• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Photo Gallery - Plants

Butter-and-Eggs - Linaria vulgaris
Butter-and-Eggs - Linaria vulgaris
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz

Did You Know?

fire on the prairie

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 would otherwise march across the prairie and turn the grasslands to forest.