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Wind Cave National Park
Wildflowers - Black Medic
 
Black Medic - Medicago lupulina
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
Black Medic - Medicago lupulina
 
Black Medic is most inacessible to grazing animals because it grows so low to the ground.  Upland game birds and waterfowl may eat its seeds.
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The prairie and the cave of Wind Cave National Park.  

Did You Know?
Wind Cave became a national park in 1903. It is one of the nation's oldest national parks. Today the park not only protects the 4th longest cave in the world, it protects an amazing prairie ecosystem and the wildlife associated with it.

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Last Updated: June 15, 2007 at 15:00 EST