Beware when arriving at Stop 11 - it's a hunting ground! The sign for stop 11 is located at the top of a hill covered by wildflowers and small groups of trees. This area is a favourite spot for deer and other animals, as well as birds and insects.

Upon entering the grounds many common plant species are evident. Grasses are especially obvious, as the area is frequently mowed for hay. Crested wheat grass is the dominant grass here - it is not native to Saskatchewan, but was introduced during the later years of the Great Depression. Crested wheat grass is a plant species that will take over an area and prevent other species from establishing.

Geology

During the last ice age, a depression was formed in the area of Stop 11 in one of the layers of till deposited by previous glaciations. After the last ice age retreated it deposited large amounts of till at the upper ends of the depression, but very little in the middle. Then, as the ice melted and the water eroded what is now the Qu'Appelle Valley, it eroded a gully right through the middle of this depression.

As we learned about landslides at Stop 5, land that appears to be stable often is constantly shifting. With the formation of a deep gully through the weakest point of the till layer deposited in the last ice age, the heavier upper ends were unable to support themselves. They began to collapse inwards, shifting sand and gravel downward into the gully and filling it up. Now the landslide has settled somewhat and there is a lot of tree and small plant growth in the gully of Stop 11, but the effects of the landslide are still visible in the ridges and land formations along the sides of the hills.

Plant species found at stop 11:

Alfalfa	Low goldenrod	Silverleaf psoralea
Awned northern wheatgrass	Low prairie rose	Slender wheatgrass
Black-fruited chokecherry	Manitoba maple	Smooth brome
Blue grama	Many-flowered aster	Smooth fleabane
Canada thistle	Northern awnless brome	Spreading dogbane
Crested wheatgrass	Northern bedstraw	Stiff goldenrod
Dandelion	Northern wheatgrass	Stinging nettle
Dotted blazingstar	Pasture sage	Trembling aspen
False ragweed	Pineappleweed	Western snowberry
Flixweed	Prairie sage	White sweet-clover
Foxtail barley	Prickly rose	Wild bergamot
Graceful (Canada) goldenrod	Purple milk-vetch	Wolfwillow or Silverberry
Lewis wild flax	Round-leaved hawthorn	Yarrow
Long-headed coneflower	Saskatoon	Yellow sweet-clover
Loose-flowered milk-vetch	Scarlet mallow