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Quercus macrocarpa Michaux 104 



Solidago ptarmicoides (HQt%)Bo\\'m 106 



LITERATURE CITED 110 



FIGURES 



Figure 1. Carter County Study Area 3 



Figure 2. Carter County study area: Shaded relief with superimposed Ecoregional boundaries 4 



Figure 3. Walter-type climatic diagrams for Ekalaka and Albion, Montana 6 



Figure 4. Locations of Plant Association/Community Type Sampling, Carter County, MT 10 



Figure 5. Sensitive plant locations. Carter County, MT 70 



TABLES 



Table 1. Sensitive plant species targeted for survey in Carter County 12 



Table 2. Synonymy of dominant plant species in Carter County, MT 13 



Table 3. Plant associations and community types sampled on BLM land in Carter County; arranged by decreasing 



lifeform stature and alphabetically within lifeform 18 



Table 4. Plant Communities/Associations matrix of Carter County, Montana referenced to the U. S. National Vegetation 



Classification: 19 



Table 5. Occurrences of Montana plant species of special concern in Carter County, MT 68 



APPENDICES 



APPENDIX A. SYNTHESIS AND COVER/CONSTANCY TABLES 



APPENDIC B. ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORDS 



APPENDIX C. PRELIMINARY FLORA OF CARTER COUNTY 



APPENDIX D. PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF SENSITIVE PLANT SPECIES 



