this paper.

Publication Date

1916

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

23

Issue

1

First Page

397

Last Page

409

Copyright

©1916 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Boot, David H. (1916) "A Forest Census in Lyon County, Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 23(1), 397-409.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol23/iss1/55