70 



respect to stem vestiture are present, and 

 are characterized by sparsely glandular 

 and/or villous stems. A study of 100 plants 

 at the Holland Lake site revealed the 

 following ratio: 



Stems glabrous: 25/100 



Stems sparsely glandular-hairy: ^+9/100 

 Stems glandular, long-vi 1 1 ous : 26/100 



The other three sites are all smaller in 

 size, with one-few plants possessing 

 intermediate features; these three locations 

 are on the edges of the known range of G. 

 howe 1 1 i i in Montana. To the east and 

 southeast in Powell and Lewis & Clark 

 counties, only G. squar r osa has been found. 



2. Artificially induced: None known. 



3. Potential in cultivation: Unknown, probably 

 good . 



E. Other factors of population ecology: None known. 



Current land ownership and management responsibility. 



A. General nature of ownership: United States 

 Government, State of Montana, and private. 



B. Specific landowners: 



1. U.S. Forest Service 

 Region 1, Federal Building 

 P.O. Box 7669 



Missoula, MT 59S07 



2. Department of State Lands 

 1625 11th Avenue 

 Helena, MT 59620 



3. Champion International Corporation 

 P.O. Box 8 



Milltown, MT 59851 



^ . Burlington Northern 



36 N. Last Chance Gulch 

 Helena, MT 59601 



5. Many individual, private landowners. 



C. Management responsibility. 



1. U.S.F.S.: Flathead National Forest, Lolo 



National Forest (Montana); St. Joe National 



