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In spring, Cow Parsnip often line the roadsides near Steptoe Butte in Washington State's Palouse Hills. Steptoe Butte stands tall above the Palouse in Washington State. Steptoe Butte is a quartzite island jutting up from sediment left by the ice age Missoula flood that formed the Palouse.
Douglas H. Orton
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