Near main trailhead, located right along fence above cottonwood grove (second post on right hand side of trail). Includes view of cottonwood woodland, shortgrass prairie (blue gramma and western wheatgrass), and shrub/scrub with mountain mahogany, rabbitbrush, and various sagebrush species. This is a Larimer County Open space area near Loveland, CO in the lower foothills of the Rocky Mtns. Data for project budburst is also being collected at this site. Note that a temporary box with set screws and levels is used instead of a permanent post cap until permission is gained to get a permanent post cap on the site
