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Wildflowers - Sunflower

Sunflower, Annual Sunflower, Common Sunflower - Helianthus annuus
Sunflower, Annual Sunflower, Common Sunflower - Helianthus annuus
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
Historically, the seeds of the Sunflower, when roasted were eaten like peanuts. Sunflower seeds were a favorite food of the Plains Indians.
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Bull Elk

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. More...