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Mosses - Ground Pine
 
Ground Pine - Lycopodium dendroideum
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
Ground Pine - Lycopodium dendroideum
 
The Ground Pine is in the Clubmoss Family and botanists consider this plant to be very ancient.  Ground Pine is very rare and is usually found in moist canyons and openings of woods.
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Bull Elk  

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Elk were the most widely distributed member of the deer family in North America and spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Mexico to northern Alberta. Elk began to disappear in the eastern United States in the early 1800s.
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Last Updated: August 17, 2007 at 14:03 EST