Trees Natural Resources on the Pine Ridge Reservation (Plants/Animals of the SD Prairie) Conifers 1. 2. 3. Oglala Lakota College Leslie Rae Henry, Ag Instructor Agriculture & Natural Resource Dept. Kyle, SD 57752 4. 5. 6. lhenry@olc.edu Departmental Office Phone # 455455-6065 6/25/2008 OLC Agriculture & Nautal Resource Dept. 7. 1 6/25/2008 What are Natural Resources? 1. 2. 3. Humans 4. 5. Mother Earth Air Animals 6. 7. Sun (Energy) 6/25/2008 Buffalo Berry Currents Roses Chokecherry Plums Snowberry June berry 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 2 OLC Agriculture & Nautal Resource Dept. 4. 5. 6. 7. Green Ash Cottonwood BoxBox-elder Willow Hackberry Elm (Red, American, & Siberian) Hawthorn 4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 6/25/2008 Mulberry Sagebrush Sandbar willow SkunkSkunk-bush Serviceberry True mountainmountainmahogany Broom snakeweed OLC Agriculture & Nautal Resource Dept. 5 Forbs Trees Shrubs Forbs Grasses Sedges (grasslike) & Succulents Fungi, Mosses & Lichens, etc. Microbes 6/25/2008 3. 7. Plants of the Pine Ridge 1. 2. OLC Agriculture & Nautal Resource Dept. Plants OLC Agriculture & Nautal Resource Dept. Deciduous 1. Shrubs Water Soil Ponderosa Pine Rocky Mountain Juniper Eastern Red Ceder Western Red Ceder Colorado Blue Spruce Firs Lodgepole Pine Useful wild forbs: 1. Prairie turnip (tinpsila) 2. Yucca 3. Wild mints 4. Bush morningmorning-glory 5. Nettles 6. Dandelion 7. Ground cherry 3 6/25/2008 Weeds: 1. Field Bindweed (N) 2. Canada thistle (N) 3. Puncture vine (N(N-L) 4. Russian knapweed (N) 5. Common burdock 6. Cocklebur 7. Buffalo bur OLC Agriculture & Nautal Resource Dept. 6 1 Mother Earths Resources (Nonliving western culture) Grasses 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Cool Season Cheat grass Brome grass Crested wheatgrass Western wheatgrass Wild oat Prairie junegrass Six week fescue 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 6. 7. 6/25/2008 Warm Season Buffalograss Little blue stem Big blue stem Indian grass GramaGrama-grasses Soil (Land resources) Water Air Rocks & Minerals Sideoats Blue grama Red threeawn Prairie cordgrass OLC Agriculture & Nautal Resource Dept. 7 6/25/2008 Grass like Plants & Succulents 1. 2. 3. 4. Grass like Green bulrush (Scirpus) Hard roundstem bulrush (Scirpus) Nutgrass (Cyperus) Bottlerush sedge (Carex) 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 6/25/2008 8 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Large Animals Bison Elk Deer Antelope Mountain Lion Cattle Horse 6/25/2008 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 24.53% 26.24% 42.62% 6.61% On the Pine Ridge Reservation ~51% of the population is younger than age 20. David P. Olson (CDC/SDSU) 75% dependent OLC Agriculture & Nautal Resource Dept. 11 For Further Information Contact: Small Animals Coyotes Raccoons & skunks Cotton tails & Jack rabbits Prairie dogs Porcupines Game & Song birds Snakes, Amphibians & Insects OLC Agriculture & Nautal Resource Dept. Youth (Birth – 9) Pre Adults (10(10-19) Adults (20(20-59) Elderly (> 59) 6/25/2008 Animals 1. 10 Humans Succulents & others Prickly pear cactus Round cactus Fungi Puff balls Tree or ear mushroom Morels Other mushrooms OLC Agriculture & Nautal Resource Dept. OLC Agriculture & Nautal Resource Dept. 9 Ms. Leslie Rae Henry @ lhenry@olc.edu Ms. Julie Goings @ jgiongs@olc.edu Ms. Theresa Lone Hill @ tloneh@olc.edu Mr. Benny Rosales @ brosales@olc.edu Or 605605-455455-6085 (office phone) 6/25/2008 OLC Agriculture & Nautal Resource Dept. 12 2