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  2. Glacier National Park (U.S.) - Wikipedia

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    Glacier National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border.The park encompasses more than 1 million acres (4,100 km 2) and includes parts of two mountain ranges (sub-ranges of the Rocky Mountains), more than 130 named lakes, more than 1,000 different species of plants, and hundreds of species of animals.

  3. Papaver pygmaeum - Wikipedia

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    Papaver pygmaeum is a species of poppy known by the common name alpine glacier poppy. It is native to North America, where it can be found in British Columbia , Alberta , and Montana . It has a narrow distribution around the intersection of the three borders.

  4. Garden Wall - Wikipedia

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    The Garden Wall is a steep alpine area within Glacier National Park well known during the summer months to be heavily covered in dozens of species of flowering plants and shrubs. Located along the west side of the Continental divide and extending northward from Logan Pass , the Garden Wall can be traversed via the popular Highline Trail and for ...

  5. Calochortus apiculatus - Wikipedia

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    Calochortus apiculatus is native to western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia) and the northwestern United States.Most of the US specimens are from the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Montana, and Washington, but there are reports of isolated populations in the Black Hills of Crook County, Wyoming.

  6. Glacieret - Wikipedia

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    Shepard Glacier in Glacier National Park converted to a glacieret in 2009. [7] There are many glacierets on Mount Kenya, ranging from surface areas of 0.01 to 0.09 km 2. [8] The last glacier of the Apennines, the Calderone glacier, is a glacieret with a surface area of 0.03 km 2 in 2001. [9]

  7. Erythronium grandiflorum - Wikipedia

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    The flower is pollinated by bumblebees and other bees. The bulbs are an important and preferred food of the grizzly bear. Mule deer readily eat the foliage. [11] [12] [13]After hummingbirds migrate 1,500 miles each year from Mexico to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado they collect energy from the nectar of the lilies, however, rising temperatures from global warming cause the flowers to bloom ...

  8. Outline of Glacier National Park (U.S.) - Wikipedia

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    William Howard Taft - U.S. president who signed law creating Glacier, May 11, 1910; Henry L. Stimson - Politician and promoter of creating the park; Promoters. Louis W. Hill, Great Northern Railway; Historic events. History of the National Park Service; Mission 66 - National Park Service ten-year program to prepare parks for 1966 50th ...

  9. List of mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National ...

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    Mountains in Glacier National Park (U.S.) are part of the Rocky Mountains. There are at least 150 named mountain peaks over 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in Glacier in three mountain ranges--the Clark Range, Lewis Range, Livingston Range. Mount Cleveland at 10,479 feet (3,194 m) [1] is the highest peak in the park. [2] Many peaks in Glacier National ...