Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located in northwestern Wyoming, south of Yellowstone National Park. The park is named after Grand Teton, which at 13,770 feet (4,197 m), is the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area Ranked 10th - Total 97,818 sq mi (253,348 km²) - Width 280 miles (450 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 0. ...
Jackson is a town located in the Jackson Hole valley of Teton County, Wyoming. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area Ranked 10th - Total 97,818 sq mi (253,348 km²) - Width 280 miles (450 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 0. ...
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Grand Teton is the highest mountain within Grand Teton National Park, and the second highest in the U.S. state of Wyoming. ...
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The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. ...
The mountains were named by a French trapper who viewed them from the Idaho side of the range and called them tétons, French slang for "nipples" or "teats" (presumably referring to the shape of the peaks). It was established as a national park on February 26, 1929. The park covers 484 mi² (1,255 km²) of land and water. For other uses, see Idaho (disambiguation). ...
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Geography
The John Moulton Barn at the base of the Grand Tetons in Moose Part of the Rocky Mountains, the north-south-trending Teton Range rises from the floor of Jackson Hole without any foothills along a 40 mile (65 km) long by 7 to 9 miles (11 to 15 km) wide active fault-block mountain front system. In addition to 13,770 ft (4,197 m) high Grand Teton, another eight peaks are over 12,000 ft (3,660 m) above sea level. Seven of these peaks between Avalanche and Cascade canyons make up the often-photographed Cathedral Group. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 142 KB)Grand Tetons Barns – 2004-06-19 The mormon row barns. ...
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The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. ...
Jackson Hole is a valley in the U.S. state of Wyoming. ...
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Jackson Hole is a 55 mile (90 km) long by 6 to 13 mile (10 to 20 km) wide graben valley that has an average elevation of 6,800 ft (2,070 m) with its lowest point near the south park boundary at 6350 ft (1,935 m). The valley sits east of the Teton Range and is vertically displaced downward 30,000 ft (9,100 m) from corresponding rock layers in it, making the Teton Fault and its parallel twin on the east side of the valley normal faults with the Jackson Hole block being the hanging wall and the Teton Mountain block being the footwall. Grand Teton National Park contains the major part of both blocks. A great deal of erosion of the range and sediment filling the graben, however, yields a topographic relief of only up to 7,700 ft (2,350 m). Download high resolution version (789x1112, 288 KB)NPS map File links The following pages link to this file: Grand Teton National Park Categories: United States government images ...
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The glaciated range is composed of a series of horns and arêtes separated by U-shaped valleys headed by cirques and ended by moraines, making the Tetons a textbook example of alpine topography. Rubble piles left by ice age alpine glaciers impounded a series of interconnected lakes at the foot of the range (Jackson, Leigh, String, Jenny, Bradley, Taggart, and Phelps). The largest lake in the valley, Jackson Lake, was impounded by a recessional moraine left by a very large valley glacier as it retreated north out of Jackson Hole. Jackson Lake covers 25,540 acres (103.4 km²) and has a maximum depth of 438 feet (134 m). There are also over 100 alpine and backcountry lakes. Perito Moreno Glacier Patagonia Argentina Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland Icebergs breaking off glaciers at Cape York, Greenland This article is about the geological formation. ...
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Mount Moran and Jackson Lake Jackson Lake is a lake located in north western Wyoming in the Grand Teton National Park. ...
Jenny Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. ...
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Map of Wyoming National Parks and landmarks, showing Grand-Teton south of Yellowstone (upper left), across the state from Cheyenne. Just to the south is Burned Ridge, the same glacier's terminal or end moraine, which runs down the center of Jackson Hole roughly perpendicular to the range and cut in two by the Snake River. After exiting its dammed outlet at the southeast corner of Jackson Lake, the Snake runs down the valley and through the 10 mile (16 km) long glacial outwash plain south of Burned Ridge. The river's headwaters are in a part of the Teton Wilderness a short distance north in Yellowstone National Park and its destination is the Columbia River far to the west, which in turn empties into the Pacific Ocean. Terraces have been cut by the river into the moraines and outwash plain in the valley. About 50 miles (80 km) of the 1,056 miles (1,699 km) mile long Snake River winds through the park where it is fed by three major tributaries; Pacific Creek, Buffalo Fork, and the Gros Ventre River. Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne Cheyenne is the capital of Wyoming, a United States of America. ...
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The local climate is a semi-arid mountain one with a yearly extreme high of 93 °F (34 °C) and extreme low of −46 °F (−43 °C). Average annual snowfall is 191 inches (490 cm) and average rainfall is 10 inches (250 mm). The coldest temperature ever recorded in Grand Teton National Park was −63 °F (−52 °C), and snow often blankets the landscape from early November to late April. In general terms, the climate of a locale or region is said to be arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or even preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. ...
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Pre-history Native American hunting parties from the northern Rocky Mountains camped along the shore of Jackson Lake around 12,000 years ago while following game. For thousands of years Jackson Hole was used as a neutral crossroads for trade and travel routes in the area. One route followed the Snake River to its source in the Yellowstone area where abundant obsidian could be found. Another major route traversed the Teton Pass at the southern end of the range, providing a shortcut to the Pacific Northwest region of what is now the United States. Also, a southern route led to the Colorado Plateaus region and the Great Basin. Chief Quanah Parker of the Quahadi Comanche Native Americans in the United States (also Indians, American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Original Americans) are those indigenous peoples within the territory which is now encompassed by the continental United States, and their descendants in...
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Mount Moran and Jackson Lake Jackson Lake is a lake located in north western Wyoming in the Grand Teton National Park. ...
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Teton Pass (elevation 8400 ft/2560 m), is a mountain pass located in the Teton Range near the border between southeastern Idaho and northwestern Wyoming between the towns of Jackson, Wyoming and Victor, Idaho. ...
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White exploration and settlement
Mount Moran and Jackson Lake The Tetons were named by French explorers who called the three highest peaks of the range Les Trois Tetons (the three breasts). In the 18th and 19th centuries, Caucasian fur trappers and fur traders called deep valleys rimmed by high mountains "holes." One such fur trapper was named David Jackson and his favorite place to 'hole-up' was named after him in 1829. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 87 KB)Mount Moran and Jackson Lake. ...
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Fljótsdalur in East Iceland, a rather flat valley In geology, a valley (also called a vale or dale) is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. ...
David Edward Jackson (1788-1837) was an American pioneer, explorer, trader, and fur trapper. ...
John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, is the first white American known to have visited the area now know as Jackson Hole as early as 1805-1806. Geologist F.V. Hayden visited the area in 1860 as part of the Raynolds expedition. In the summer of 1871 he led the first government-sponsored scientific survey of the Yellowstone area just to the north. One part of that survey, led by geologist James Stevenson, traveled into Jackson Hole via the Teton Pass before meeting up with the other half of the expedition in Yellowstone. While passing through, the team, which included Yellowstone's first superintendent N.P. Longford, photographer William Henry Jackson, and artist William Henry Holmes, among others, mapped the area and surveyed its geology and biology. These data were later included in the Hayden Survey set of reports. Private John Colter (1774â1813), a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was the first white American to enter what is now known as Yellowstone National Park, descend into Jackson Hole and see the Grand Teton mountains, in 1808. ...
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Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (September 7, 1829 - December 22, 1887) was an American geologist noted for his pioneering surveying expeditions of Rocky Mountains in the late 19th century. ...
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William Henry Jackson, 1862 William Henry Jackson (April 4, 1843 - June 30, 1942) was an American painter, photographer and explorer famous for his images of the American West. ...
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Homesteaders moved into Jackson Hole after the reports were published but the short growing season along with weeks of being snowed-in each winter kept all but the hardiest individuals away. One of those settlers, a rancher named Pierce Cunningham, circulated a petition to have Jackson Hole saved for the "education and enjoyment of the Nation as a whole." Broadly defined, homesteading is a lifestyle of simple, agrarian self-sufficiency. ...
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Fight for preservation In 1897 acting Yellowstone superintendent Colonel S.B.M. Young proposed expanding that park's borders south to encompass the northern extent of Jackson Hole in order to protect migrating herds of elk. Next year, United States Geological Survey head Charles D. Walcott suggested that the Teton Range should be included as well. Stephen Mather, director of the newly-created National Park Service and his assistant Horace Albright sent a report to Secretary of the Interior Franklin Lane in 1917 stating much the same. Wyoming Representative Frank Mondell sponsored a bill that unanimously passed the United States House of Representatives in 1918 but was killed in the United States Senate when Idaho Senator John Nugent feared that the expansion of Park Service jurisdiction would threaten sheep grazing permits. Public opposition to park expansion also mounted in and around Jackson Hole. Albright, in fact, was practically run out of Jackson, Wyoming, by angry townspeople in 1919 when he traveled there to speak in favor of park expansion. For other uses, see Elk (disambiguation). ...
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Jackson is a town located in the Jackson Hole valley of Teton County, Wyoming. ...
The Rockefellers in Grand Teton area Local attitudes started to change that same year when proposals to dam Jenny, Emma Matilda, and Two Ocean lakes surfaced. Then on July 26, 1923, local and Park Service representatives including Albright met in Maud Noble's cabin to work on a plan to buy private lands to create a recreation area to preserve the "Old West" character of the valley. Albright was the only person who supported Park Service management; the others wanted traditional hunting, grazing, and dude-ranching activities to continue. In 1927 philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. founded the Snake River Land Company so he and others could buy land in the area incognito and have it held until the National Park Service could administer it. The company launched a campaign to purchase more than 35,000 acres (142 km²) for $1.4 million but faced 15 years of opposition by ranchers and a refusal by the Park Service to take the land. Download high resolution version (1200x782, 138 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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In 1928, a Coordinating Commission on National Parks and Forests met with valley residents and reached an agreement for the establishment of a park. Wyoming Senator John Kendrick then introduced a bill to establish Grand Teton National Park. It was passed by both houses of the U.S. Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge on February 26, 1929. The 96,000 acre (388 km²) park was carved from Teton National Forest and included the Teton Range and six glacial lakes at its foot in Jackson Hole. Lobbying by cattlemen, however, meant that the original park borders did not include most of Jackson Hole (whose floor was used for grazing). Meanwhile the Park Service refused to accept the 35,000 acres (142 km²) held by the Snake River Company. Download high resolution version (1400x962, 300 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Discouraged by the stalemate, Rockefeller sent a letter to then U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt telling him that if the federal government did not accept the land that he intended to make some other disposition of it or to sell it in the market to any satisfactory buyers. Soon afterward on March 15, 1943 the president declared 221,000 acres (894 km²) of public land as Jackson Hole National Monument. Continued controversy over the Rockefeller gift still made it impossible for the monument to officially include that land, however. FDR redirects here. ...
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Opposition to the monument by local residents immediately followed with criticism that the declaration was a violation of states' rights and that it would destroy the local economy and tax base. Ranchers drove 500 cattle across the newly created monument in a demonstration designed to provoke conflict. The Park Service did not respond to the stunt but the event brought national attention to the issue nonetheless. Wyoming Representative Frank A. Barrett introduced a bill to abolish the monument that passed both houses of Congress but was pocket vetoed by Roosevelt. U.S. Forest Service officials did not want to cede another large part of the Teton National Forest to the Park Service so they fought against transfer. One final act was to order forest rangers to gut the Jackson Lake Ranger Station before handing it over to park rangers. Residents in the area who supported the park and the monument were boycotted and harassed. States rights refers to the idea, in U.S. politics and constitutional law, that U.S. states possess certain rights and political powers in relation to the federal government. ...
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Other bills to abolish the monument were introduced between 1945 and 1947 but none passed. Increases in tourism money following the end of World War II has been cited as a cause of the change in local attitudes. A move to merge the monument into an enlarged park gained steam and by April, 1949, interested parties gathered the Senate Appropriation Committee chambers to finalize a compromise. The Rockefeller lands were finally transferred from private to public ownership on December 16, 1949, when they were added to the monument. A bill merging most of Jackson Hole National Monument (except for its southern extent, which was added to the National Elk Refuge) into Grand Teton National Park was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on September 14, 1950. One concession in the law modified the Antiquities Act, limiting the future power of a president to proclaim National Monuments in Wyoming. The scenic highway that extends from the northern border of Grand Teton National Park to the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park was named the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway to recognize Rockefeller's contribution to protecting the area. Tourist redirects here. ...
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A meteor on a path over the Rocky Mountains from the U.S. Southwest to Canada passed above the park area on August 10, 1972, and was filmed by a tourist with an 8-millimeter color film camera. The object was in the range of size from a car to a house and should have ended its life in a Hiroshima-sized blast, but there was never any explosion, much less a crater. Analysis of the trajectory indicated that it never came much lower than 58 kilometers off the ground, and the conclusion was that it had grazed Earth's atmosphere for about 100 seconds, then skipped back out of the atmosphere to return to its orbit around the Sun. Photo of a burst of meteors with extended exposure time A meteor is the visible path of a meteoroid that enters the Earths (or another bodys) atmosphere, commonly called a shooting star or falling star. ...
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The rock units that make up the east face of the Teton Range are around 2500 million years old and made of metamorphosed sandstones, limestones, various shales, and interbeded volcanic deposits. Buried deep under Tertiary volcanic, sedimentary, and glacial deposits in Jackson Hole, these same Precambrian rocks are overlain by Paleozoic and Mesozoic formations that have long since been eroded away from atop the Tetons. The geology of the Grand Teton area consists of some of oldest rocks and one of the youngest mountain ranges in North America. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2448x1632, 1076 KB) Cascade Canyon at Grand Teton National Park Photograph taken and annotated by Christopher Sokolowski in August 2003. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2448x1632, 1076 KB) Cascade Canyon at Grand Teton National Park Photograph taken and annotated by Christopher Sokolowski in August 2003. ...
The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. ...
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Tertiary geological time interval covers roughly the time span between the demise of the non-avian dinosaurs and beginning of the most recent Ice Age, approximately 65 million to 1. ...
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The Paleozoic-aged sediments were deposited in warm shallow seas and resulted in various carbonate rocks along with sandstones and shales. Mesozoic deposition transitioned back and forth from marine to non-marine sediments. In later Mesozoic, the Cretaceous Seaway periodically covered the region and the Sierran Arc to the west provided volcanic sediments. Carbonate rocks are a class of sedimentary rocks composed primarily of carbonate minerals. ...
The Western Interior Seaway, also called the Cretaceous Seaway and the North American Inland Sea, was a huge inland sea that split the continent of North America into two halves during most of the early and mid-Cretaceous period. ...
A mountain-building episode called the Laramide orogeny started to uplift western North America 70 million years ago and eventually formed the Rocky Mountains. This erased the seaway and created fault systems along which highlands rose. Sediment eroded from uplifted areas filled-in subsiding basins such as Jackson Hole while reverse faults created the first part of the Teton Range in the Eocene epoch. Large Eocene-aged volcanic eruptions from the north in the Yellowstone-Absaroka area along with later Pleistocene-aged Yellowstone Caldera eruptions, left thick volcanic deposits in basins (see geology of the Yellowstone area). The Laramide orogeny was a period of mountain building in western North America, which started in the Late Cretaceous, 70 to 80 million years ago, and ended 35 to 55 million years ago. ...
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The Teton Range started to grow along a north-south trending fault system next to Jackson Hole some 9 million years ago in the Miocene epoch. Then starting in the Pliocene, Lake Teewinot periodically filled Jackson Hole and left thick lakebed sediments. The lake was dry by the time a series of glaciations in the Pleistocene epoch saw the introduction of large glaciers in the Teton and surrounding ranges. During the coldest ice age these glaciers melded together to become part of the Canadian Ice Sheet, which carried away all soil from Jackson Hole and surrounding basins. Later and less severe ice ages created enough locally-deposited dirt in the form of moraines and till to repair much of this damage. Since then, mass wasting events such as the 1925 Gros Ventre landslide, along with slower forms of erosion, have continued to modify the area. On the floor of the Jackson Hole valley rise several landforms, one of the most conspicuous being Blacktail Butte. The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. ...
The Miocene Epoch is a period of time that extends from about 23. ...
The Pliocene epoch (spelled Pleiocene in some older texts) is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5. ...
A glaciation (a created composite term meaning Glacial Period, referring to the Period or Era of, as well as the process of High Glacial Activity), often called an ice age, is a geological phenomenon in which massive ice sheets form in the Arctic and Antarctic and advance toward the equator. ...
Perito Moreno Glacier Patagonia Argentina Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland Icebergs breaking off glaciers at Cape York, Greenland This article is about the geological formation. ...
Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ...
This article is about geological phenomena. ...
Glacial till with tufts of grass Till is an unsorted glacial sediment. ...
Mass wasting, also known as mass movement or slope movement, is the geomorphic process by which soil, regolith, and rock move downslope under the force of gravity. ...
The Gros Ventre (pronounced GROW-VAUNT) landslide is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, U.S. The Gros Ventre landslide is 7 miles (10 km) east of Jackson Hole valley and Grand Teton National Park. ...
For morphological image processing operations, see Erosion (morphology). ...
Jackson Hole is a valley in the U.S. state of Wyoming. ...
Blacktail Butte is a mountain landform rising from Jackson Hole Valley within the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. ...
Biology
Moose in Grand Teton NP near Leigh Lake Grand Teton National Park and areas adjacent to it host over 1000 species of vascular plants. Whitebark Pine, Limber Pine, Subalpine fir, and Engelmann Spruce survive in Tetons' alpine zone up to around 10,000 feet (~3000 m). Lodgepole Pine, Douglas Fir, and Blue Spruce are found on the valley floor, while the aspens, cottonwoods, alders, and willows commonly inhabit the moist soils along rivers and lakeshores. Download high resolution version (750x653, 125 KB)Photo taken by Daniel Mayer and released under terms of the GNU FDL. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Divisions Non-seed-bearing plants â Rhyniophyta â Zosterophyllophyta Lycopodiophyta â Trimerophytophyta Pteridophyta Superdivision Spermatophyta â Pteridospermatophyta Pinophyta Cycadophyta Ginkgophyta Gnetophyta Magnoliophyta Vascular plants (also known as tracheophytes or higher plants) are those plants that have lignified tissues for conducting water, minerals, and photosynthetic products through the plant. ...
Binomial name Pinus albicaulis Engelm. ...
Binomial name Pinus flexilis ( var. ...
Binomial name Abies lasiocarpa (Hooker) Nuttall The Subalpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa) is a western North American fir, native to the mountains of Yukon, British Columbia and western Alberta in Canada; southeastern Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, northeastern Nevada, and the Trinity Alps in...
Binomial name Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm. ...
Binomial name Pinus contorta Douglas Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) is a common tree in western North America. ...
Species See text Douglas-fir is the common name applied to coniferous trees of the genus Pseudotsuga in the family Pinaceae. ...
Binomial name Picea pungens Engelm. ...
For other uses, see Aspen (disambiguation). ...
Species Populus deltoides L. Populus fremontii [[]] Populus nigra L. This article is about the poplar species. ...
Species About 20-30 species, see text. ...
Species About 350, including: Salix acutifolia - Violet Willow Salix alaxensis - Alaska Willow Salix alba - White Willow Salix alpina - Alpine Willow Salix amygdaloides - Peachleaf Willow Salix arbuscula - Mountain Willow Salix arbusculoides - Littletree Willow Salix arctica - Arctic Willow Salix atrocinerea Salix aurita - Eared Willow Salix babylonica - Peking Willow Salix bakko Salix barrattiana...
Forests in the Teton area generally consist of two to three different tree species that grow together in a specific habitat. Edge habitat for various wildlife species is created where these different forest types merge in zones called ecotones. Some animals, such as the Red squirrel, pine marten, and black bear spend a majority of their life in forests. Other animal species, such as moose, elk (also known as the wapiti), and wolves, use the forest for shade and shelter in the day and move to sagebrush dominated areas or meadows to feed in the early mornings and evenings. Download high resolution version (1000x1338, 217 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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For other uses, see Coyote (disambiguation). ...
Habitat (which is Latin for it inhabits) is the place where a particular species live and grow. ...
For other uses, see Ecotone (disambiguation). ...
For the North American red squirrel, see American Red Squirrel. ...
Binomial name Martes americana (Turton, 1806) The American Marten (Martes americana) is a North American marten sometimes also called the Pine Marten, even though it is a separate species from the European Pine Marten. ...
Binomial name Pallas, 1780 Synonyms Euarctos americanus The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) is the most common bear species native to North America. ...
For other uses, see Moose (disambiguation). ...
This article is about red deer. ...
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Soil conditions, the amount of water, slope, aspect, and elevation all help determine where different plant communities grow. Biologists divide the plants of Grand Teton National Park into these communities: forests, sagebrush flats, riparian corridors and wetlands, and alpine areas. Loess field in Germany Surface-water-gley developed in glacial till, Northern Ireland For the American hard rock band, see SOiL. For the System of a Down song, see Soil (song). ...
For other uses, see Plant (disambiguation). ...
This article is about a community of trees. ...
Evergreen forests in the area are composed of 7 species of coniferous tree while over 900 flowering plant species dominate the Teton Range below the tree line down to the top of Jackson Hole's moraines. These moraines are composed of compact piles of unsorted rubble that have good clay content and retain moisture better than the quartzite-rich outwash plain, which allows them to support large stands of Lodgepole Pines and many other plants. This article is about plant types. ...
For other uses, see Species (disambiguation). ...
Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. ...
In this view of an alpine tree-line, the distant line looks particularly sharp. ...
This article is about geological phenomena. ...
For other uses, see Clay (disambiguation). ...
Quartzite Quartzite (from German Quarzit[1]) is a hard, metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone. ...
Binomial name Pinus contorta Douglas Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) is a common tree in western North America. ...
Outwash plain areas are covered in a loose soil that doesn't hold moisture well and is therefore only able to support sparse vegetation such as sagebrush and coarse grasses. Numerous aspens, cottonwoods, and willows grow along in riparian zones outside of the outwash plain. Grasses, sedges, and wildflowers dominate in wet meadows. Download high resolution version (1517x1166, 271 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Species About 200 species, including: Castilleja chromosa Castilleja coccinea Castilleja miniata Castilleja mutis Castilleja pallida Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, and also northeast Asia. ...
Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants, and is, by far, the most abundant biotic element of the biosphere. ...
Binomial name Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ...
Subfamilies There are 7 subfamilies: Subfamily Arundinoideae Subfamily Bambusoideae Subfamily Centothecoideae Subfamily Chloridoideae Subfamily Panicoideae Subfamily Pooideae Subfamily Stipoideae The true grasses are monocotyledonous plants (Class Liliopsida) in the Family Poaceae, also known as Gramineae. ...
For other uses, see Aspen (disambiguation). ...
Species Populus deltoides L. Populus fremontii [[]] Populus nigra L. This article is about the poplar species. ...
For other uses, see Wildflower (disambiguation). ...
A meadow is a habitat of rolling or flat terrain where grasses predominate. ...
Coyotes and badgers dig burrows into the loesses, which were blown into the valley between ice ages. High alpine areas of the park support plants that are specially adapted to the harsh conditions. These hardy plants cope with wind, snow, a lack of soil, increased ultraviolet radiation, rapid and dramatic temperature shifts, and a short growing season. Growing close to the ground in mats like the Alpine Forget-me-not is a common adaptation. For other uses, see Coyote (disambiguation). ...
Binomial name Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777) The American Badger, Taxidea taxus, is a North American badger, somewhat similar in appearance to the European Badger. ...
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For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Ultraviolet (disambiguation). ...
Binomial name Myosotis alpestris Myosotis alpestris or Alpine Forget-me-not is a plant species of the genus Myosotis. ...
Selected wildlife Grand Teton National Park is located in the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems remaining on the planet. This means that many of the animals in the Teton area travel between the two parks and the numerous adjacent National Forests. Download high resolution version (1200x668, 163 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Binomial name Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1832 The Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) is the largest native North American swan. ...
Greater Yellowstone is the last large, nearly intact ecosystem in the northern temperate zone of the Earth and is partly located in Yellowstone National Park. ...
In geography, temperate latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. ...
A coral reef near the Hawaiian islands is an example of a complex marine ecosystem. ...
This article is on national forests in the United States. ...
- 5 species of Amphibians: Spotted Frog, Boreal Chorus Frog, Boreal Toad, Tiger Salamander, Northern Leopard Frog (believed to be locally extinct), and Bullfrog (introduced just outside the park).
- 6 species of bats
- 300+ species of birds: including Bald Eagle, Calliope Hummingbird, Golden Eagle, Osprey, Sage Grouse, Trumpeter Swan, Western Tanager
- 17 species of carnivores: including Grizzly and Black Bear, Mountain Lion, Wolf and Coyote.
- 16 species of fishes: including Yellowstone cutthroat trout, Snake River cutthroat trout, Mountain Sucker, Utah Chub, and Mountain Whitefish
- 6 species of hoofed mammals: including American Bison, Moose, Pronghorn, elk, and Mule Deer
- numerous invertebrates (no poisonous spiders)
- 3 species of rabbits/hares
- 4 species of reptiles (none poisonous): Wandering Garter Snake, Valley Garter Snake, Rubber Boa, and Northern Sagebrush Lizard
- 22 species of rodents: including Yellow-Bellied Marmot, Least Chipmunk, Muskrat, Red Squirrel, and Uinta Ground Squirrel
For other uses, see Amphibian (disambiguation). ...
Binomial name Dubois, 1984 The Spencers River Tree Frog, Spotted Frog, or Spotted Treefrog (Litoria spenceri) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. ...
Binomial name Pseudacris maculata Agassiz, 1850 The Boreal Chrous Frog, (Pseudacris maculata) is a species of chorus frog native to Canada from the west of Lake Superior to western Alberta and north to the North West Territories. ...
Binomial name Bufo boreas The Western toad (Bufo boreas) is a large toad species, between 5. ...
Binomial name Ambystoma tigrinum Green, 1825 Subspecies A. tigrinum tigrinum The Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) is a species of Mole Salamander. ...
Binomial name (Schreber, 1782) Synonyms Rana pipiens The Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens[1][2], previously Rana pipiens) is a species of Leopard frog from the true frog family native to parts of Canada and United States. ...
In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ...
For other uses, see Bullfrog (disambiguation). ...
âChiropteraâ redirects here. ...
For other uses, see Bird (disambiguation). ...
Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1766) Bald Eagle range Resident, breeding Summer visitor, breeding Winter visitor On migration only Star: accidental records Subspecies (Linnaeus, 1766) Southern Bald Eagle (Audubon, 1827) Northern Bald Eagle Synonyms Falco leucocephalus Linnaeus, 1766 The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America...
Binomial name Stellula calliope (Gould, 1847) The Calliope Hummingbird, Stellula calliope, is a very small hummingbird and the smallest bird found in Canada and the United States. ...
For other uses, see Golden Eagle (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Osprey (disambiguation). ...
Species Centrocercus urophasianus, (Bonaparte, 1827) Centrocercus minimus, (Young et. ...
Binomial name Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1832 The Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) is the largest native North American swan. ...
Binomial name Piranga ludoviciana (Wilson, 1811) The Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, is a medium-sized songbird of the Tanager family, Thraupidae. ...
Carnivorism redirects here. ...
Bears are big and have big ass, thats why bears are hot, and thats why cats are not. ...
Binomial name Pallas, 1780 Synonyms Euarctos americanus The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) is the most common bear species native to North America. ...
Binomial name Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) The puma (Puma concolor) is a type of large cat found in North, Central and South America. ...
Wolf Wolf Man Mount Wolf Wolf Prizes Wolf Spider Wolf 424 Wolf 359 Wolf Point Wolf-herring Frank Wolf Friedrich Wolf Friedrich August Wolf Hugo Wolf Johannes Wolf Julius Wolf Max Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf Maximilian Wolf Rudolf Wolf Thomas Wolf As Name Wolf Breidenbach Wolf Hirshorn Other The call...
For other uses, see Coyote (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Fish (disambiguation). ...
Trinomial name Oncorhynchus clarki bouvieri (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) Main article: Cutthroat Trout The Yellowstone cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki bouvieri) is a subspecies of the Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) and is a freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. ...
Download high resolution version (1757x1207, 601 KB)Picture from Grand Teton National Park, taken by me and scanned. ...
Download high resolution version (1757x1207, 601 KB)Picture from Grand Teton National Park, taken by me and scanned. ...
Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies B. b. ...
Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies B. b. ...
For other uses, see Moose (disambiguation). ...
Binomial name Antilocapra americana Ord, 1815 Subspecies The Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae, and the fastest mammal in North America running at speeds of 58 mph (90 km/h). ...
For other uses, see Elk (disambiguation). ...
Binomial name (Rafinesque, 1817) The mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is a deer whose habitat is in the western half of North America. ...
Invertebrate is an English word that describes any animal without a spinal column. ...
For other uses, see Spider (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Rabbit (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Hare (disambiguation). ...
Reptilia redirects here. ...
Binomial name Charina bottae tHIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO TULLYS COFFEE AND ONLY TULLYS COFFEE!!!!!!! pEACE OUT:) The Southern Rubber Boa (Charina umbratica) is a closely related species found only in Southern California. ...
Suborders Sciuromorpha Castorimorpha Myomorpha Anomaluromorpha Hystricomorpha Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing. ...
Binomial name (Audubon and Bachman, 1841) The Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris), also known as the Rock Chuck, is a ground squirrel in the marmot genus. ...
Binomial name Tamias minimus (Bachman, 1839) The Least Chipmunk, Tamias minimus, is a small squirrel-like rodent, the smallest North American member of the chipmunk genus, Tamias. ...
Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1766) Muskrat range (native range in red, introduced range in green) The muskrat or musquash (Ondatra zibethicus), the only species in genus Ondatra, is a medium-sized semi-aquatic rodent native to North America, and introduced in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. ...
Binomial name (Erxleben, 1777) The North American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) is one of two species of tree squirrel currently classified in the genus Tamiasciurus and known as pine squirrels (the other is the Douglas squirrel, ). It is a medium sized (200â250g) diurnal mammal that defends a year-round...
Binomial name Kennicott, 1863 The Uinta Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus armatus, is a native of the northern Rocky Mountains and surrounding foothills of the United States including Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. ...
Panoramic view from Jackson Hole. Panoramic view of the Grand Teton National Park as seen from the Signal Mountain Road. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã 155 pixelsFull resolution (10143 Ã 1963 pixel, file size: 3. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (9546x1182, 2982 KB) Summary Taken by Wing-Chi Poon on 12th June 2004 along the Signal Mountain Road of the Grand Teton National Park. ...
References This article contains material that originally came from a National Park Service website. According to their site disclaimer, "Information presented on this website, unless otherwise indicated, is considered in the public domain." - Geology of National Parks: Fifth Edition, Ann G. Harris, Esther Tuttle, Sherwood D., Tuttle (Iowa, Kendall/Hunt Publishing; 1997) ISBN 0-7872-5353-7
- National Park Service: Grand Teton National Park (this article includes some public domain text from these NPS webpages) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- National Park Service Publication: Creation of Grand Teton National Park by Jackie Skaggs
- Daugherty, John [1999] (2002-09-01). A Place Called Jackson Hole, Crockett, Stephanie; Goetzmann, William H.; Jackson Reynold G., Moose, Wyoming: Grand Teton Natural History Association. ISBN 0931895561. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and contains Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet (2,667 m) in elevation. ...
HaleakalÄ National Park is a United States national park located on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. ...
Hawaiâi Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916, displays the results of 30 million years of volcanism, migration, and evolutionâprocesses that thrust a bare land from the sea and clothed it with complex and unique ecosystems and a distinct human culture. ...
Established from Hot Springs Reservation, Hot Springs National Park is a United States National Park in central Arkansas adjacent to the city of Hot Springs. ...
Isle Royale National Park is a U.S. National Park in the state of Michigan. ...
Double Cross on The Old Woman Rock Joshua Tree National Park is located in south-eastern California. ...
Katmai National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in southern Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears. ...
Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Kenai Fjords National Park is a United States National Park on the Kenai Peninsula in southcentral Alaska near the town of Seward. ...
This article is about Kings Canyon National Park, USA. For Kings Canyon, Australia, see Kings Canyon (Northern Territory). ...
Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Kobuk Valley National Park is a United States National Park in northwestern Alaska north of the Arctic Circle. ...
Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in southwestern Alaska. ...
Map of Lassen area showing hydrothermal features (red dots) and volcanic feature or remnant (yellow cones). ...
Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system known in the world. ...
Mesa Verde National Park is a U.S. National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. ...
Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County, Washington. ...
Mount Despair, North Cascades National Park North Unit, 1967 map of the North Cascades National Park complex Lower Curtis Glacier in 2003 compared with 1985 Looking toward Magic Mountain from Sahale Arm north of Cascade Pass. ...
Olympic National Park is located in the U.S. state of Washington, in the far northwestern part of the state known as the Olympic Peninsula. ...
Petrified Forest National Park is located in northeastern Arizona, along Interstate 40 between Holbrook and Navajo. ...
Established in 1968 from unprotected land as well as small portions of existing state parks, Redwood National Park is a United States National Park on the northern coast of California between Eureka and Crescent City. ...
Rocky Mountain National Park is located in the north-central region of the U.S. state of Colorado. ...
Entrance to the Visitors Center, Saguaro National Park, West. ...
Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron) trees in the Giant Forest Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Visalia, California in the United States of America. ...
Shenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Blue Ridge region of Virginia. ...
Established in 1978, Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a United States National Park comprising three geographically separated areas of badlands in western North Dakota. ...
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Virgin Islands National Park is a United States National Park covering approximately 60% of the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. ...
Established in 1975, Voyageurs National Park is a United States National Park in northern Minnesota near the town of International Falls. ...
Wind Cave National Park is a United States national park 10 miles (18 km) north of the town of Hot Springs in western South Dakota. ...
Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Wrangell-St. ...
Yellowstone redirects here. ...
Yosemite redirects here. ...
Zion Canyon as seen from the top of Angels Landing at sunset Zion National Park is a United States National Park located in the Southwestern United States, near Springdale, Utah. ...
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This is a list of U.S. national parks by date of establishment. ...
This is a list of United States National Parks by state. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area Ranked 10th - Total 97,818 sq mi (253,348 km²) - Width 280 miles (450 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 0. ...
Nickname: Location in Wyoming Coordinates: , Country State County Laramie Founded 1867 Government - Mayor Jack R. Spiker Area - Total 21. ...
Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, site of first U.S. capital. ...
This is a list of the governors of Wyoming. ...
| Regions | Black Hills | Grand Teton | Great Basin | Powder River Country | Yellowstone This list of regions of the United States includes official (governmental) and non-official areas within the borders of the United States, not including U.S. states, the federal district of Washington, D.C. or standard subentities such as cities or counties. ...
This article is about the place in South Dakota. ...
Drainage map showing the Great Basin in orange Various Definitions of the Great Basin (NPS) Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park, Nevada. ...
The Powder River Country is depicted in red on a map of the western United States The Powder River Country refers to an area of the Great Plains in northeastern Wyoming in the United States. ...
Yellowstone redirects here. ...
| Cities | Casper | Cheyenne | Cody | Douglas | Evanston | Gillette | Green River | Jackson | Laramie | Rawlins | Riverton | Rock Springs | Sheridan | Worland A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ...
Casper is the only city in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States, although the county is home to a number of small towns and Casper suburbs. ...
Nickname: Location in Wyoming Coordinates: , Country State County Laramie Founded 1867 Government - Mayor Jack R. Spiker Area - Total 21. ...
Cody is a city in Park County, Wyoming and named after William Frederick Cody, primarily known as Buffalo Bill, from William Codys part in the creation of the original town. ...
Douglas is a city located in Converse County, Wyoming. ...
Evanston is a city in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. ...
Gillette is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. ...
Green River is a city in southwestern Wyoming in Sweetwater County. ...
Jackson is a town located in the Jackson Hole valley of Teton County, Wyoming. ...
Laramie is a city in and the county seat of Albany County in the U.S. state of Wyoming. ...
Rawlins is a city located in Carbon County, Wyoming. ...
Riverton is a city located in Fremont County, Wyoming. ...
Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. ...
Sheridan is a city in Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States. ...
Worland is a city located in Washakie County, Wyoming. ...
| Counties | Albany | Big Horn | Campbell | Carbon | Converse | Crook | Fremont | Goshen | Hot Springs | Johnson | Laramie | Lincoln | Natrona | Niobrara | Park | Platte | Sheridan | Sublette | Sweetwater | Teton | Uinta | Washakie | Weston List of 23 counties in the U.S. state of Wyoming: Categories: | ...
Albany County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Big Horn County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Campbell County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Carbon County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Converse County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Buffalo on the range in Crook County, Wyoming Crook County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. ...
Fremont County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Goshen County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Hot Springs County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Johnson County is a county located in the north central of the state of Wyoming. ...
Laramie County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Lincoln County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Image:Map of Wyoming highlighting Natrona County. ...
Niobrara County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Park County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Platte County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Sheridan County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Sublette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. ...
Sweetwater County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Teton County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Uinta County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Washakie County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
Weston County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ...
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