• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Grasses - Switchgrass

Switchgrass - Panicum virgatum
Switchgrass - Panicum virgatum
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
Switchgrass is one of the principal grasses of the tall grass prairie. It grows in large bunches spreading by creeping rhizomes.

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Porcupine in tree

Porcupine babies are called porcupettes.  When they are born they have 15,000 quills. Porcupettes are born in the spring and, lucky for mom, the quills are soft. They can climb trees within an hour of birth. More...