• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Wildflowers - Black Medic

Black Medic - Medicago lupulina
Black Medic - Medicago lupulina
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
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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Did You Know?

A picture of Alvin McDonald in his caving hat.

Alvin McDonald was the first systematic explorer of Wind Cave.  He explored the cave from 1890 until his death in 1893. More...