2 Nonf lowering category - "R". it is represented by one or 

 more rosettes, noting the number of rosettes. The number of 

 rosettes generally reflects vigor. The rosette category 

 does not represent an age class because plants were found to 

 change back and forth between nonf lowering and flowering 

 categories. 



3 Flowering category, having inf loresences and with or without 

 fruits, in addition to rosettes. Reproductive parameters 

 tallied for each plant reflect reproductive outlay. 



I > Inflorescences, i.e., total flowering stems. 



The low incidence of bolting was noted separately. 

 The low incidence of leaf mining activity, more 

 often on cauline leaves rather than rosette 

 leaves, was noted. 



B ■ Browsed inf loresences, a subset of 

 infloresence tally. 



F - Fruits which are fertile. 



Note: There was obvious moisture condensaton noted 

 inside a small number of fruit capsules, appearing to 

 have fungal decay, but these were included in with the 

 Fruit total. 



P - Predated fruits, a subset of fruits tally. 



A - Separate tally of aborted fruits having no fruit 

 formation apparent 



In addition, plants which were dead were noted by "D**. Plants 

 which could not be relocated in subsequent years despite careful 

 search were noted as **-** and presumed dead. 



Few plants in the "S" class have been found to date, and the "S" 

 class plants are merged in with the numbers of "R** plants in the 

 tally of plant in vegetative (nonfruiting) vs. reproductive 

 condition. The tally of individuals in these categories is taken 

 to represent all individuals within a given area because there is 

 no evidence of species dormancy over a growing season. 



The number of viable seeds produced by a plant is the best 

 indication of its reproductive outlay, but is impractical to 

 monitor compared to counting fruits. To get an estimate of the 

 relation between seed numbers and fruit numbers, tallies of 

 viable seeds per fruit capsule were made in previous years. 

 Capsules were collected in the past and examined for the number 

 of viable-appearing seeds (Achuff and Shelly 1991, Shelly 1990), 

 but there were so few capsules in 1992 that none were collected 

 this year. Seed viability studies have not been conducted. 



