• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Trees - Paper Birch

Paper Birch - Betula papyrifera
Paper Birch, Canoe Birch - Betula papyrifera
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
Wildfire is important for the establishment of Paper Birch stands but may also estroy established stands. In the autumn, stands of Paper Birch stand out as bright yellow.

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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...