Tall Forb Community of the Intermountain West
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Bee Pastures in the Sky
The highlands of the interior West include Wyoming's lofty mountain ranges and Utah's high plateau country. Mountain brush communities, stands of aspens, forests of Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir, subalpine parks and tablelands, and a wildflower-filled panorama welcomes you, the “tall forb community”.
“Other experiences seemed but to have prepared me for this, as souls are prepared for heaven. To describe the colors on a single mountain would, if it were possible at all, require many a volume — purples, and yellows, and delicious pearly grays divinely toned and interblended…”
~ John Muir, Steep Trails 1918
What is the Tall Forb Community?
The land and plants that comprise the community
Paradise Lost
The impacts of settlement
Beginnings of Rangeland Science
A birthplace of modern rangeland science
Paradise Reclaimed
Conservation and where to see and experience the Tall Forb Community
Photo Gallery
Enjoy some of the wildflowers of the tall forb communities
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