1991) , in the ecotone between Picea 

 enqelmannii/Pseudotsuga menziesii (Engelmann 

 spruce/Douglas fir) forest and Festuca 

 scabrella/Poa pratensis (rough fescue/common 

 timothy) meadows. Moss cover was often high. 

 Species present included, Hylocomium splendens 

 Pleurozium schreberi . Drepanocladus uncinatus , 

 Timmia austriaca , and Thuidium abietinum . 



Other associated species include: 



Abies lasiocarpa (subalpine fir) 

 Picea enqelmannii (Engelmann spruce) 

 Pinus contorta (lodgepole pine) 

 Pinus ponderosa (ponderosa pine 

 Pseudotsuqa menziesii (Douglas fir) 



Acer qlabrum (Rocky Mountain maple) 

 Antennaria racemosa (raceme pussytoes) 

 Arctostaphylos uva - ursi (kinnikinnick) 

 Arnica cordifolia (heart-leaf arnica) 

 Aster conspicuus (showy aster) 

 Athyrium f ilix-femina (lady-fern) 

 Calamaqrostis rubescens (pinegrass) 

 Calypso bulbosa (fairy-slipper) 

 Clematis columbiana (Columbia clematis) 

 Cypripedium montanum (mountain lady ' s-slipper) 

 Festuca idahoensis (Idaho fescue) 

 Festuca scabrella (rough fescue) 

 Fraqaria virqiniana (Virginia strawberry) 

 Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) 

 Galium trif lorum (sweetscented bedstraw) 

 Geranium richardsonii (white geranium) 

 Goodyera repens (northern rattlesnake-plantain) 

 Habenaria viridis (frog orchis) 

 Juniperus communis (common juniper) 

 Linnaea borealis (twinflower) 

 Phleum pratense (common timothy) 

 Poa pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass) 

 Potentilla f ruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil) 

 Pyrola secunda (one-sided wintergreen) 

 Ribes lacustre (swamp currant) 

 Schizachne purpurascens (false melic) 

 Shepherdia canadensis (Canada buf f aloberry) 

 Smilacina stellata (starry Solomon-plume) 

 Spiraea betulifolia (shiny-leaf spiraea) 

 Thalictrum occidentale (western meadowrue) 

 Viola canadensis (Canada violet) 



2. TOPOGRAPHY: In Montana, A. brevistyla is known to 

 occur in the Little Belt Mountains, in the Judith 



