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For deer and elk those pods are important
throughout the summer, found scattered
through mountain meadows to sagebrush
steppe.
Where: Moist slopes and meadows throughout
the state.
When: May to July.
Helpful identification tips: Hairy foliage
and stems, reddish purple flowers with three
on each terminal cluster. Generally 4 to 12
inches tall.
Indian paintbrush
Castilleja linariifolia
Few wildflowers are as ubiquitous to
Wyoming and the West as Indian paintbrush.
The Wyoming Indian paintbrush is the state
flower, and artistic renditions of the flower's
shape and striking colors grace walls, coffee
mugs and everything in between.
Wyoming has more than a dozen species of
wild paintbrush ranging from the Wyoming
Indian paintbrush that tends to grow in
and among sagebrush and the snow Indian
paintbrush that grows in wet, high-mountain
meadows. All of them are important to big
game as one more offering in a landscape of
munchies. The ones in sagebrush are likely
most critical to sage grouse, Randall said.
Sage grouse chicks survive for the first few
Tiny hairs on prairie smoke flowers keep it more insulated from spring snows and frosts. (Photo by Kathy Lichtendahl)
weeks of their lives exclusively on insects found
among sagebrush and associated plants, said
Lusha Tronstad, lead invertebrate zoologist
with the Natural Diversity Database. Those
insects are thriving among the greenery of
plants like Indian paintbrush.
Where: Dry slopes in central and western
Wyoming.
When: July and August.
Helpful identification tips: Grows up to 2
feet tall with narrow leaves up to 3 inches long
and leafy, red bracts with small, yellow flowers
poking out.
Parry's clover
Trifolium parryi
Food plots scattering the country's
Midwest and South are often filled with
clover because deer love it. But as much as
deer and elk will feed on domestic clover,
they also seek wild clover species like Parry's
clover, Randall said.
Wyoming has eight native and six
This deer found a nice patch of paintbrush to eat. There are more than a dozen species of paintbrush in Wyoming. The
Wyoming Indian paintbrush is the state flower. (Photo by Daniel Lindhardt)
introduced species of clover, ranging from
little white flower heads to rich magenta ones.
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