CaVTENTS 



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1 . INTRODUCTION ' 1 



2 . METHODS 3 



3.0- RESULTS 5 



3.1 RARE PL^M" EVALUATION ' . 5 



3.1.1 Ranunculus cardiophyllus (Heart-leaved buttertrup) 5 " 



3.1.2 Claytcnia lanceolata variety (Springbeauty) 7 



3.1.3 Halimolobos virgata (?) (Tvri.ggy halimolobos) - 8 



3.2 SPECIES LIST 8 



• 3.3 VEGETATION TYPE DESCRIPTiaNS 11 



3.3.1 Literature Review 11 



3.3.2 Habitat/Ccmmunity Types of the 



Sweet Grass Hills 19 



4 . MANAGEKENT REOCM-ENDATIONS 31 



5 . LITERATURE CITED 34 



APPENDICES 



APPENDIX A. VASCULAR PLANT SPECIES BY CLASS, SWEET GRASS 

 HILLS, TOOLE COUNTY AND LIBERTY COUNTY, 

 tCNTANA, 1989 A-1 



APPENDIX B. PHOTOGRAPHS B-1 



