14 



Berberis repens (Creeping oregongrape) 

 Chrysopsis vil losa (Hairy goldenaster ) 

 Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Common rabbit-brush) 

 Chrysothamnus viscidif lorus (Green rabbit-brush) 

 Cirsium undulatum (Wavyleaf thistle) 

 Cymopterus terebinthinus (Turpentine cymopterus) 

 Doug 1 as i a montana (Rocky Mountain douglasia) 

 Erigeron compositus (Cut-leaved daisy) 

 Erioqonum ovalifoljum (Oval-leaved buckwheat) 

 Eritrichium nanum (Pale alpine "forget-Me-Not ) 

 Festuca scabrella (Rough fescue) 

 Junjperus communis (Common juniper) 

 Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountain juniper) 

 Koeleria macrantha (Prairie junegrass) 

 Lesquerel la alpina (Alpine bladderpod) 

 Linum perenne (Blue -flax) 



Lomatium dissectum (Fern-leaved lomatium) 

 M entzelia albicaulis (White-stemmed mentzelia) 

 Oryzopsis hymenoides (Indian ricegrass) 

 Penstemon albertinus (Alberta penstemon) 

 Penstemon attenuatus (Sulphur penstemon) 

 Penstemon eriantherus (Fuzzytongue penstemon) 

 Phacelia hastata (Silverleaf phacelia) 

 Phacelia linearis (Threadleaf phacelia) 

 Phacelia sericea (Silky phacelia) 

 Physaria didymocarpa (Common twinpod) 

 Potentilla fruticosa (Shrubby cinquefoil) 

 Potentilla qlandulosa (Sticky cinquefoil) 

 Purshia tridentata (Antelope-brush) 

 Rhus trilobata (Skunk-bush sumac) 

 Rosa sayi (Prickly rose) 

 Senecio canus (Woolly groundsel) 

 Townsendia parryi (Parry's townsendia) 



The shale barren communities with which 

 approximately half of the L. klausii sites are 

 associated support unusual plant assemblages which 

 are not commonly encountered in Montana. 

 Additionally, several of the higher elevation 

 sites (Telephone Gulch (005), Rogers Pass East 

 (022), Red Mountain (023)) contain interesting 

 examples of unusual windblown cushion plant 

 communities. 



2. TOPOGRAPHY: Populations of L. klausii are most 

 often found on steep, south-facing slopes, with 

 portions of some populations occurring on east, 

 northwest, or west exposures, or partially in 

 level areas. The slopes usually range from 

 approximately 10 to ^5X. 



The sites range from 1220 m. (^000 ft.) to 2165 m. 

 (7100 ft.) in elevation; this span is relatively 

 wide for a species which has a small geographic 



