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Pastinaca sativa  (common parsnip)

Photo of Pastinaca sativa by Virginia Skilton
© Virginia Skilton (Photo ID #13981)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location Fort Steele Photographer Virginia Skilton
Habitat railroad balast  
Photo Date June 30, 2008 Upload Date July 21, 2008
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UTM Northing Photo ID # 13981
Notes These plants were growing in profusion at the edge of the balast for railroad tracks that go through Bummer Flats, a wetland between Fort Steele and Wasa Lake in the S. Rocky Mtn. Trench. Roots smell strongly of parsnip.

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