Pastinaca sativa  (common parsnip)

© Virginia Skilton (Photo ID #13982)

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Photo Location	Fort Steele
Photographer	Virginia Skilton
Habitat	railroad balast
Photo Date	June 30, 2008
Upload Date	July 21, 2008
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Photo ID #	13982
Comments	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.