American Landscapes: Badlands National Park @ National Geographic Magazine

American Landscapes: Badlands National Park

Badlands National Park
Feature Page
April 2004

Acadia National Park

Badlands National Park

Colorado Plateau

Minnesota Boundary Waters

Olympic National Park

Volcanoes National Park

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Yosemite National Park

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Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt

A breeze ruffles wisps of foxtail barley and western wheatgrass, both indigenous. About 55 species of grass thrive in this mixed-grass prairie, including little bluestem, blue grama, and buffalo grass.