• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Wildflowers - Curlycup Gumweed

Curlycup Gumweed - Grindelia squarrosa
Curlycup Gumweed - Grindelia squarrosa
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
The sticky resin of the Curlycup Gumweed makes the plant unpalatable to animals. The resin was used by settlers to ease itching from poison ivy.
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American bison on the Wind Cave National Park prairie

The American bison is the largest terrestrial mammal in North America.  Male bison can weigh a ton and can run 35 miles per hour.  Do not approach bison.  They weigh more and can outrun you. More...