108 REED: MEADOW VEGETATION IN NORTHERN COLORADO 
MEADOW PLANTS FOUND IN THE FOREST AND ALONG ROADSIDES 
Comparison with a paper by Miss Mary Esther Elder (5) 
shows that the following plants here listed as meadow plants are 
also found in Boulder Park along roadsides: Phleum pratense, 
Koeleria cristata, Poa pratensis, Festuca rubra, Juncus balticus 
montanus, Bursa Bursa-pastoris, Potentilla monspeliensis, Fra- 
garia glauca, Trifolium pratense, Trifolium repens, Aragallus 
deflexus, Chamaenerion angustifolium, Collomia linearis, Chrysopsis 
villosa, Solidago concinna, Achillea lanulosa, Artemisia Forwoodt1, 
Artemisia gnaphaloides, Taraxacum Taraxacum. 
Comparison with a paper by Miss Katharine Bruderlin (6) 
shows that the following plants here listed as meadow plants are 
also found in the Lodgepole Pine forest: Avenaria Fendleri, 
Cerastium occidentale, Draba streptocarpa, Erysimum Wheelert, 
Sedum stenopetalum, Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla pulcherrima, 
Sieversia ciliata, Aragallus Lamberti, Aragallus Richardsonit, 
Thermopsis divaricarpa, Tium alpinum, Chamaenerion angusti- 
folium, Amerella plebeja, Castilleia sulphurea, Orthocarpus luteus, 
Penstemon procerus, Galium boreale, Campanula petiolata, Achillea 
lanulosa, Antennaria anaphaloides, Antennaria microphylla, An- 
tennaria rosea, Carduus americana, Erigeron macranthus, Erigeron 
eximius, Agoseris purpurea. 
SUMMARY 
The foregoing is a report of a study of the meadows of a high 
mountain park at Tolland, Colorado, made during two summer 
seasons. Descriptions of seven societies are given. Societies 
of the lower montane region are also indicated and the chief 
characteristics of the subalpine meadows briefly discussed. A 
list of the meadow plants of Boulder Park with their frequency 
and soil moisture index is given. 
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS, 
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 
