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Wildflowers - Slender Penstemon
 
Slender Penstemon, Slender Beardtongue - Penstemon gracilis
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Slender Penstemon, Slender Beardtongue - Penstemon gracilis
 
The Slender Penstemon is one of the later blooming penstemons in the park.  The Lakota used the roots as a snake-bite medicine.
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fire on the prairie  

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Fire is an important factor in protecting the prairie. Historically, fires burned across the prairie every 4 to 7 years. Fires burn the small trees that march across the prairie turning the grasslands to forest.

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