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Wildflowers - Prairie Chickweed
 
Prairie Chickweed, Field Chickweed, Cerastium arvense
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
Prairie Chickweed, Field Chickweed, Mouse-ear Chickweed - Cerastium arvense
 
In wet springs, Prairie Chickweed can create showy, white patches, especially in the Red Valley grassy areas of the park.
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List of non-native plants identified in the park.
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Bull Elk  

Did You Know?
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.
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