Jeff Foott / Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax) flowering, Mount Reynolds, Glacier National Park, Montana

Jack Dykinga / Flowering Beargrass {Xerophyllum tenax} with Reynolds Creek and Reynolds Mountains in the background, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Jack Dykinga / Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) in flower, Aterton Lakes National Park, Canada

Jeff Foott / Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax) flowering, Mount Reynolds, Glacier National Park, Montana

Jeff Foott / Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax) flowering, Mount Reynolds, Glacier National Park, Montana

Jeff Foott / Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax) flowering, Mount Reynolds, Glacier National Park, Montana

Sumio Harada / Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) and Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax) two months after fire, Glacier National Park, Montana

Sumio Harada / Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax) roots re-growing two months after fire, Glacier National Park, Montana

Sumio Harada / Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax) roots re-growing two months after fire, Glacier National Park, Montana

Sumio Harada / Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax) roots re-growing two months after fire, Glacier National Park, Montana

John Abbott / Landscape with Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax) Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, USA, July.

Steven Kazlowski / Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) flowering in early summer, Gunsight Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.