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Mount Rainer National Park is located in the state of Washington in the United States. The park holds 236,381 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native American tribes including the Puyallup and Yakama tribes. Many sites were found throughout the park showing evidence of older tribes including rock shelters and projectile points. The establishment of the park began in 1893, when the...

Olympic National Park is located in the state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula, in the United States. The park holds 922,650 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native Americans. Most of the tribes were wiped out once European explorers introduced diseases into the area. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the logging industry boomed, but the public began to...

North Cascades National Park is located in the state of Washington in the United States and was established in 1968. The park holds 504,781 acres and is the largest of three national park areas known as the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. It once contained 318 glaciers, but all of these have retreated at a fast rate and many glaciers have completely disappeared. The largest...

Symbol: WARO Group: Monocot Family: Arecaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Tree Native Status: L48    I Synonyms:   WAGR2 Washingtonia gracilis Parish   WASO Washingtonia sonorae S. Watson Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:FL Classification:       Kingdom   Plantae –...

Symbol: POLA10 Group: Monocot Family: Poaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Graminoid Native Status: L48    N CAN    N Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:ME, NH, NY, VT Classification:       Kingdom   Plantae – Plants Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants...

Symbol: PHWA6 Group: Moss Family: Funariaceae Growth Habit: Nonvascular Native Status: NA    N Classification:       Kingdom   Plantae – Plants Division   Bryophyta – Mosses Subdivision   Musci Class   Bryopsida – True mosses Subclass   Bryidae Order   Funariales Family   Funariaceae...

Symbol: PHAL6 Group: Dicot Family: Brassicaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: L48    N Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:WA Classification:       Kingdom   Plantae – Plants Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision  ...

Symbol: PEWA9 Group: Dicot Family: Scrophulariaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Subshrub Forb/herb Native Status: L48    N Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:WA Classification:       Kingdom   Plantae – Plants Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision...

Symbol: PEPS4 Group: Dicot Family: Scrophulariaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: L48    N Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:NM Classification:       Kingdom   Plantae – Plants Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision  ...

Symbol: MIWA2 Group: Dicot Family: Scrophulariaceae Duration: Annual Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: L48    N Synonyms:   MIAM Mimulus ampliatus A.L. Grant   MIPA14 Mimulus patulus Pennell   MIPE6 Mimulus peduncularis A. Gray Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:ID, OR, WA Classification:...