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Idaho, United States: places and wildlife — page 4

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Wyoming Indian Paintbrush

Wyoming Indian Paintbrush

The brilliant color belongs mostly to bracts, while the true flowers are smaller and tucked among them.

Western Redcedar

Western Redcedar

Western Redcedar is a very large conifer with fibrous reddish bark, drooping leader, and flattened sprays of scale leaves and is most meaningfully sought in moist forests, river terraces, wetlands, and shaded slopes across the Pacific Northwest.

Brook Trout

Brook Trout

Follow this jewel-colored char from shaded headwaters to Adirondack ponds, where water quality shapes its future.

Common Snapping Turtle

Common Snapping Turtle

A rugged freshwater turtle is easiest to notice when it leaves the water to nest, not while it lies hidden below.

Nine-spotted Lady Beetle

Nine-spotted Lady Beetle

New York's state insect once seemed ordinary; finding its precise pattern now demands care and a little luck.