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may contain populations of Madia minima . 



SUMMARY: During rare plant surveys of the Bull River 

 valley in 1989, three populations of Madia minima were 

 located on the hillsides that flank the Bull River on 

 Kootenai National Forest lands, Sanders County, 

 Montana: Bull River Cliffs (005), Dry Bench (006) and 

 Goat Rocks (007) . Populations of M. minima tend to be 

 quite large (up to 10,000 individuals), and the species 

 appears to be very fecund. The sites where the Madia 

 minima populations occur are unique due to the number 

 of other small annual species that are present. 



Further surveys could reveal more populations of M. 

 minima in the Bull River valley. 



