ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



I would like to thank all of the people and organizations 

 who helped in the completion of this project: Bonnie Heidel 

 for providing the opportunity and for support in many ways, 

 Peter Lesica for conversations on many plants, Steve Cooper 

 for ecological tutoring and 4-wheel drive rides to the crest, 

 Margaret Beer for sorting things out of the database, Cedron 

 Jones for CIS mapping, and the others at the Montana Natural 

 Heritage Program, the Beaverhead National Forest, and the 

 herbaria ( Intermountain, Rocky Mountain, Montana State 

 University, and the University of Montana) who provided 

 invaluable services, facilities, and support. 



