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528:Port Louisa
240:(Hackberry)
224:(White elm)
214:Ulmus rubra
192:(Black oak)
176:(White oak)
153:Lead plant)
1603:93°28′51″W
1600:41°00′48″N
1533:Mill Creek
1493:Eagle Lake
1445:Woodthrush
1315:Retz Woods
1310:Pilot Knob
1260:Mossy Glen
874:Twin Lakes
849:Rock Creek
809:Pilot Knob
799:Pikes Peak
779:Mini-Wakan
709:Lake Anita
689:Gull Point
639:Clear Lake
634:Cedar Rock
624:Black Hawk
609:Beeds Lake
518:Neal Smith
389:2021-12-18
365:2021-12-18
326:2021-12-18
303:References
1563:Swan Lake
1538:Oak Grove
1020:Bird Hill
904:Waubonsie
844:Rice Lake
819:Pine Lake
754:Lower Gar
619:Big Creek
216:(Red elm)
200:(Bur oak)
184:(Red oak)
36:Appanoose
1630:Category
1478:Bobwhite
1471:(Leased)
967:Stephens
932:Backbone
664:Fairport
649:Elk Rock
614:Bellevue
594:Backbone
279:(Spruce)
246:Fraxinus
1255:Montauk
942:Gifford
937:Barkley
864:Templar
839:Red Haw
455:Federal
76:Ecology
46:History
1548:Pammel
1523:Kearny
1459:County
1190:Kalsow
962:Shimek
744:Ledges
508:DeSoto
238:Celtis
32:Monroe
28:Clarke
1025:Bixby
947:Holst
859:Stone
674:Geode
572:State
277:Picea
248:(Ash)
88:Flora
40:Davis
24:Lucas
447:Iowa
38:and
445:of
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382:.
358:.
335:^
319:.
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30:,
26:,
435:e
428:t
421:v
392:.
368:.
329:.
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