POSSIBLY EXTIRPATED 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: AMORPHA CANESCENS Pursh 



COMMON NAME: Lead plant 



FAMILY: Fabaceae (Pea Family) 



MONTANA STATUS: Possibly extirpated 



GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G5/SX 



USFWS STATUS: None 



USFS STATUS: None 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Great Plains, IN to TX, west to 



Man., UY, and NM. Peripheral. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Carter 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Custer N.F.; BLM, Miles City 



DistrictC?); private(?) 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Northern Great Plains, 



Little Missouri River drainage 

 HABITAT: Grasslands and open woodlands on the plains 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in late June and early July 

 COMMENTS: Recent attempts to relocate the Carter Co. 



population have failed. There is a 60 year-old 



collection fron Custer N.F., but there is no 



location information. 



SCIENTIFIC NAME: CEANOTHUS HERBACEUS Raf . 



COMMON NAME: New Jersey tea 



FAMILY: Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn Family) 



PERTINENT SYNONYMS: C^ ovatus Desf. var. pubescens 



Wats. 

 MONTANA STATUS: Possibly Extirpated 

 GLOBAL and STATE RANKS (TNC): G5/SX 

 USFWS STATUS: None 

 USFS STATUS: None 

 STATUS IN OTHER STATES: Rare in WY 

 GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Que. to Man. and e. MT, south t 



GA, TX, and CO. Peripheral. 

 MONTANA COUNTIES: Powder River 

 LAND OWNERSHIP: Custer N.F.(?), private(?) 

 PHYSIOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Northern Great Plains 

 HABITAT: Open pine forests and moist places on the 



plains 

 PHENOLOGY: Flowering in June 

 COMMENTS: This species has been collected once in 



Montana, 40 years ago. Recent searching failed to 



relocate the site. Our plants are var. pubescens 



(T. & G.) Shinners. 



