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 The percentage of plants with more than one rosette has 

 remained constant at both sites for the entire period of our 

 study. The Charley's Gulch population has consistently had 3-4 

 times as many multi-rosette plants as Birch Creek. We do not 

 know if this difference is a result of a plastic response to 

 environmental differences or genetic differences between the two 

 populations. 



To date we have observed the two populations for a period of 

 three years. During this time fecundity and recruitment have 

 fluctuated in both populations. Nonetheless, no definite trends 

 are discernable, and both populations appear to be stable. 



