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Elk Mountain Campground Closed
The Elk Mountain Campground is closed and will remain closed through the summer of 2013 due to across the board budget cuts.
Wildflowers - Stemless Hymenoxys
Stemless Hymenoxys, Butte Marigold - Hymemoxys acaulis (Tetraneuris acaulis)
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
The scientific name for the Stemless Hymenoxys is Hymemoxys acaulis. Acaulis means "stemless" and referes to the leafless stalks which bear the flower heads.
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Alvin McDonald was the first systematic explorer of Wind Cave. He explored the cave from 1890 until his death in 1893. More...
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