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DISCUSSION 



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Seven rare plant species are recommended for consideration as watch 

 species by BLM in the study area. They include species of the Great 

 Basin at their northern limits, Great Plains species at their 

 northwestern limits as well as regional endemics, and widely-scattered 

 aquatic species. 



Scientific neune 



Conunon neune 



Affinity 



Astragalus qeyeri 

 Bacopa rotundifolia 

 Elatine americana 

 Eustoma qrandiflorum 

 Phacelia thermalis 

 Phlox andicola 

 Solidaqo sparsif lora 



Geyer's milkvetch 

 Roundleaf water-hyssop 

 American waterwort 

 Tulip qentian 

 Hot spring phacelia 

 Moss phlox 

 Few-flowered goldenrod 



Great Basin 

 Great Plains? 

 Eastern decid 

 Great Plains 

 Great Basin 

 Great Plains 

 Great Plains 



While they may be in the two-county area, most are unlikely to have 

 potential habitat on BLM-administered lands. Potential habitat for 

 few-flowered goldenrod ( Solidaqo sparsif lora ) seems the the most 

 likely to overlap with BLM lands along rocky ridges and open woodlands 

 as found above the Mussellshell and Missouri Rivers. Survey for this 

 species was preliminary at best because fieldwork was curtailed before 

 this species began flowering during the exceptionally late 1993 field 

 season. 



This is a significant start but very incomplete in documenting the 

 plant species and habitat diversity of the study area. 



