SENSITIVE 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: ELYMUS FLAVESCENS Scribn. & Smith 



COMMON NAME: Yellow wildrye, sand wi Idrye 



FAMILY: Poaceae (Grass Family) 



MONTANA STATUS: Sensitive 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G4/S1 



USFWS STATUS: None 



USFS STATUS: None 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: UA and OR, east to s. ID and sw. 



MT. Peripheral. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Beaverhead 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: BLM, Butte District; private 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Centennial Valley 

 HABITAT: Open soil of sandhills and dunes in the 



valley and foothill zones, ca. 2010 m (6,600 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in July 

 COMMENTS: There is only one small population of this 



species known in Montana. 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: ERIGERON EATONII Gray 



COMMON NAME: Eaton's daisy 



FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) 



MONTANA STATUS: Sensitive 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G4/S1 



USFWS STATUS: None 



USFS STATUS: Watch list 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Sw. MT, WY, s. ID, and 

 southward. Peripheral. 



MONTANA COUNTIES: Sweet Grass 



LAND OWNERSHIP: Gallatin N.F. 



PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Absaroka Mtns. 



HABITAT: Open places in the mountains and foothills, 

 up to ca. 2690 m (8,825 ft.) 



PHENOLOGY: Flowering in July and August 



COMMENTS: In Montana, this species has been collected 

 only in Sweet Grass County (the label on the 

 specimen gives Stillwater County in the locational 

 information). Our plants are ssp. eatoni i . 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: ELYMUS INNOVATUS Seal 



COMMON NAME: Northern wild- rye, fuzzyspike wildrye 



FAMILY: Poaceae (Grass Family) 



MONTANA STATUS: Sensitive 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G4/S1 



USFWS STATUS: None 



USFS STATUS: None 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: AK to B.C., e. to Alberta and s. 



to MT, WY, and SD. Peripheral. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Cascade, Glacier 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Glacier National Park, Lewis & Clark 



N.F. 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Lewis Range, Little Belt 



Mtns. 

 HABITAT: Sandy meadows, riparian areas, and rocky 



hillsides, to open lodgepole or spruce forest, 



ca. 1400 m (4,600 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in June-July 

 COMMENTS: This species was also collected on the N. 



Fork Sims River by R.S. Williams in 1887 (Hitchcock 



et al., 1969). 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: ERIGERON EVERNANNII Rydb. 



COMMON NAME: Evermann's fleabane 



FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) 



MONTANA STATUS: Sensitive 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G4/S1 



USFWS STATUS: None. 



USFS STATUS: Sensitive 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Central ID to sw. MT. Regional 



endem i c . 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Ravalli 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Bitterroot N.F. 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Bitterroot Mtns. 

 HABITAT: Shifting talus slopes and dry, rocky meadows 



in the high mountains, 2620-3050 m 



(8,600-10,000 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in July and August 

 COMMENTS: A regional endemic species in a large, 



taxonomical ly complex genus. Currently known from 



two sites in Montana. 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: ERIGERON ASPERUGINEUS (Eat.) Gray 



COMMON NAME: Rough fleabane 



FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) 



MONTANA STATUS: Sensitive 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G4/S1 



USFWS STATUS: None 



USFS STATUS: Sensitive 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Central K 



Regional endemic. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Beaverhead 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Beaverhead N.F. 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Lima Peaks 



Beaverhead Mtns. 

 HABITAT: Open soil or scree in the alpine zone, 



2700-3050 m (8,800-10,000 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in July 

 COMMENTS: This species can be similar in appearance 



to E^ caespitosus . 



NV, and sw. MT. 



the 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: ERIGERON FLAGELLARIS Gray 



COMMON NAME: Trailing fleabane, running fleabane 



FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family) 



MONTANA STATUS: Sensitive 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G5/S1 



USFWS STATUS: None 



USFS STATUS: Sensitive 



STATUS IN OTHER STATES: Rare in Alta., rare in B.C. 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: WY to NV, south to TX and AZ, 



also in nw. MT, s. B.C. and Alta. Disjunct. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Lewis & Clark 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Lewis & Clark N.F., private 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Front Range 

 HABITAT: Open soil in meadows and open forest in the 

 montane zone, ca. 1525 m (5,000 ft.) 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in late June through August 

 COMMENTS: This species tends to be weedy in the main 

 part of its range, and it may be adventive in 

 Montana. The only known Montana population may be 

 threatened by oil and gas exploration and 

 development. 



