small populations on the Line Creek Plateau. Its habitat is 

 fragile and easily disturbed. 



KOBRESIA MACROCARPA Clokey (Large-f ruited kobresia) [G5/S1] 



Geographic Range : Circumpolar, south in western North America 



and disjunct in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana and Wyoming 



and in Colorado. 



Habitat : Wet, boggy soil of seeps and stream terraces, often on 



hummocks . 



Occurrence : In the Northern Rocky Mountains this species is 



known only from on or near the Line Creek Plateau in the 



Beartooth Mountains. Two small populations are currently known. 



The habitat of this species is fragile and easily disturbed. 



KOENIGIA ISLANDICA L. (Koenigia) [G4/S2] 



Geographic Range : Circumboreal , south in western North America 

 to disjunct locations in Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. 

 Habitat : Saturated gravelly soil of seeps and other wet areas. 

 Occurrence : In the Northern Rocky Mountains this species is 

 known only from the Beartooth and Wind River ranges. It is 

 locally common throughout the Beartooth Mountains; however, there 

 is only one location for it on the Line Creek Plateau. The 

 habitat of this species is fragile and easily disturbed. 



PHIPPSIA ALGIDA (Phipps) R. Br. (Ice grass) [G5/S2] 

 Geographic Range : Circumpolar; disjunct in the Beartooth 

 Mountains of Montana and Wyoming and in Colorado. 

 Habitat : Wet gravel of seep areas above timberline 

 Occurrence : Although this arctic species is widely disjunct, it 

 is locally common throughout the Beartooth Mountains. There is 

 one known location on the Line Creek Plateau. The habitat of 

 this species is fragile and easily disturbed. 



SALIX BARRATTIANA Hook. (Barratt's willow) [G5/S1] 

 Geographic Range : Alaska and Yukon and Northwest Territories 

 south to British Columbia and Alberta and Glacier National Park, 

 Montana and disjunct in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana and 

 Wyoming. 



Habitat : Cold, moist soil near or above timberline. 

 Occurrence : This species is known from only two locations in 

 Montana. The one site on the Line Creek Plateau is the only 

 known location in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana. It 

 consists of one male clone ca . 100 m 2 on the Wyoming border. The 

 habitat of this species is fragile and easily disturbed. 



SELAGINELLA WATSONII Dnderw. (Watson's selaginella) [G4G5/S2] 



Geographic Range : Northeastern Oregon and south-central Montana 

 south to Utah, Nevada and California. 



Habitat : Rock crevices and rocky tundra above timberline 

 (Montana) . 



