Doualasia montana (Rocky Mountain douglasia) 



Eriaeron compositus (cut-leaved daisy) 



Erioaonum flavum (yellow buckwheat) 



Erioaonum ovalifolium (oval-leaved eriogonum) 



Festuca idahoensis (Idaho fescue) 



Festuca scabrella (rough fescue) 



Geum triflorum (old man's whiskers) 



Gilia spicata (spicate gilia) 



T,esauerella pavsonii (Payson's bladderpod) 



Lewisia rediviva (bitterroot) 



Linuin perenne (blue flax) 



Lomatium cous (Cous biscuit-root) 



Microseris niarescens (black-hairy microseris) 



Oxvtropis sericea (silky crazyweed) 



Penstemon eriantherus (fuzzytongue penstemon) 



Penstemon procerus (small-flowered penstemon) 



Phlox pulvinata (cushion phlox) 



Poa secunda (Sandberg's bluegrass) 



Polygonum bistortoides (American bistort) 



Potentilla diversifolia (diverse-leaved 



cinguefoil) 



Sedum stenopetalum (wormleaf stonecrop) 



Selaainella densa (compact selaginella) 



Senecio canus (wooly groundsel) 



Townsendia parrvi (Parry's townsendia) 



TOPOGRAPHY: Phlox kelsevi var. missoulensis 

 occurs over a wide altitudinal range, 

 predominantly from 3600-6900 feet (1090-2100 m) in 

 elevation, with the highest site at 7540 feet 

 (2290 m) . It occurs commonly on slopes and ridge 

 crests, with various aspects. 



SOIL RELATIONSHIPS: The soils under Phlox kelseyi 

 var. missoulensis populations are developed on a 

 wide variety of parent materials. Several 

 populations (Emerine Gulch (001) and Kings Hill 

 (006)) occur in calcareous soils. Site-specific 

 soil information is not available for each known 

 location. However, the sites are usually rocky or 

 gravelly, and moist to dry, with weakly developed 

 soils, probably Entisols in most cases. 



REGIONAL CLIMATE: The regional climate within the 

 range of Phlox kelsevi var. missoulensis in 

 western and central Montana is characterized by 

 hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters. The 

 precipitation peak is generally as rain in May and 

 June (U.S. Department of Commerce 1982). 



The climatic station closest to the central 

 Montana sites is at Stanford, which at 4710 feet 



