• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Shrubs - Skunkbush

Skunkbush sumac, Skunkbrush - Rhus aromatica
Skunkbush Sumac, Skunkbrush - Rhus aromatica
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
Skunkbrush is a preferred browse for deer and grouse, turkey, flickers, and other birds eat the fruit. The branches of the Skunkbrush were used by Plains tribes for basket making as they are tough and pliable.
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    Plants - Research bibliograhy of plant studies done in the park Read More

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Bull Elk

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. More...