• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Wildflowers - Prairie Smoke

Prairie Smoke, Torch Flower, Old Man's-Whiskers, Lion's-Beard, Maidenhair, Geum triflorum
Prairie Smoke, Torch Flower, Old Man's-Whiskers, Lion's-Beard, Maidenhair, Geum triflorum
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 

Prairie Smoke and Pasqueflowers are taken as a sign that spring has arrived in the Black Hills.

Did You Know?

Porcupine in tree

Porcupine babies are called porcupettes.  When they are born they have 15,000 quills. Porcupettes are born in the spring and, lucky for mom, the quills are soft. They can climb trees within an hour of birth. More...