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English: Photograph by the Public Lands Institute. Site: Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. Managed by National Park Service. Geological age: ~340 million years ago (limestone bedrock); cave passages formed over last 10 million years. (Mississippian period; St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve limestone formations; karst dissolution ongoing since Pliocene.). Hydrology: Green River and Nolin River. Indigenous territories: Shawnee (Shawanwaki) · Cherokee · Chickasaw · Osage; cave known to indigenous peoples 4,000+ years; mummified remains recovered from deep passages; forced removal from Kentucky by early 19th century.. Notable species observed: White-tailed Deer, woodland stonecrop, Christmas fern, Virginia saxifrage, northern maidenhair fern. |
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| Author | Public Lands Institute |
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| current | 14:52, 29 April 2026 |  | 11,648 × 8,736 (111.06 MB) | Pli-tate | Public Lands Institute CC0 photograph — Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky |
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