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  • The moon gets ready to set near the base of a large saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in the Superstition Wilderness near Gold Canyon, Arizona. Saguaro are native to the Sonoran Desert and are known for their "arms," which take ages to grow. The saguaro can take 10 years to reach its first inch of height and another 60 years to produce its first flowers. By 95-100 years, saguaros can be 15-16 feet tall and may finally produce their first arm, though some of the cacti never generate one.
    Saguaro_Moon_Superstition-Wilderness...jpg
  • Three arms begin to sprout on a saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. Saguaro are native to the Sonoran Desert and are known for their "arms," which take ages to grow. The saguaro can take 10 years to reach its first inch of height and another 60 years to produce its first flowers. By 95-100 years, saguaros can be 15-16 feet tall and may finally produce their first arm, though some of the cacti never generate one.
    Saguaro-NP_Saguaro_Arms-Starting_080...jpg
  • An arm begins to sprout on a saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. Saguaro are native to the Sonoran Desert and are known for their "arms," which take ages to grow. The saguaro can take 10 years to reach its first inch of height and another 60 years to produce its first flowers. By 95-100 years, saguaros can be 15-16 feet tall and may finally produce their first arm, though some of the cacti never generate one.
    Saguaro-NP_Saguaro_Arm-Start_0788.jpg
  • A sword fern (Polystichum munitum) begins to unfurl in a forest near North Bend, Washington. The fern lives in the understory of moist coniferous forests at low elevations in western North America and can grow to be nearly 6 feet (180 cm) tall.
    SwordFern_Unfurling_7102.jpg
  • Fragrant water lilies (Nymphaea odorata) grow up from the bottom of Lake Washington in this underwater view from the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The fragrant water lily's leaves float on the water surface and the plant itself is rooted in mucky or silty sediment up to six to seven feet (2 meters) deep.
    WaterLilies_Underwater_Arboretum_F00...jpg
  • Fresh leaves of a flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) grow against a backdrop of a blooming rhododendron. The flowering currant is native to the west coast of North America, found from central British Columbia to central California.
    FloweringCurrant_NewGrowth_2539.jpg
  • A few determined trees have managed to take hold and grow on an otherwise smooth granite dome in Yosemite National Park, California.
    Yosemite_TreeDome_0779.jpg
  • A new branch grows out from rough bark on a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree on San Juan Island in Washington state. Pacific madrone trees are also known as arbutus or madrona trees.
    Arbutus_New-Branch_Bark_San-Juan_762...jpg
  • Panning the camera during a long exposure creates an impressionistic view of these horsetails growing in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam, Washington.
    Horsetail_Impressionistic_7651.jpg
  • Ivy grows up the trunk of a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) tree in a forested area of Bothell, Washington.
    Douglas-Fir_Ivy_Bothell_3010.jpg
  • A flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) bud fluoresces under ultraviolet light in Snohomish County, Washington. Under white light, this bud would appear brownish-red and green. The bright red and violet colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Flowering-Currant_Bud_363...jpg
  • The nearly full moon rises between the branches of a madrona tree, located near Eatonville, Washington.
    Full Moon and Pacific Madrone (#0567)
  • Numerous Northern Giant Horsetails (Equisetum telmateia braunii) in various stages of development are clustered together in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam, Washington..
    Horsetail_NorthernGiant_Development_...jpg
  • Colorful bluebells are surrounded by Northern Giant Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia braunii) in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam, Washington.
    GraysHarbor_Bluebells_Horsetail_7643.jpg
  • Numerous stalks of Northern Giant Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia braunii) are clustered together in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam, Washington.
    Horsetail_Stalks_Young_7653.jpg
  • A variety of tulips and daffodils bloom in one of the gardens at Roozengaarde, a prominent flower producer in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Each year, more than a million people visit the area near Mount Vernon to check out 300 acres of cultivated tulips and daffodils.
    Tulips_Daffodils_LowAngle_Roozengaar...jpg
  • A composite of three images captured over a two-week period shows the development of the first leaves on a flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum).
    Currant-Flowering_Leaf-Development_1...jpg
  • Numerous Northern Giant Horsetails (Equisetum telmateia braunii) in various stages of development are clustered together in the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam, Washington.
    Horsetail_NorthernGiant_Development_...jpg
  • A flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) bud fluoresces under ultraviolet light in Snohomish County, Washington. Under white light, this bud would appear brownish-red and green. The bright red and violet colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see. This scene was captured under black light.
    BlackLight_Flowering-Currant_Bud_362...jpg
  • The male flowers of a Scouler’s willow (Salix scouleriana) tree begin to develop in late winter in Magnuson Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Willow_Flowers_Magnuson-Park_9291.jpg
  • A young bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), approximately six weeks of age, begins to outgrow its nest. The bald eagle chick spent three more weeks sitting on the edge of the nest and testing its wings before it took its first flight.
    BaldEagle_Eaglet_SixWeeks_3372.jpg
  • A western red cedar (Thuja plicata) grows over and around boulders on a bluff near Pigeon Point, Bow, Washington. An American robin (Turdus migratorius) rests on one of the exposed roots.
    Cedar_Western-Red_Boulders_Chuckanut...jpg
  • Buds begin to show on a tree branch, rendered in silhouette, in Magnuson Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Tree_Branch_Buds_Silhouette_Magnuson...jpg
  • Flight feathers begin to grow on the back of a juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). Feathers begin to grow on bald eagle chicks by the time they are 27 days old. The dark feathers grow in tracts, starting with their head and back.
    BaldEagle_Chick_FeatherDevelopment_9...jpg
  • A sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) with 14 arms looks for food at the bottom of Puget Sound near Des Moines Beach, Des Moines, Washington. The sunflower star is the largest sea star in the world, and can grow to be more than 3 feet (1 meter) across with as many as 23 arms. They initially have only 6 arms when they are young, but grow more as they age.
    Sunflower_Star_DesMoines_F0136.jpg
  • Desert candles (Caulanthus inflatus) grow among other wildflowers during a superbloom in the Carrizo Plain National Monument in California. The desert candle, also known as squaw cabbage, is native to the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada, and can grow up to 27 inches (70 centimeters) in height. During superbloom years, an unusually high number of wildflowers blossom at the same time, usually the result of wet winter and spring weather. The seeds may have been dormant for years in the more typically dry desert soil.
    CA_Carrizo-Plain_Desert-Candles_8296.jpg
  • A sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) with 12 arms looks for food at the bottom of Puget Sound near Des Moines Beach, Des Moines, Washington. The sunflower star is the largest sea star in the world, and can grow to be more than 3 feet (1 meter) across with as many as 23 arms. They initially have only 6 arms when they are young, but grow more as they age.
    Sunflower_Star_DesMoines_F0128.jpg
  • Heavy moss hangs from four old-growth sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) trees in the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park, Washington. The Hoh Rain Forest is one of the largest temperate rain forests in the United States. The sitka spruce trees can grow to be 300 feet (100 meters) tall, with a diameter of 16 feet (5 meters). Trees in the Hoh Rain Forest can grow to tremendous size as the area receives an average of 150 inches (4 meters) of rain annually.
    OlympicNP_Hoh_FourMossyTrees_2269.jpg
  • A cluster of Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) known as The House grow together in Sequoia National Park, California. Giant Sequoias are the world's largest trees in terms of total volume, with the largest trees reaching 311 feet (95 meters) in height and more than 56 feet (17 meters) in diameter. The oldest Giant Sequoias are more than 3,000 years old. Sequoias are unique in that they can grow close together, sharing root systems, to get the water they need.
    Sequoias_TheHouse_SequoiaNP_8857.jpg
  • Slash pine trees (Pinus elliotti) grow in the "river of grass" that makes up the Florida Everglades. Pine trees, which need to stay relatively dry, grow at the highest points of the Everglades – only a foot or two higher than the lowest point.
    Everglades_Pinelands_Sunset_3402.jpg
  • Slash pine trees (Pinus elliotti) grow in the "river of grass" that makes up the Florida Everglades. Pine trees, which need to stay relatively dry, grow at the highest points of the Everglades – only a foot or two higher than the lowest point.
    Everglades_Pinelands_Sunset_3396.jpg
  • Colorful crustose lichens grow on lava rock at Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. Lichens are a symbiosis of a fungus and a green alga and/or cyanobacterium. Crustose are very slow growing, typically growing 1 millimeter or less per year.
    CratersOfTheMoon_Lichen_2479.jpg
  • An exotic yellow heliconia, also known as a Golden Torch (Heliconia psittacorum), grows in the jungle near Sayulita, Mexico. The flowering plant blooms year round and can grow to be five to six feet tall (2 meters).
    yellow-heliconia_1066.jpg
  • An American bison (Bison bison) forces its way through deep snow near Fountain Flat in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Bison are well equiped for harsh winter conditions. They grow a winter coat of wooly underfur, which has coarse hairs that protect them from the elements. The humps on their backs also contain muscles supported by long vertebrae that help swing their heads to move vast amounts of snow.
    Bison_Snow_Yellowstone_4275sq.jpg
  • Colorful garden croton (Codiaeum variegatum) leaves growing on the coast of the Hawaiian island of Maui are wet after a rainstorm. The garden croton, a shrub that can grow to heights of nearly 10 feet (3 meters), is native to southern India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands.
    Maui_GardenCroton_Makena_7034.jpg
  • A blade of grass grows from and casts its shadow on a rippled sand dune in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco, Washington. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness is named for the western juniper trees that grow there, the northernmost cluster of such trees. Located in Franklin County, Washington, Juniper Dunes is a protected wilderness area that comprises 7,140 acres (28.9 km²). Some dunes in the area measure more than 130 feet (40 meters) in height and 1,000 feet (305 meters) in width. The dunes formed in what was essentially a flood basin at the end of the last ice age.
    JuniperDunes_GrassShadow_5980.jpg
  • A blade of grass grows from and casts its shadow on a rippled sand dune in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco, Washington. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness is named for the western juniper trees that grow there, the northernmost cluster of such trees. Located in Franklin County, Washington, Juniper Dunes is a protected wilderness area that comprises 7,140 acres (28.9 km²). Some dunes in the area measure more than 130 feet (40 meters) in height and 1,000 feet (305 meters) in width.
    JuniperDunes_GrassShadow_6076.jpg
  • Large limestone formations, known as tufa, rise from Mono Lake in eastern California. The tufa result from calcium-rich springs that flow up from the bottom of the lake. The calcium bonds to carbonates in the water, forming calcium carbonate, a type of limestone. The calcium carbonate builds on itself, gradually forming towering columns. Those columns grow only when under water; they stop growing when the lake level drops and they are exposed.
    CA_MonoLake_Sunrise_Silhouette_9259.jpg
  • Spring wildflowers, mainly desert sand verbena (Abronia villosa), grow in the sandy soil at the base of mesquite snags in the Tonto National Forest near the Coon Bluff Recreation Area in Arizona.
    AZ-Tonto-NF_Coon-Bluff_Wildflowers_4...jpg
  • Three American bison (Bison bison) graze in deep snow near Fountain Flat in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Bison are well equiped for harsh winter conditions. They grow a winter coat of wooly underfur, which has coarse hairs that protect them from the elements. The humps on their backs also contain muscles supported by long vertebrae that help swing their heads to move vast amounts of snow.
    Bison_Snow_Three-Grazing_Yellowstone...jpg
  • A couple of trees grow between two large splatter cones resulting from the eruption of the north crater in Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho.
    CratersOfTheMoon_Splatter-Cones_Silh...jpg
  • Nearly a dozen moon jellies (Aurella labiata) swim in the Point Defiance Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Moon jellies can grow to be 15 inches (38 centimeters) in diameter and are common in open waters along the coasts of California, Europe and Japan and along the Gulf of Mexico.
    Jellies_Moon_Pt-Defiance_9067.jpg
  • The wind blows blades of dried grass, which carve a light groove into a sand dune in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco, Washington. The Juniper Dunes Wilderness is named for the western juniper trees that grow there, the northernmost cluster of such trees. Located in Franklin County, Washington, Juniper Dunes is a protected wilderness area that comprises 7,140 acres (28.9 km²). Some dunes in the area measure more than 130 feet (40 meters) in height and 1,000 feet (305 meters) in width. The dunes formed in what was essentially a flood basin at the end of the last ice age.
    JuniperDunes_GrassBlownByWind_5289.jpg
  • A series of cumulus clouds develop and grow as the sun sets over Snohomish County, Washington. Cumulus means "heap" or "pile" in Latin, and the clouds typically form where warm air rises and reaches a level of cold air where the moisure in the air condenses.
    Clouds_Cumulus_Developing_Sunset_551...jpg
  • Three American bison (Bison bison) graze in a grassy field in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The bison are also commonly known as American buffalo. Bison can grow up to 6.6 feet (2 meters) tall, 10 feet (3 meters) long, and weigh between 900 and 2,200 pounds (400 to 1,000 kg).
    Bison_ThreeGrazing_2938.jpg
  • California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) grow up against a finger of Soda Lake during a superbloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument, California. During superbloom years, an unusually high number of wildflowers blossom at the same time, usually the result of wet winter and spring weather. The seeds may have been dormant for years in the more typically dry desert soil.
    CA_Carrizo-Plain_Goldfields_Soda-Lak...jpg
  • California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) grow around the base of a snag in Mount Diablo State Park near Clayton, California.
    CA_Mount-Diablo_Poppies_Snag_1976.jpg
  • A variety of wildflowers, including blazing star (Liatris spiciata), grow along the foggy banks of the Allegheny River in the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania.
    PA_AlleghenyRiver_Wildflowers_8742.jpg
  • Moss, ferns, and trees grow from a large rock outcropping near the Minister Valley in Allegheny National Forest in Warren, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Front was once part of a vast delta and layers of a hard, sandstone congolomerate were deposited. Between 250 and 320 million years ago, the Allegheny Front was lifted, forming hills and mountains. Over time, erosion exposed, split, or dislodged and moved the former sedimentary rock, resulting in large rock outcroppings.
    PA_Allegheny_Outcropping_Roots_8652.jpg
  • A fiery sunset colors the sky above several slash pine trees (Pinus elliotti) in the Pinelands of the Florida Everglades. Pine trees cannot survive if submerged for extended periods, and therefore grow only at the highest elevations in the Everglades – only a few feet higher than the lowest points. Slash pine trees are specially adapted to survive fires, however, which destroy invasive species.
    Everglades_Pinelands_Sunset_3415.jpg
  • Colorful summer wildflowers, including Indian paintbrush, grow on a hillside overlooking Pinnacle Peak, located in the Tatoosh Range in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
    PinnaclePeakPaintbrush_3721.jpg
  • An American bison (Bison bison) runs in the snow near Junction Butte in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Bison are well equipped for harsh winter conditions. They grow a winter coat of woolly underfur, which has coarse hairs that protect them from the elements. The humps on their backs also contain muscles supported by long vertebrae that help swing their heads to move vast amounts of snow.
    Bison_Snow_Yellowstone_5292.jpg
  • A moose (Alces alces) trudges through deep snow near Pebble Creek in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Moose are known as elk in Eurasia and are the largest and heaviest living members of the deer family. Males, known as bulls, grow fresh antlers each year, dropping them in the winter.
    Moose_Winter_Yellowstone_8751.jpg
  • A variety of summer wildflowers, including goldenrod, wild teasel and purple loosestrife, grow near Crab Creek in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Grant County, Washington.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_Wildflowers_Crab-Cre...jpg
  • An American bison (Bison bison) walks in deep snow near Fountain Flat in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Bison are well equiped for harsh winter conditions. They grow a winter coat of wooly underfur, which has coarse hairs that protect them from the elements. The humps on their backs also contain muscles supported by long vertebrae that help swing their heads to move vast amounts of snow.
    Bison_Snow_Yellowstone_4420.jpg
  • An American bison (Bison bison) forces its way through deep snow near Fountain Flat in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Bison are well equipped for harsh winter conditions. They grow a winter coat of woolly underfur, which has coarse hairs that protect them from the elements. The humps on their backs also contain muscles supported by long vertebrae that help swing their heads to move vast amounts of snow.
    Bison_Snow_Yellowstone_4275.jpg
  • Icicles grow from the branches of a tree near Lake View in Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana. The ice formed on a 20-degree day when Lake Michigan waves splashed water onto the shore.
    Indiana-Dunes_Frozen-Tree_Lake-View_...jpg
  • Two types of cacti — saguaro and prickly pear — grow among mesquite in the Sonoran Desert near Superior, Arizona.
    AZ_Cacti-And-Mesquite_Superior_6459.jpg
  • Several trees grow from cracks on the steep granite face of Rocky Point in Yosemite National Park, California.
    Yosemite_Trees_Rocky-Point_8880.jpg
  • The surface of a weathered piece of driftwood displays abstract patterns on the beach of Seahurst Park, Burien, Washington. Barnacles grow on the bark that remains.
    Seahurst-Park_Driftwood_Weathered_70...jpg
  • A pair of ferns grow over a carpet of clover on the forest floor in Bellevue, Washington. The darker fern is an American Alpine Lady fern (Athyrium alpestre); the brighter fern is a Western Sword fern (Polystichum munitum).
    Ferns_Bellevue-Botanical-Garden_6710.jpg
  • A carpet of yellow and violet spring wildflowers grow at the base of the Tehachapi Mountains in California, as an April rainstorm passes overhead.
    CA_Tehachapi_Wildflowers_4337.jpg
  • California corn lilies (Veratrum californicum) grow around blue lupins in a meadow in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. California corn lilies, also known as California false hellebore, are found in mountain meadows from the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada.
    RainierNP_CornLilies_Lupine_3706.jpg
  • A fiery sunset colors the sky above several slash pine trees (Pinus elliotti) in the Pinelands of the Florida Everglades. Pine trees cannot survive if submerged for extended periods, and therefore grow only at the highest elevations in the Everglades – only a few feet higher than the lowest points. Slash pine trees are specially adapted to survive fires, however, which destroy invasive species.
    Everglades_Pinelands_Sunset_3410.jpg
  • A fiery sunset colors the sky above several slash pine trees (Pinus elliotti) in the Pinelands of the Florida Everglades. Pine trees cannot survive if submerged for extended periods, and therefore grow only at the highest elevations in the Everglades – only a few feet higher than the lowest points. Slash pine trees are specially adapted to survive fires, however, which destroy invasive species.
    Everglades_Pinelands_Sunset_3426.jpg
  • A fragrant water lily (Nymphaea odorata) blooms in the wetlands of the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington. The perennial plant floats on the water surface, and can grow in water up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) deep.
    WaterLily_Arboretum_2285.jpg
  • Golden Larch trees (Pseudolarix amabilis) at the peak of their fall color line frame Liberty Bell Mountain (left) and the Early Winters Spires in the North Cascades of Washington state. Golden Larches, while not considered true larches, are known for shedding their needles each fall. The needles grow back each spring and transition from deep green to blue green over the course of the summer. In late September or early October, the needles turn golden and drop, just like the leaves on deciduous trees.
    NorthCascades_EarlyWintersLibertyBel...jpg
  • Golden Larch trees (Pseudolarix amabilis) at the peak of their fall color frame Blue Lake and several peaks near Washington Pass in the North Cascades of Washington state. Golden Larches, while not considered true larches, are known for shedding their needles each fall. The needles grow back each spring and transition from deep green to blue green over the course of the summer. In late September or early October, the needles turn golden and drop, just like the leaves on deciduous trees. Of the mountains in the cluster at left, Liberty Bell Mountain is the leftmost peak; the Early Winters Spires are the tight cluster of three peaks at the center of the mountains shown.
    NorthCascades_BlueLake_GoldenLarches...jpg
  • A yucca known as Our Lord's Candle (Yucca whipplei) blooms at Yucca Point in Kings Canyon National Park, California. The yucca can grow to be six feet (2 meters) tall. Its blooming season runs from April through June.
    Yucca_OurLordsCandle_KingsCanyon_858...jpg
  • Several Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia) grow in a carpet of goldfields (Lasthenia chrysotoma) in the Indian Wells Valley, northeast of Mojave California.
    CA_JoshuaTrees_Goldfields_IndianWell...jpg
  • A soaptree yucca (Yucca elata) casts a long shadow over a dune in the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. Shifting sand has partially buried this yucca. The plant's stem can grow as much as one foot per year to help it keep its leaves above the sand.
    NM_WhiteSands_YuccaShadow_1291.jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • A moose (Alces alces) trudges through deep snow near Pebble Creek in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Moose are known as elk in Eurasia and are the largest and heaviest living members of the deer family. Males, known as bulls, grow fresh antlers each year, dropping them in the winter.
    Moose_Winter_Yellowstone_8786.jpg
  • Small shelf fungi begin to grow on part of a decaying alder tree where the bark has peeled away.
    Alder_Decay_Peeling-Bark_3293.jpg
  • A small shelf fungus begins to grow on the bark of a decaying alder tree in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Alder_Decay_Round-Fungus_3277.jpg
  • An overgrown Wych elm (Ulmus glabra) begins to grow leaves in the early spring in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Elm_Overgrown_Spring_First-Leaves_88...jpg
  • California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) grow on the slope of Mount Finlayson, which stands on San Juan Island in Washington state, overlooking South Beach, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Olympic Mountains. The mountain and the beach are part of San Juan Island National Historical Park.
    WA_San-Juan-Island_Poppies_Olympics_...jpg
  • Colorful moss and lichen grow on the rough gray bark of an Oregon ash (Orthotrichum lyellii) tree in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Ash-Oregon_Bark_Rough_Marymoor_5338.jpg
  • Two bull elk (Cervus canadensis) spar in the field at Meadowbrook Farm, a park in North Bend, Washington. Elk, which are related to deer, are also known as wapiti, a Native American word that means “light-colored deer.” Elk lose their antlers in the early spring, but grow them back over the summer in time for the fall rut.
    Elk_Fighting_North-Bend_8457.jpg
  • Ferns grow at the base of mature trees, mainly western red cedar and Douglas fir, in Edith Moulton Park, Kirkland, Washington.
    WA_Edith-Moulton_Forest_8983.jpg
  • Leaves of several California corn lilies (Veratrum californicum) grow around each other in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state. California corn lilies, also known as California false hellebore, are found in mountain meadows from the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada.
    Corn-Lilies_Gifford-Pincho-NF_8811.jpg
  • An American bison (Bison bison) stands among trees as snow falls along the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Bison are well-equiped for harsh winter conditions. They grow a winter coat of wooly underfur, which has coarse hairs that protect them from the elements. The humps on their backs also contain muscles supported by long vertebrae that help swing their heads to move vast amounts of snow.
    Bison_Snow_Trees_Yellowstone_6536.jpg
  • Two bison (Bison bison) trudge through deep snow near Fountain Flat in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Bison are well equipped for harsh winter conditions. They grow a winter coat of woolly underfur, which has coarse hairs that protect them from the elements. The humps on their backs also contain muscles supported by long vertebrae that help swing their heads to move vast amounts of snow.
    Bison_Snow_Two_Fountain-Flat_Yellows...jpg
  • Icicles grow from the branches of a tree near Lake View in Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana. The ice formed on a 20-degree day when Lake Michigan waves splashed water onto the shore.
    Indiana-Dunes_Frozen-Tree_Lake-View_...jpg
  • Icicles grow from the branches of a tree near Lake View in Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana. The ice formed on a 20-degree day when Lake Michigan waves splashed water onto the shore.
    Indiana-Dunes_Frozen-Tree_Lake-View_...jpg
  • Cottonwood trees displaying their golden autumn colors grow along the Rio Chama, or Chama River, near Abiquiú, New Mexico. Rio Chama has supported human life for about 10,000 years and in 1988, a portion of the river was designated a National Wild and Scenic River by the U.S. Congress.
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  • A cluster of pancake prickly pear cacti (Opuntia chlorotica) in the foreground grow with several other cacti at the base of tall saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea) at dusk in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona.
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  • Ferns, mosses and other plants grow on the wet rocks in the mist of Nooksack Falls in the North Cascades of Washington state.
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  • Golden California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) grow on the rolling hills of the Morgan Territory Regional Preserve near Antioch, California. Mount Diablo, a prominent upthrust peak that rises 3,849 feet (1,173 meters), is visible in the background.
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  • A spindle-shaped yellow coral mushroom (Clavulinopsis fusiformis) begins to grow from the moist hardwood forest floor in the Allegheny National Forest, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
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  • Several evergreen wood ferns (Dryopteris intermedia) grow on a mossy rock outcropping near the Minister Valley in the Allegheny National Forest in Warren County, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Front was once part of a vast delta and layers of a hard, sandstone congolomerate were deposited. Between 250 and 320 million years ago, the Allegheny Front was lifted, forming hills and mountains. Over time, erosion exposed, split, or dislodged and moved the former sedimentary rock, resulting in large rock outcroppings.
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  • Several evergreen wood ferns (Dryopteris intermedia) grow on a mossy rock outcropping near the Minister Valley in the Allegheny National Forest in Warren County, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Front was once part of a vast delta and layers of a hard, sandstone congolomerate were deposited. Between 250 and 320 million years ago, the Allegheny Front was lifted, forming hills and mountains. Over time, erosion exposed, split, or dislodged and moved the former sedimentary rock, resulting in large rock outcroppings.
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  • A pair of yucca plants grow on a large dunes in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. The white sand dunes are comprised of gypsum crystals, which is rarely found as sand because it is water-soluble. But the Tularosa Basin is surrounded by mountains and there is no direct outlet to the sea for any rain that falls there. Any water eventually drains through the ground leaving the gypsum behind in a crystalline form called selenite. White Sands National Monument is the largest gypsum dune field in the world.
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  • Golden Larch trees (Pseudolarix amabilis) at the peak of their fall color frame Whistler Mountain (left) and Cutthroat Peak in the North Cascades of Washington state. The half moon begins to set behind Cutthroat Pass. Golden Larches, while not considered true larches, are known for shedding their needles each fall. The needles grow back each spring and transition from deep green to blue green over the course of the summer. In late September or early October, the needles turn golden and drop, just like the leaves on deciduous trees.
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  • Golden Larch trees (Pseudolarix amabilis) at the peak of their fall color line Blue Lake and several peaks near Washington Pass in the North Cascades of Washington state. Golden Larches, while not considered true larches, are known for shedding their needles each fall. The needles grow back each spring and transition from deep green to blue green over the course of the summer. In late September or early October, the needles turn golden and drop, just like the leaves on deciduous trees. Of the mountains in the cluster at left, Liberty Bell Mountain is the leftmost peak; the Early Winters Spires are the tight cluster of three peaks at the center of the mountains shown.
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