What are two kinds of plants in Yellowstone National Park?

Answer 1

The plants you can find in Yellowstone National Park are Subalpine Fir, Engel Mann Spruce, Rocky Mountain Douglas-Fir, Whitebark Pine. Hope this helps!

Student from William S. Greene school Mrs.McCarthy

Answer 2

Coniferous trees are most common in the parks because of the high altitude and short growing season, but there are some hardy deciduous trees as well, such as cottonwood and aspen. The most common cone-bearing trees in the parks are lodgepole pines, which cover as much as 80% of Yellowstone, and Douglas fir, subalpine fir, Engelmann spruce, blue spruce, and whitebark pine. The key to identification is the trees' basic shape, the shape of their needles, and their cones.

Lodgepole Pine -- This familiar tree grows tall and slender, with bare trunk at the bottom and needles near the top resulting in dense stands that look like the spears of a closely ranked army. The needles of the lodgepole are clustered in pairs, typically around 3 inches long. You'll see logs from this tree supporting tepees and in the construction of cabins.

Douglas Fir -- "Doug fir" is actually a member of the pine family, with prickly cones and dark, deeply etched bark. This tree has flat, flexible, single needles that grow around the branch, giving the tree the appearance of fullness. Another giveaway is that its cones hang downward and do not disintegrate aloft, but litter the forest floor. These trees like the north-facing side of the mountain.

Subalpine Fir -- You can distinguish firs by their needles, which sprout individually from branches instead of in clusters, like a pine; and by their cones, which grow upright on the branch until they dry up and blow away. Look for the slender, conical crown of this tree. When heavy snows weigh down the lower branches, they often become rooted, forming a circle of smaller trees called a snow mat. You'll find subalpine fir at high elevations near timberline.

Engelmann Spruce -- This tree also likes the higher elevations, growing in shaded ravines and in the canyons of the Teton Range above 6,800 feet and sometimes much higher. Look for it near Kepler Cascades, Spring Creek, and the south entrance of Yellowstone National Park. It is distinguished by single needles that are square and sharp to the touch, and by cones with papery scales that are approximately 1 1/2 inches long.

Blue Spruce -- The Engelmann spruce's cousin, this tree is most commonly found along the Snake River near Jackson. True to its name, it is characterized by its bluish appearance; rather stiff, sharp needles; and cones that are twice the size of the Engelmann's. Glacier Lily -- A member of the lily family with a nodding bloom on a 6- to 12-inch stem, this bright yellow spring flower is found in abundance in both parks at elevations of more than 7,500 feet. Also known as the fawn lily, trout lily, and adder's-tongue, it is especially common near Sylvan Pass and on Dunraven Pass.

Indian Paintbrush -- This is the Wyoming state flower. It exhibits a distinctive narrow, bright scarlet bloom that is most commonly found from mid-June to early September in the Snake River bottomland. Other species are white, yellow, orange, and pink.

Plains Prickly Pear -- This member of the cactus family is only one of two such species found in the park, most frequently in the Mammoth area and near the Snake River. It is distinguished by thick, flat green stems armed with spines and, during midsummer, a conspicuous yellow flower with numerous petals. American Indians, who recognized prickly pear's medicinal qualities, treated warts by lacerating them and then applying juice from the plant.

Fringed Gentian -- This member of the gentian family is the official flower of Yellowstone Park, where it is common and blooms throughout the summer. The purple petals are fused into a 2-inch-long corolla and sit atop 1- to 3-foot-tall stems. It is also found below Jackson Lake Dam in Grand Teton.

Silky Phacelia -- Silky is one of the most photogenic and easily recognized species in the parks. Growing in purple clumps alongside the road at Dunraven Pass, the flower derives its name from the silvery pubescence that covers stems and leaves. It's best photographed in July and August.

Shooting Star -- The shooting star is characterized by pinkish 1/2- to 1-inch-long flowers that dangle earthward like meteorites from a 12-inch stem; they bloom in June. It is commonly found near thermal areas, streambeds, and Yellowstone Lake.

Yellow Monkey Flower -- The monkey flower exhibits a bright yellow petal that, together with orange spots, attracts insect pollinators near streambeds at elevations of 7,000 to 9,000 feet all summer. It is also found near thermal areas and Yellowstone Lake.

Fairyslipper (also known as the Calypso Orchid) -- Finding this beautiful orchid might require some serious detective work, but the payoff is worth the effort. It is one of 15 orchid species found in the parks and is considered by many to be the most beautiful and striking. Seen during May and June, it usually has one small, green leaf and a red-pink flower that resembles a small lady's slipper, hence the name. It is found in cool, deep-shaded areas and is becoming rare because its habitat is disappearing.

Bitterroot -- The state flower of Montana, the bitterroot, with its fleshy rose and white petals, which extend to 1 inch in length, makes its first appearance in early June in dry, open, sometimes-stony soil and in grassy meadows. It was a source of food for Indians, who introduced it to Captain Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame, hence its botanical name (Lewisia rediviva).

Columbia Monkshood -- This is a purple, oddly shaped flower with a hood-shape structure that has two sepals at its side and two below (these make up the calyx, the leafy parts surrounding the flower). Its stem varies in height from 2 to 5 feet. You'll find these flowers in wet meadows and on stream banks from June to August, often near thermal areas, streambeds, and Yellowstone Lake.

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KINNIKINNICK Arctostaphylos uva-ursiKinnikinnick is a low-trailing or matted, evergreen shrub, rarely more than two feet high, with long, flattened branches. The woody stems are brownish-red with flaky bark. The ovate leaves are leathery, shiny and dark green. Clustered in racemes at the ends of branches are small, waxy, pale pink, urn-shaped flowers, which later develop into bright red, pea-sized berries. HABITAT/RANGE: Kinnikinnick typically occurs on gravel or sand terraces, in coniferous woods, on dry banks and alpine slopes. It is a circumpolar species found in North America, from Alaska to Labrador, south to coastal California, New Mexico and the central and eastern United States. Flowers April to June. FACTS/USES: The common name, kinnikinnick, is a word used by Native Americans for tobacco mixtures. The specific name means bear's grape, referring to the fruits eaten by bears. The leaves have been used as a direuretic, for bronchitis, gonorrhea, and diarrhea.

PRINCE'S-PINE Chimaphlia umbellata The most distinctive characteristics of this plant are its five-petaled, pinkish, saucer-shaped, nodding flowers. Ten stamens surrounda prominent green ovary. The evergreen plant rises four to 12 inches from a branching rootstock. Arranged in whorls along the stem are leathery, waxy, elliptic leaves with saw-toothed margins. As the flowers mature into roundish capsules, bearing numerous small seeds, the pedicels become erect and the fruite are held upright. HABITAT/ RANGE: It commonly is found in coniferous woods and on alpine slopes where it is moist in the spring and dry in the summer. This circumboreal species is found in the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Alberta, south to New Mexico and California. Flowers from early to midsummer. FACTS/USES: The specific name means with umbels. The Greek generic name is derived from the words cheima, for winter, and philos, tor loving, because of its evergreen habit.

ALPINE LAUREL Kalmia microphylla A small, low evergreen shrub that seldom grows to more than two feet in height. The leaves are leathery, lanceolate, smooth, dark green on the upper surface and whitish green on the lower surface, with rolled-under margins. The stems terminate in a corymb inflorescence with each flower on a long, slender, red pedicel. Each deep-pink-colored flower has five fused petals that form a bowl-shaped corolla. HABITAT/ RANGE: Alpine laurel is primarily a subalpine or alpine plant, preferring wet mountain meadows and boggy sites. A mountain species distributed from Alaska to Alberta, south to Colorado and California. Flowers between June and September, depending on elevation. FACTS/USES: The specific name is in honor of Peter Kalm, an 18th century student of Linnaeus who collected plants in America. Alpine laurel is poisonous to grazing livestock.

SMOOTH LABRADOR-TEA Ledum glandulosum This moderately tall, stout, evergreen shrub obtains a height of two to five feet. Clustered at the tips of branches are bright white flowers with five petals and 10 protruding stamens. The oblong or oval leathery evergreen leaves are dark green on the upper surface and light-colored and dotted with tiny golden glands beneath. Flowers form a seed capsule on a recurving stalk with five cells, which split outward to disperse seeds. HABITAT/RANGE: Smooth labrador-tea is distributed from Alaska to British Columbia south to northwestern Wyoming and Sierra California, but it is mainly a Pacific Coast species. It typically occurs just below subalpine zones in acidic bogs or wet areas in the mountains. Blooms during July. FACTS/USES: The generic name means glandular, referring to the glands on the stems and leaves. Even though considered poisonous, a related species, L. groenlandicum, was used as a substitute for tea in the far North.

POOL'S HUCKLEBERRY Menziesia ferrugineaFool's huckleberry may form dense thickets three to six feet tall. The erect shrub has deciduous, pale green, ovate leaves with waxy margins that form rosettes at the end of slender branches. Small pinkish urn-shaped flowers with four lobes hang by short stalks in clusters beneath the leaves. The fruit is a dry, inedible, four-parted capsule. Autumn foliage turns a brilliant crimson-orange. HABITAT/RANGE: Prefers shaded, moist coniferous forests and stream banks from Alaska to the Rocky Mountain states, south to California. Flowers during June and July. FACTS/USES: The generic name is in honor of Archibald Menzies, surgeon and naturalist with the Vancouver Expedition of 1790-95 and one of the first botanists to collect plants from the Pacific Northwest. The specific name means rusty and refers to the rusty-colored glands that cover the plant.

PINK MOUNTAIN-HEATHER Phyiiodoceempetriformis A dwarf evergreen shrub with short, numerous, linear, needlelike leaves. The shrub seldom exceeds 20 inches tall. The conspicuous flowers are deep pink or rose, urn-shaped and clustered in umbels. HABITAT/RANGE: An inhabitant of moist to wet soils or open rocky slopes, forests, and higher alpine elevations. It is widely distributed from Alaska to Alberta, south to Colorado and Central California. Blooms from late June to early August. FACTS/USES: The Greek generic name, Phyiiodoce, is that of a sea nymph. The specific name means empetrum-leaved. Heathers and heaths are attractive ornamental shrubs. Scottish heaths are a close relative to our native species. But our native species is difficult to transplant, and it is nearly impossible to produce flowers on a transplanted shrub.

WOODLAND PINEDROPS Pterospora andromedeaThis plant is a saprophyte. Lacking chlorophyll, it derives its food from dead and decaying plant material. The tall, reddish-brown, hairy-glandularstems, uptothreefeettall, lackleaves and green color. The yellow, bell-like pendulous flowers are arranged in a widely spaced raceme. The whole plant turns rusty-brown at maturity and persists as a dried stalk through the winter. HABITAT/RANGE: It is very dependent upon the deep humus of coniferous forests, often found under lodge-pole or ponderosa pines. Distributed from Alaska to Alberta and south to Mexico and California. Blooms from late June into August. FACTS/USES: The generic name is derived from the Greek pteron, meaning wing, and sporos, meaning seed. The seeds of this species have a netlike wing on one end.

PINK PYROLA Pyrola asarifolia Pink pyrola is a small, perennial, woodland herb with slender, creeping rhizomes. A stem eight to 16 inches high arises form a basal rosette of shiny green, round or kidney-shaped leaves. The pink to purplish five-petaled flowers are waxy in appearance and hang down in racemes. The style extends beyond the open petals and curves outward, giving the appearance of an elephant's trunk. HABITAT/RANGE: Pink pyrola inhabits moist soils, especially in shaded woods near springs. Widely distributed across North America from Alaska to Newfoundland and south to New York, Minnesota, New Mexico and California. Blooms from late June to early August. FACTS/USES: The Latin generic name, pyrola, means pear, because the leaves of some species are somewhat pear-shaped. The specific name, asarifolia, means asarum-leaved.

ONE-SIDED WINTERGREEN Pyrola secunda These small, coniferous forest-dwelling flowers ascend two to eight inches from branching, slender rootstocks and commonly form dense colonies. The small, bell-shaped, greenish-white flowers are borne in a short, one-sided raceme, which usually bends gracefully downward. Each flower has a long style with a knob-like stigma that projects beyond the corolla. The leaves are a half inch to two and a half inches long, and are ovate, with minutely scalloped edges. HABITAT/RANGE: One-sided wintergreen is a dweller of moist, coniferous woods from Alaska to Newfoundland and the Atlantic Coast, south to Mexico and Southern California. Flowering period: June-August. FACTS/USES: One-sided Wintergreen's leaves are olive-green and retain their color throughout winter, as suggested by their common name.

BIG HUCKLEBERRY Vaccinium membranaceum Big huckleberry is a fairly large shrub ranging from two to four feet in height. The woody stems are erect and greatly branched with younger, somewhat angled greenish twigs bearing the elliptic, finely serrated leaves. The small, inconspicuous, greenish to pink, translucent, pendulous, urn-shaped flowers are hidden below the leaves. The fruit is a flattened-globe-shaped berry, which ranges from wine-colored to nearly black. HABITAT/RANGE: This species prefers northern exposures of dry or moist sites, sandy or gravelly loams and often can be the dominant understory of coniferous montane forests. It typically occurs from Alaska to Michigan and south to Wyoming, Idaho and northern California. Flowers mid-May to July, with fruits usually appearing in early August. FACTS/ USES: The berries are an important food for wildlife, especially bears, and for humans. FROM:http://www.yellowstonenationalpark.com/heath.htm

Answer 3

There are 1500 plant variates. I can't name them all but here are some....

Bitterroot

Glacier Lily

Indian Paintbrush

Plains Prickly Pear

Fringed Gentian

Yellow Monkey Flower

Silky Phacelia

I know they sound odd but they are real plants inyellowstone national park!

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

there is no plants because all of them died

Answer 5

The plants are the piping ploverv and cypress knee

Answer 6

douglas fir