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Fireweed
Photo: Fireweed blooms on the tundra near a lake
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Some 400 wildflower species live in the tundra. In summer they provide unexpected explosions of color, like this fireweed grove near a roadside in Denali, Alaska.
Photograph by Rich Reid

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