potential of occurrence for four of the-, (J. Stephen Shelly, pers. 

 comm. ) . The seven candidates are: 



Care^ parr yana spp. idahoa (" £«. idahoa") and Erigeron gracil is 

 have both been recorded in the vicinity of Humbug, Spires. The 

 former was considered for listing but rejected by Lesica et al . 

 (1984). Dorn (1984) gives distribution of Carey, parryana as 

 moist areas in the west and north-central floristic region of 

 Montana. Hitchcock and Cronquist (1573) give its distribution as 

 meadows and moist, low ground in the plains and foothills, 

 chiefly east of the Continental Divide. Eri gero n gracil is is 

 listed by Lesica et al . (1984) as occurring in meadows and open 

 slopes at mid- to high elevations in the Absaroka Mountains in 

 Park County; it is a regional endemic. Dorn (1964) lists L. 

 gracil is for hills and slopes of southwestern and south-central 

 Montana. Neither species has been recorded for the Beal Project 

 area. 



Castil lei a exil is , an annual paintbrush, is known from an old, 

 imprecise record in the general vicinity of Warm Springs. Dorn 

 (1964) has records for Silver Bow end Gallatin counties, and 

 describes habitat as "often alkaline or marly meadows end 

 marshes". Lesica et al . (1984) did not consider the species for 

 listing. Hitchcock and Cronquist (1973) describe CL. exil is as 

 occurring in saline marshes in the valleys; it is widespread in 

 the western U.S., east of the Cascades from southern Canada to 



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