Dell and Matador Ranch. At other sites in Beaverhead County 

 the species grows in rocky (usually limestone) habitats, in 

 limber pine and mountain mahogany communities. The low 

 sagebrush habitat type may be found on BLM land in the basins 

 of Muddy and upper Big Sheep Creek, and limestone habitats are 

 common on both BLM land and the Beaverhead National Forest 

 throughout the Tendoys. Plants flower in July. 



Taraxacum eriophorum G4S1 - Sensitive 



This species is known from BLM land in the southern Tendoys in 

 the moist bottom of Pileup Canyon and nearby in the drainage 

 of upper Big Sheep Creek where it was collected in "open 

 rangeland." It should be looked for in the bottoms of canyons 

 and in other moist to mesic habitats on BLM and USFS land in 

 the range. In 1994, it was searched for on the Beaverhead 

 National Forest further up Pileup Canyon from the known BLM 

 occurrence (which was relocated) but was not found. Plants 

 flower and produce fruit in early summer. 



Thalictrum alpinum G5S1 Sensitive - 



The species is known from BLM land in the drainage of upper 

 Big Sheep Creek and nearby from the Beaverhead National Forest 

 in the Beaverhead Range at Morrison Lake. These sites are 

 moist alkaline bottomlands dominated by Potentilla fruticosa 

 and Juncus balticus. This habitat is rare, if present, on the 

 Beaverhead National Forest in the Tendoys, however one 

 potential wetland site for this species which has not been 

 surveyed is Porcupine Spring. Flowering is in June and July. 



Thelypodium sagittatum G3G4S2 - Watch 

 Known from three sites in the vicinity in the basins of Muddy 

 Creek and upper Big Sheep Creek. The species usually grows in 

 fine, often alkaline soils which are moist in spring but dry 

 by mid-summer. These habitats are not known on the Beaverhead 

 National Forest in the Tendoys, Plants produce fruit, needed 

 for identification, in July. 



Thlaspi parviflorum G3S2 Sensitive - 



Located twice in the vicinity, in the basin of upper Big Sheep 

 Creek in a moist bottomland habitat and on state land in the 

 northern part of the range. Hitchcock and Cronguist (1973) 

 cite a variety of habitats for this species including 

 "sagebrush foothills, meadows, dry grassy slopes, (and) 

 limestone cliffs." All of these habitats are common in the 

 Tendoys on both Beaverhead National Forest and BLM lands. The 

 species may be more common than known due to its early 

 flowering and fruiting period (May- June). 



Townsendia condensata G3S2 - - - 



This species was found on BLM land in the Tendoys by Peter 

 Lesica in 1994 and is also known on the Beaverhead National 

 Forest in the Beaverhead Mountains. In the Tendoys, it grows 



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