TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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I. INTRODUCTION 1 



II. STUDY METHODS 1 



III. STUDY AREA 3 



IV. RESULTS 10 



SPECIES INFORMATION 



A. Claytonia lanceolata var. flava 13 



B. Halimolobos virgata 17 



C. Ranunculus cardiophyllus 26 



D. Ranunculus pedatifidus 35 



IV. DISCUSSION 42 



V. LITERATURE CITED 43 



APPENDIX 



Appendix 1. Travel routes 



f.ppendix 2 . Element occurrence record printouts 

 and location maps 



Appendix 3. Preliminary flora of the Sweetgrass Hills 



