Editing Mount Elbert (section)

==Flora and fauna==
[[File:Platanthera hyperborea - Flickr 004.jpg|thumb|left|upright|''[[Platanthera hyperborea]]'']]
The summit of Mount Elbert is an [[alpine tundra|alpine environment]], featuring plants such as ''[[Phacelia sericea]]'' (sky-pilot), ''[[Hymenoxys|Hymenoxys grandiflora]]'' (old-man-of-the-mountain), and ''[[Geum rossii]]'' (alpine avens).{{Sfn|Enright|2009|p=12}} Also noted are ''[[Carex|Carex atrata]]'' var. ''pullata'', ''[[Salix|Salix desertorum]]'', ''[[Platanthera hyperborea]]'', ''[[Thalictrum fendleri]]'', ''[[Aquilegia canadensis]]'', ''[[Chenopodium album]]'', ''[[Gentiana|Gentiana detonsa]]'' var. ''hallii'', and ''[[Ericameria parryi|Bigelovia parryi]]''.{{Sfn|Porter|Coulter|1874|pp=2, 4, 64, 83, 111, 116, 128, 132–}} Below [[treeline]] the mountain is heavily forested, with the lower slopes covered with a mixture of [[lodgepole pine]], [[spruce]], [[aspen]], and [[fir]].{{Sfn|Holmes|1990}}

Some of the fauna reported on the climb to the summit include [[American black bear|black bears]], [[marmot]]s, [[mule deer]], [[pika]]s, and [[pocket gopher]]s; there are also many species of [[birds]].{{Sfn|Holmes|1990|p=189}} [[Elk]], [[grouse]], [[turkey (bird)|turkey]], and [[bighorn sheep]] are present in the area during the summer.{{Sfn|Holmes|1990}} Grizzly bears are extirpated.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schwartz |first1=C. C. |last2=Miller |first2=S. D. |last3=Haroldson |first3=M. A. |year=2003 <!--|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xQalfqP7BcC&q=%22grizzly%20bear%22 -->|chapter-url=http://www.gsseser.com/RMAteachers/Grizzly_Chapter.pdf |chapter=Grizzly bear |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107002629/http://www.gsseser.com/RMAteachers/Grizzly_Chapter.pdf |archive-date=7 January 2014 |pages=556–586 |editor-first1=G. A. |editor-last1=Feldhamer |editor-first2=B. C. |editor-last2=Thompson |editor-first3=J. A. |editor-last3=Chapman |title=Wild Mammals of North America: Biology, Management, and Conservation |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]] |location=Baltimore, Maryland}}</ref>
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