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Some of the minerals located in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are; Potassium Feldspar Quartz Granite Task 3 What makes our region so unique? Did you know that the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is one of the only places in U.S.A to have a super volcano? That alone says that this is a special place, not to mention the large amounts of animals and plants that live in this ecosystem. The park itself has 40+ mountains. This ecosystem is truly unique. |
The Greater Yellowstone EcosystemThe Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is a giant group of living creatures and plants that live in Yellowstone National Park. They include Grizzly Bears, Boreal Toads, and Prairie Rattlesnakes. This is a place to find out about this place.
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Why is our Ecosystem Valued? The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is just a fancy name for the Yellowstone National Park. And from just that, you can pull that the Ecosystem is a tourist attraction. Plus, there are hundreds of animals, insects, and plants living here. It's a biologist's dream. Most of the park is actually a super volcano! There are 4 mountain ranges in this park, the Red Mountains, the Washburn Range, the Gallatin Range, and the Absaroka Range. There are tens of mountains in this park. It is a rare natural treasure. |
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Trees Conifer Trees: Lodgepole Pine Whitebark Pine Engelmann Spruce Subalpine Fir Douglas Fir:60-75 meteres tall, thin and smooth bark Rocky Mountain Juniper Limber Pine Deciduous Trees Quaking Aspen Tree Cottonwood: thick fissured bark, 25-50 feet tall Forests The Bighorn Bridger-Teton Medicine Bow Thunder Basin Shoshone Black Hills Beaverhead-Deerlodge Bitterroot Custer Flathead Gallatin Helena Kootenai Lewis and Clark Lolo Boise Caribou Challis Clearwater Coeur d’Alene Kaniksu St. Joe Nez Perce Payette Salmon Sawtooth Targhee Plants Hundreds of wildflowers Common Juniper Sagebrush Rocky Mountain Maple Ross's Bentgrass Yellowstone Sand Verbena Yellowstone Sulfur Wild Buckwheat Animals Mammals Badgers Bats Bobcats Cougars Coyotes Lynx Marten River Otters Short-Tailed Weasel (Ermine) Long-Tailed Weasel Wolverines Bison Elk Grizzly Bears Black Bears Beavers Bighorn Sheep Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel Least Chipmunk Moose Mountain Goats (Non-native) Mountain Vole Pikas Pocket Gophers Pronghorn Red Squirrel Snowshoe Hare Uinta Ground Squirrel White-Tailed Jackrabbits Yellow-bellied Marmot Wolves Reptiles Bull Snake Prairie Rattlesnake Rubber Boa Sagebrush Lizard Valley Garter Snake Wandering Garter Snake Birds Over 280 Documented Species of Birds Amphibians Blotched Tiger Salamander Boreal Chorus Frog Boreal Toad Columbia Spotted Frog Spadefoot Toad Fish Arctic Grayling Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Westslope Cutthroat Trout Mountain Whitefish Mottled Sculpin Suckers Minnows Geology Geysers Yellowstone Caldera Covers 2,221,766 acres Continental Divide Average 8,000 feet above sea level Hot Springs Fumarole (Steam Vent) Mudpots Yellowstone Plateau Mountains Red Mountains Mount Sheridan Factory Hill Washburn Range Mount Washburn Dunraven Peak Cook Peak Hedges Peak Amethyst Mountain Observation Peak Folsom Peak Specimen Ridge Gallatin Range Electric Peak Joseph Peak Mount Holmes Gray Peak Bannock Peak Antler Peak Trilobite Point Quadrant Mountain Dome Mountain Three Rivers Peak Sepulcher Mountain Echo Peak White Peaks Meldrum Mountain Bunsen Peak Purple Mountain Mount Jackson Mount Haynes Clagett Butte Terrace Mountain Three Brothers Mountains Mount Everts Absaroka Range Eagle Peak Mount Schurz Abiathar Peak Atkins Peak Pollux Peak Grant Peak Turret Mountain Castor Peak Mount Langford The Trident Reservation Peak Silvertip Peak Mount Doane Cathedral Peak The Thunderer Meridan Peak Avalanche Peak Republic Peak Saddle Mountain Arthur Peak Barronette Peak Hoyt Peak Hauge Mountain Amphitheater Mountain Mount Stevenson Cody Peak Parker Peak Mount Chittenden Top Notch Peak Mount Hornaday Grizzly Peak The Needle Mount Norris Cache Mountain Druid Peak Frederick Peak Bison Peak Climate Average 0-20°C for Spring and Fall Average 25°C for Summer Average -5 -20°C for Winter Thunderstorms in Summer Average 150” of Snow per Year Average 1.3” Precipitation per Year Sources http://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm http://yellowstone.net/ |