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Using wildflowers to predict the future
climate changeRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteGothic ValleyGunnison ValleyGunnison CountyGothicaspenelkFrasera speciosawildflowers
Summary
As fall crept closer, clouds shrouded David Inouye’s wooden cabin, hidden on a hill above Gothic. The aspen trees had begun their annual transition, painting the vegetation underneath the mountain’s cliff bands brilliant shades of amber. With a hard squint, one could imagine snow on its peak. It wou
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