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Pictured Rocks National LakeshoreA waterfall trickles over the escarpment as the Pictured Rocks cliffs rise again after Miners Beach.
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
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The purple flower of spotted knapweed, a non-native invasive species, is shown with Pitcher's thistle, an endangered species.  

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is home to three arctic disjuncts, plants whose normal range is far to the north. Arctic crowberry and thimbleberry thrive because of the cool and moist microclimates caused by Lake Superior.
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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:22 EST