Category 3C (3C) - "Taxa that have proven to be more abundant or 

 widespread than previously believed and/or those that are not subject to 

 any identifiable threat." The following 19 plant taxa occurring in 

 Montana are currently included in Category 3C (* indicates occurrences 

 are no longer being tracked by the Montana Natural Heritage Program) : 



Aqastache cusickii 

 * Aquileqia jonesii 



Astraqalus ceramicus var. a pus 



Cardamine rupicola 



Carex idahoa (= C^ parryana ssp. idahoa) 

 * Draba daviesiae 



Cypripedium f asciculatum 



Eriqeron allocotus 



Haplopappus aberrans 



Lesquerella carinata 



Penstemon caryi 



Phippsia alqida 



Phlox kelseyi var. missoulensis 



Polystichum kruckeberqii 



Saussurea weberi 



Sullivantia hapemanii 



Synthyris canbyi 



Townsendia spathulata 



Waldsteinia idahoensis 



U.S. FOREST SERVICE STATUS 



Region One of the U. S. Forest Service has placed certain plant taxa 

 into sensitive and watch categories. These categories are defined as follows: 



SENSITIVE: a plant species, or recognized subspecies or variety, for 

 which the Regional Forester has determined there is a concern for 

 population viability, within a state, as evidenced by significant 

 current or predicted downward trend in populations or habitat. All 

 sensitive plant taxa are known to occur on National Forest land. This 

 category may include federal candidates (01, 02, 30), or plant species 

 proposed for listing as threatened or endangered in the Federal 

 Register. 



WATCH: a plant species, or recognized subspecies or variety, that: (1) 

 is not known to occur on National Forest land, but is predicted to occur 

 on the basis of suitable habitat, and for which there is concern for 

 population viability, within a state, as evidenced by significant 

 current or predicted downward trend in populations or habitat. These 

 taxa, if found on National Forest land, would be designated as 

 sensitive. This group may include federal candidates (Ol, 02, 30); OR 

 (2) is known to occur on Forest Service land, but has no immediate or 

 predicted threats to population viability. These taxa are important to 

 monitor in the overall biological diversity program because of limited 

 distribution or federal status. Included in this category could be taxa 

 endemic to a given state, or federal candidate species for which there 

 is now evidence that populations are more widespread than previously 

 thought and are considered secure. 



STATUS IN OTHER STATES OR PROVINCES 



The status of listed species in adjacent states or Canadian provinces is 

 provided, according to the following authorities: Alberta (Packer and Bradley 

 1984), British Columbia (Straley et al. 1985), Idaho (Moseley and Groves 



