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    Wind Cave

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Abstract - Checklist of Plants of Wind Cave National Park

Brutvan, B. and Klukas, R. 1982. Checklist of Plants of Wind Cave National Park. 32 p.

Abstract

This plant checklist is based on a master checklist prepared by B. Brutvan and R. Klukas in 1982 for the Wind Cave National Park (WICA) herbarium and seed collection. The systematic treatment follows that used by Theodore Van Bruggen in his book The Vascular Plants of South Dakota (1976. The Iowa Statue University Press, Ames, Iowa 50010). "the sequence of families in the Angiospermae is basically according to Engler and Prantl... the genera are listed alphabetically."

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A picture of Alvin McDonald in his caving hat.

Alvin McDonald was the first systematic explorer of Wind Cave.  He explored the cave from 1890 until his death in 1893. More...