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Wildflowers - Butte Candle
 
Butte Candle, Miner's Candle - Cryptantha celosioides, C. bradburiana
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Butte Candle, Miner's Candle, Bradbury Cryptantha - Cryptantha celosioides, C. bradburiana
 
Butte Candle is rare east of the Missouri River.  Grazing animals tend to avoid the plant because of its spiny hairs.
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Bull elk in the park.  

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A Rocky Mountain bull elk weighs between 700 - 800 pounds. Rocky Mountain elk were introduced to the park in 1914 and 1916.
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Last Updated: August 19, 2007 at 18:21 EST